Gatwick and Heathrow buying anti-drone equipment

Gatwick and Heathrow are to spend millions of pounds on anti-drone technology following the disruption at the Sussex airport before Christmas. The equipment, which can detect and jam communications between a drone and its operator, was deployed by the RAF on a roof at Gatwick last month. About 1,000 flights were cancelled over three days due to drone sightings. Gatwick said it had spent £5m to prevent future attacks, and Heathrow confirmed it would be buying systems. More than 140,000 passengers at Gatwick were affected during 36 hours of chaos between 19 and 21 December.