Forget bad weather, Amazon wants to protect its drones from ARROWS: Patent reveals ideas to keep craft safe from projectiles and hackers

Drone delivery companies are steadily working to design technology that protects aerial vehicles from crowded skies, bad weather, and birds. However, Amazon is looking beyond the usual issues and at other threats, such as hacking or'a malicious person shooting an arrow' to take down the drone. The e-commerce giant has received a patent for defenses against these attacks - revealing an electronic system that detects signal jammers and a parachute-like device if it is hit by another object. Amazon is looking beyond the usually issues at other threats such as hacking or'a malicious person shooting an arrow' to take down the drone. 'A protective device such as an airbag, foam, parachute, bumper and so forth could be used in this scenario Amazon's latest patent, called Countermeasure for Threats to an Uncrewed Autonomous Vehicle, was filed on November 17, 2014.