Systems, aircrafts and methods for drone detection and collision avoidance

An aircraft comprising:

• a system for drone detection and collision avoidance, the system including:
• a sensor;
• a processor;
• and
• an avoidance unit comprising a control unit,
• wherein the sensor is configured to detect a drone signal in a predetermined space and to transmit the drone signal to the processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to determine the presence of a drone in the predetermined space based on the drone signal, wherein the drone is not the aircraft,
• wherein the processor is configured to transmit a command to the avoidance unit when the processor determines the presence of a drone,
• wherein control unit is configured to receive the command and to generate a warning signal in response to receiving the command, and
• wherein the avoidance unit is configured to transmit an avoidance signal in response to the control unit receiving the command, wherein the avoidance signal is configured to interact with the drone and is at least one of a control signal, an interference signal, and a location spoofing signal, and
• wherein the control signal uses control frequencies identified by intercepting drone control signals sent by an operator of the drone and by decoding the drone control signals to find the control frequencies used to control the drone.

A method for drone detection and collision avoidance in an aircraft, the method comprising the following steps:

• detecting a drone signal in a predetermined space using a sensor;
• transmitting, by the sensor, the drone signal to a processor,
• determining, by the processor, the presence of a drone that is not the aircraft in the predetermined space based on the drone signal transmitted by the sensor;
• transmitting, by the processor, a command to an avoidance unit when the processor determines the presence of a drone;
• receiving the command by a control unit of the avoidance unit;
• generating, by the control unit, a warning signal in response to receiving the command, and
• transmitting to the drone, by the avoidance unit in response to the control unit receiving the command, an avoidance signal configured to interact with the drone that is at least one of a control signal, an interference signal, and a location spoofing signal, wherein the control signal uses control frequencies identified by intercepting drone control signals sent by an operator of the drone and by decoding the drone control signals to find the control frequencies used to control the drone.