The British Army used an Israeli anti-drone system in an effort to protect Gatwick after over 120,000 people saw their flights cancelled or diverted as a result of the appearance of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the airport runway this week.
After the police tried and failed to neutralise the drone using an off-the-shelf, commercially available system, the Army's Israeli 'Drone Dome' system was called in.
Gatwick was able to re-open its runway on Friday morning, following 36 hours of disruption - but by mid-afternoon reports emerged that the drone had reappeared.
The 'Drone Dome', made by Rafael, an Israeli defence technology company, was bought by the Army for £15.8 million in 2018 and the technology has been used in Syria to destroy Isis UAVs.
