Eagle is a common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae; it belongs to several groups of genera that are not necessarily closely related to each other. Eagles are large, powerfully built birds of prey, with heavy heads and beaks.
France hopes to combat the drone scourge with the original terror of the skies, the eagles.According to popularmechanics, the French Air Force began training four eagles last year to attack drones after seeing successful police trails in the Netherlands. These birds' training began at birth with handlers placing their shells on top of a drone, and after hatching, keeping them there during their early feeding period. This helps prepare the eagles to be a drone's worst nightmare.
Golden eagles filmed at the air force base in Mont-de-Marsan on Feb 10 are getting military training for combat against battery-charged drones that just about anybody can buy in a local store, and fly into security-sensitive zones such as presidential palaces, wittingly or not.
The army has already ordered another brood of drone-destroying eagles. All these eagles will be outfitted with special kevlar and anti-blast material to help protect them from the more dangerous elements of the job.
Dutch police have also trained eagles to snatch enemy drones, showing off the technique in a video they released from "Guard from Above", the company working with police to develop the concept.