I. Introduction
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are quickly becoming ubiquitous, largely driven by the commercialisation of consumer based models, in particular quadrotors, and their commercial potential for rapid product distribution. Many of these UAVs will adhere to local aviation laws, for example, observing predefined flight corridors, restricted airspace, operating away from populated areas and so on. However, we anticipate a reasonable number will inevitably not follow the law. There have already been notable examples of UAVs that do not adhering the law reported by the media; most recently incursions into restricted airspace around airports occurred and probably the most notorious is the intrusion into the restricted compounds of the Whitehouse
WashingtonPost, 2015, “Drone operator says he accidentally crashed device on White House grounds”
. We do not know what regulations will be imposed on UAV usage in the future, or how the general population will seek to use them, but we do anticipate the need for systems that will be able to search for these UAVs, or specifically those not adhering to the local aviation laws. Our research proposes a framework to address this perceived future need.