Glossary.
Short definitions of the terms used across this site, from drone netting and cope cages to canopies, enclosures, and route corridors.
- Anti-drone nettingAlso: drone netting, drone nets
Netting above or around an area, intended to serve as a physical barrier against drones.
Canopies- Counter-UASAlso: C-UAS, counter-drone
Measures intended to address risks from uncrewed aircraft systems. The term can cover detection, response, and physical protection.
- Passive physical protection
Physical barriers, such as netting or cages, intended to form part of a site or vehicle’s protection.
Why passive protection- Cope cageAlso: vehicle protective cage, vehicle cage
An informal name for a protective framework or screen above or around a vehicle, associated with vehicle cages used in the war in Ukraine.
Veil uses vehicle protective cage as the general term. The illustrations on this site are concepts, without a tested vehicle configuration.
Vehicle protective cages- Standoff
The separation between a barrier and the asset it surrounds. This website does not specify that separation for a Veil system.
- FPV droneAlso: first-person-view drone
A drone operated using a video view from the aircraft.
- Canopy
Netting that spans an area from above, sometimes with side netting.
Canopies- Net enclosure
Overhead and side netting around equipment or a defined area, with openings for access.
Net enclosures- Route corridorAlso: net corridor, roadway netting
Netting along a road or access lane. Its layout needs to account for traffic, entrances, and inspection access.
Route corridors
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