Critical Infrastructure Drone Detection

Yes. AirGuard is purpose-built to monitor the airspace over power plants, substations, nuclear stations, and other critical sites. It fuses Remote ID, RF and Directional RF detection, radar, acoustic sensors, and PTZ camera verification into one platform, giving security teams a real-time view of each drone's make, model, speed, altitude, and GPS location, along with the operator's live position. This closes the airspace blind spot that fences, cameras, and access control alone cannot cover.

Traditional perimeter security — fences, cameras, access control — stops at ground level, leaving the airspace above a site undefended. AirGuard extends perimeter security into the sky, detecting drones as they approach the boundary and tracking their flight path and the operator's location well before they reach sensitive areas. Because radar provides continuous coverage with no minimum range, it is especially effective against drones launched from just outside the fence line, giving security teams early warning to respond.

Yes. Effective drone risk assessment starts with knowing what is actually flying over your site. AirGuard logs every detection — drone type, flight path, altitude, and frequency — and analyzes activity trends over time, so security teams can identify recurring patterns, high-traffic zones, and the periods of greatest exposure. This data-driven picture lets critical-infrastructure operators quantify their airspace threat, prioritize vulnerable areas, and build informed security protocols rather than relying on assumptions.

Yes. AirGuard lets your organization "white-list" drones you authorize on your site. The software recognizes those drones and records their activity without triggering alerts, while still flagging unauthorized aircraft. This means utilities and energy operators can keep using drones for inspections, diagnostics, and quality assurance — tracking and recording authorized flights — without losing the ability to detect a genuine intrusion.

For most private operators, no. Federal law prohibits private entities from jamming, shooting down, or otherwise interfering with aircraft, including drones — those mitigation authorities are restricted to specific federal agencies. That is why AirGuard focuses on detection, documentation, and coordination: identifying the drone and pilot, recording the incident as evidence, and giving your team and law enforcement the real-time intelligence to respond lawfully. Several states have also made it a criminal offense to fly drones over critical infrastructure, strengthening the case for documented detection.

No single sensor can guarantee total coverage, which is why AirGuard uses a layered defense designed to detect the overwhelming majority of drones. Remote ID and geolocation catch the vast majority of consumer drones, including DJI and FAA-mandated Remote ID models; Directional RF identifies non-compliant drones by their frequency signatures; and radar with AI classification catches "dark drones" that fly without any RF signal, differentiating a genuine drone from birds, aircraft, and clutter using integrated hardware from radar partners such as Echodyne, Fortem, Magos, and O.W.L. A 24/7 live monitoring team verifies every alert, so infrastructure teams respond only to credible, confirmed threats rather than chasing false alarms.

Yes. Because AirGuard is built on an open architecture, it integrates with the systems you already run rather than replacing them. It provides the GPS location and altitude of detected drones to PTZ cameras so they can track and identify payload and threat potential, and it connects with Video Management Systems, alarm and incident management systems, License Plate Recognition, cloud analytics, and Real-Time Crime Center and Emergency Operations Center platforms. This unified view helps security teams and law enforcement make informed decisions from a single interface.

Airsight acts as a vendor-neutral validator rather than a single-hardware reseller. The company purchases and stress-tests detection equipment from global vendors at its Dallas headquarters and dedicated test sites, integrating only the technology that proves reliable into the AirGuard platform. This open-architecture approach eliminates single-vendor lock-in, lets each facility deploy best-in-class sensors suited to its specific environment, and is backed by a 24/7 expert monitoring team that verifies alerts so operators respond only to confirmed threats.