NODE 01
Passive Radar
Multistatic passive detection and thermal camera cueing — long wavelengths diffract around terrain and penetrate vegetation to eliminate low-altitude blind spots. The sensor emits nothing.
System Overview
Capabilities
A passive, distributed detection mesh that turns existing streetlight infrastructure into a persistent low-altitude airspace sensor network.
Tool-less NEMA 7-Pin Install
Standard installation onto existing streetlight sockets at 30' AGL — zero new towers, zero trenching, designed for lower siting cost than traditional tower installations.
Sensing Layer
Four Sensing Nodes
Multi-modal detection stacked on every node — each sensor covers the gaps of the others, so nothing slips through.
NODE 02
RF Detection
400 MHz – 8 GHz passive detection of RF emissions identifies drone make, model, and operator. No active emissions required.
NODE 03
Optical & Camera Cueing
Camera cued by RF detection confirms flagged targets through visual identification and continuous tracking.
NODE 04
Acoustic Detection
MEMS acoustic sensor array detects drone motor signatures; effective against non-RF and RF-silent targets.
Design Target
Detection Range
Each node is engineered for a detection range of 200 meters against Group 1–2 UAS as a design target, assuming urban multipath, ambient illuminators, a 30 ft AGL mount height, and thermal camera cueing. Range characterization is in progress.
Coverage Model
Area coverage comes from the mesh in aggregate, not from any single node. Overlapping per-node footprints are designed to deliver continuous, redundant coverage across the corridor — so a track is maintained as a target moves between nodes.
Edge Compute
Hardware-Enabled Host Platform
Every node carries its own processing power, so detection, fusion, and classification happen where the data is collected — not in a distant cloud.
- High-performance edge-GPU designed to execute GFE AI libraries.
- Supports containerized frameworks for OTA threat library updates.
- All detection and fusion processing occurs at the edge. No cloud dependency required.
- Software-agnostic platform supports containerized frameworks for rapid capability refresh.
Operational Edge
Vantage Superiority
Passive-first sensing from streetlight height delivers advantages legacy tower systems cannot replicate.
Stealth & Survivability
Constant active emissions create a spectral beacon. Sensing is emission-free — multistatic passive detection and thermal imaging, invisible to adversary ELINT. Node networking runs separately over secure LTE/5G backhaul.
Dead Zone Elimination
30' AGL mounting height removes radar 'dead zones' beneath the horizon of legacy tower sensors.
Short-Range Sensitivity
Engineered for sensitivity at ranges as close as 50 m where high-power radars may saturate.
'Dark Drone' Detection
Designed to detect low-observable and RF-silent threats through multistatic passive detection and thermal camera cueing — exploiting bistatic reflections from illuminators of opportunity rather than Doppler shift alone.
Kill Chain
Verification Pipeline
Three progressive filters turn raw sensor data into actionable tracks — wide discovery, kinematic validation, and visual confirmation.
01
Wide-Area Discovery
Passive radar and broadband RF sensing (400 MHz – 8 GHz) detects threats without emissions.
02
Edge Kinematic Filtering
Filtering at the GPU core based on flight profile to reject biological and ground clutter.
03
Multi-Angle Visual ID
Automatically cue optical sensors for characterization and physical length estimation.
Engagement
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