TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS — 04

Drone Detection & Countermeasures

A drone over a protected area is a threat vector without an established doctrine at most sites. GSS builds the program — detection, decision logic, and response — inside the airspace you're actually allowed to control.

OPERATIONAL CONTEXT

Detecting a drone and being allowed to do something about it are different problems

Small unmanned aircraft create a threat vector that most physical protection programs weren't originally designed around: low, slow, hard to distinguish from routine air traffic on a single sensor, and legally constrained in ways a ground-based intrusion is not. A site can have every conventional protective measure in order and still have no defined answer for what an operator is supposed to do when a drone appears over the fence line.

GSS builds counter-UAS programs from threat assessment forward, not from a hardware catalog backward. That starts with what airspace the site can lawfully assert control over, what a realistic drone-borne threat actually looks like for that site, and only then which detection and tracking technology — radar, RF sensing, geo-fencing, or a combination — closes the gap between first detection and a decision an operator can act on.

The countermeasure and escalation framework is built to stay inside FAA and applicable regulatory limits at every step, which is as much of the program as the detection hardware itself: a capability the operator can't lawfully use when it matters isn't a capability.

METHODOLOGY
01Threat AssessmentRealistic drone-borne threat scenarios defined for the specific site and airspace.
02Airspace & Regulatory ReviewApplicable FAA and jurisdictional constraints mapped before any technology is selected.
03Detection & Tracking DesignRadar, RF sensing, and geo-fencing selected and layered for the site's terrain and traffic.
04Countermeasure PlanningResponse options defined and matched to what is legally available to the operator.
05Escalation FrameworkDecision logic from first detection through response, staying inside regulatory limits.
06Exercise & ValidationScenarios run against the framework before it's relied on operationally.
CORE CAPABILITIES
Counter-UAS threat assessmentRadar, RF & geo-fencing detectionAirspace control & regulatory reviewCountermeasure planningEscalation framework designFAA-compliant response doctrine
RELEVANT ENVIRONMENTS
Operating nuclear facilitiesSmall modular reactorsNew nuclear buildOther high-consequence critical infrastructure

Build the counter-UAS doctrine before you need it in real time

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