Prison Deployment
Australia
DroneShield was commissioned to complete a one-month trial over a medium-sized prison in semi-urban Australia. The goal of the trial was to capture data on the frequency and proximity of drones to the prison. This information would then provide knowledge and experience to security authorities, giving them accurate insight into DroneShield’s counterdrone detection solutions. A stipulation was that the provided solutions could not rely on any prison infrastructure and had to be outside the outer walls of the prison.
To achieve this, DroneShield deployed a highly portable RF triangulation solution on two towers: east and west. A singular RfOne Mk2, connected to a SmartHub Module, was placed at the west tower of the prison facility. An RfOne Mk2, paired with an Echodyne EchoGuard and a SmartHub Module, occupied the eastern tower. 4G wireless modems accompanied both towers for data transfer to the Cloud ComputeNode on AWS. Keeping the equipment in place were two trailer-masts, using solar panels and rugged UPS for power.
DroneShield successfully completed the one-month trial, effectively capturing data on various types of drones and their location relative to the prison. At the conclusion of the trial DroneShield provided a field report generated from the proprietary DroneSentry-C2 software.
Image: DroneSentry-C2 user interface during drone penetration testing
System Deployment
Rationale & Advantages
Required non-emitting passive radio frequency direction finding sensors to continuously detect airspace
No interference to other equipment in the facility
Capabilities
90 degree coverage for a single RfOne Mk2 unit
Target tracking of detection’s geographic location through RF coverage intersection (triangulation) with multiple RfOne Mk2 units installed on a single site
Rationale & Advantages
Calibration-free design for rapid installation and integration
Compact and lightweight solution for portability and convenience
Capabilities
New detection threats and radar tracks can be established in <1 second
Precise tracking of airborne targets up to 1km with customisable field-of-view and real beam scanning