Operate trusted drones and protect the airspace around them.
Airspace programmes now have to enable routine drone missions while protecting the same volume from unauthorised activity. We design the operating model across mission approval, BVLOS and docked operations, UTM services, detection, command, response and evidence. The result is one governed airspace picture rather than separate friendly-drone and counter-drone systems.
- Service areas
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- Operating contexts
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- Technology routes
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BVLOS and drone operations, UTM services, counter-UAS detection, coordinated response and evidence in one airspace operating model.
A response chain designed as one system.
The sequence makes ownership, hand-offs and evidence explicit before the technology is configured.
- DetectRF, radar and EO/IR sensing, layered so no single modality is a single point of failure.
- IdentifyClassification and false-positive reduction — the difference between an alert and an interruption.
- TrackPersistent situational awareness and trajectory monitoring across the controlled volume.
- RespondEscalation logic, multi-agency coordination and the response options actually available to you.
- DocumentLogs, replay, evidence and reporting — captured at the time, not reconstructed afterwards.
The work behind an operational result.
These workstreams are designed together and then scaled to the site, authority, risk profile and systems already in service.
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UAS operations, BVLOS & DFR
Operating concepts, approvals, fleet and dock workflows, mission assurance and evidence for routine remote operations and drone-as-first-responder programmes.
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Sensor architecture and positioning
Coverage modelling against your terrain and threat profile, not a vendor datasheet range. Where the gaps are, and what they cost to close.
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C2 integration
One operating picture across sensors from different manufacturers, integrated into the command environment your operators already use.
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Response orchestration
Escalation logic and coordination procedures agreed with the agencies who have to act — designed before deployment, not after the first incident.
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Evidence and reporting
A defensible record of what was seen, what was decided and by whom. Built to survive a review months later.
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Airspace command platform
Where a programme needs its own airspace operations capability, FlightStudio provides mission planning, geozone authoring, deconfliction, approvals and an evidence archive — deployable on infrastructure you control.
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Regulatory alignment
Operating concepts and procedures aligned to the civil aviation framework you fall under, and to the authority you have to satisfy.
From requirement to an adopted operating capability.
Five controlled phases keep architecture, acceptance, training and long-term ownership connected. Every phase ends with a usable deliverable.
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Assess
Mission needs, threat landscape, site review, stakeholder interviews and an honest diagnosis of the current state — including what already works and should be left alone.
DeliverableAssessment report - 02
Design
Concept of operations, target architecture, use-case prioritisation and vendor-neutral requirements written so they can be competed rather than sole-sourced.
DeliverableTarget blueprint - 03
Integrate
Interoperability design, interface definition, deployment planning and the test scenarios that decide acceptance before anyone is on site.
DeliverableIntegration plan - 04
Deploy
Pilot execution, field validation, training, SOP alignment and go-live readiness — measured against the test scenarios agreed in the previous phase.
DeliverablePilot pack - 05
Optimize
Performance reviews, governance, maintenance planning and continuous improvement. This is the phase that decides whether the capability survives its second year.
DeliverableOperating model
The environments, equipment and products around the capability.
These relationships show where the domain applies and what may connect to it. Final selection follows architecture, site validation and jurisdictional review.
Where it applies
Critical infrastructure
Power, water, telecoms and data-centre estates where the perimeter is long, the consequence of loss is national, and the operator is judged on availability rather than incidents.
Airports & transport hubs
Airside and landside environments with a live regulatory relationship, a permanent airspace exposure and a passenger flow that cannot be stopped to accommodate a security programme.
Borders & sensitive sites
Extended boundaries with sparse coverage, difficult terrain and a detection-to-response time that is measured in the distance a patrol has to travel.
Events & VIP protection
Temporary command structures that stand up in days, run at full intensity, and must interoperate with agencies who have never shared a talkgroup before.
What we build for this
Start with the problem, not the catalogue.
A scoping session establishes what you are actually trying to achieve, what is already in place, and whether we are the right people for it. If we are not, we will say so.