AeroDefense Expands AirWarden Access to Public Safety Agencies
AeroDefense has launched an initiative enabling customers of its AirWarden Essentials drone detection platform to share system access with public safety partners, including state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) law enforcement agencies as well as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.
The program allows authorized agencies to access real-time and historical drone and pilot location data without additional cost to either the customer or the participating agency. The move comes amid continued concerns about unauthorized drone activity near critical infrastructure, campuses, public venues and corporate facilities.
By providing shared visibility into detected drone activity, the initiative is intended to improve coordination between on-site security teams and responding officers. According to the company, access to flight-path history and reporting tools can support investigations, trend analysis and evidence collection.
Authorized officers can:
- View real-time drone and pilot locations
- Access reporting and flight-path history to identify trends, patterns and anomalies
- Support incident response, investigations and evidence collection
- Coordinate directly with on-site security teams using the same airspace data
AirWarden Essentials, introduced in January 2025, is designed as a wide-area drone detection platform that supports monitoring across single locations or distributed portfolios. The system enables centralized visibility into drone activity across multiple sites through a single interface.
The initiative builds on AeroDefense’s prior work with federal agencies, including a Small Business Innovation Research contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop a Collaborative Drone Detection Network aimed at shared airspace awareness across jurisdictions.
AirWarden Essentials customers can enable law enforcement access under the new program immediately.