ZeroEyes Demonstrates Threat Detection System at Airport<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author: DRONELIFE, Special Editor Jim Magill<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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ZE Government Solutions (ZEGS) has installed its technology package on a tethered unmanned aerial vehicle to enhance security at the Summer Fest concert on August 16 at Joint Base Charleston. The installation featured a product called the ZeroEyes Awareness Kit (ZAK), which ZEGS hopes to offer to the U.S. Department of Defense and civilian law enforcement agencies, said the company’s Executive Vice President Dustin Kisling in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This technology actually complements many of the drone programs that agencies are already considering deploying,” said Kisling. “It truly allows them to turn existing or future drone programs into a proactive security threat detection solution. So it acts as a force multiplier.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The system was deployed in under 30 minutes, providing a continuous overwatch capability using an Easy Aerial tethered drone to support the base’s security forces. This concert marked the first instance of ZAK being used for real-world security in a live environment, having originally been developed as part of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ZeroEyes Drone Threat Detection<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kisling said the system was looking for firearms or unauthorized individuals on the active flight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are looking for guns, looking for people, looking for vehicles that should not be in that area,” he said. The system can be configured to respond to all of those potential threats or be limited to focus on just one specific type of threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If you are in an open area and only want to know whether someone has a firearm in their hands or in view, we can simply activate the firearms detection mode,” said Kisling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the concert, ZEGS collaborated with the base’s security personnel to ensure they were able to respond to illegal items detected in the crowd through the drone’s video feeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We take the video feed from the drone and run analytics on that feed. When we detect an object of interest, we have a local operations center near their command post, and they receive alerts based on the detections we bring in,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the first live mission, ZAK provided rear overwatch for six consecutive hours of flight time, protecting the safety of more than 1,000 base personnel and their family members. Although the test was conducted for an entertainment event, the system is also intended for C-17 crews conducting operations away from base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ZAK’s capabilities can also be applied in austere operations, providing an additional layer of security for aircrew in emergency situations and harsh conditions, according to the company’s press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kisling said that the realization of the opportunity to use the technology during the concert stemmed from the close collaboration between the company and its military partners, and from the company’s perspective represented the initial phase of the ZAK system entering the market for future deployments in the defense sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Being part of the AFRL (Air Force Research Laboratory) program was the first step,” he said. Joint Base Charleston’s innovation laboratory, Palmetto Spark, helped facilitate the real-world deployment of ZAK during a live event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deployment of ZeroEyes technology is part of a broader initiative aimed at rapidly expanding the development and use of small unmanned aerial systems across all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. In a memo in July, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that small unmanned systems are “critically important force multiplication tools that need to be prioritized like major weapons systems.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kisling said that the growing role of analytics applied to drones in the military sphere goes beyond simply acquiring and operating unmanned devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Once analytics are applied to drones, you increase those programs’ ability to be proactive in the area of threat detection,” he said. “And I think that is exactly where ZeroEyes plays a major role not only in the DoD, but also in civilian law enforcement drone programs. It helps them make their program a proactive solution with early warnings powered by AI.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the company’s threat detection and assessment systems have generated significant interest among civilian law enforcement agencies, especially as police departments across the country seek to establish or upgrade existing Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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