Dedrone Declares Acquisition of Aerial Armor
by DRONELIFE Employees Author Ian M. Crosby
Good airspace safety chief Dedrone introduced its acquisition of counterdrone techniques and drone detection chief Aerial Armor. This new acquisition will enable Dedrone to supply the main expertise platform to satisfy the rising demand for airspace safety and counterdrone protections. Dedrone will keep all of Aerial Armor’s buyer contracts and maintain all workers onboard, together with CEO Russ Haugan and CTO Matt Altman, and prospects will face no adjustments within the close to time period. Dedrone will steadily make use of each corporations’ greatest options to allow prospects to include a multi-sensor fusion, cUAS (counter Uncrewed Aerial Programs) command and management (C2) platform into their safety infrastructure.
“We have now created a incredible rapport with the staff at Aerial Armor and are drastically impressed with their expertise, experience and the sturdy buyer relationships they’ve constructed. As we come collectively below the Dedrone umbrella, we’re assured we are going to proceed to seek out nice synergies in our respective platforms and convey new improvements to marketplace for our prospects. All of our prospects around the globe will reap the advantages of our extra highly effective C2 cUAS system, powered by inputs from a large number of sensors together with radio frequency (RF), radars and cameras in a single UI,” mentioned Dedrone CEO Aaditya Devarakonda. “I’m thrilled to have Russ, Matt and all the Aerial Armor staff be a part of Dedrone. We’re consistently in search of the best expertise available in the market and Aerial Armor gives among the best teams of people with a deep understanding of the cUAS area. I’ve a whole lot of respect for the enterprise they’ve constructed and am trying ahead to constructing the best-of-breed resolution for our prospects.”
The acquisition is barely the newest in a collection of current developments for Dedrone, which embrace a significant enhance in demand for detection, monitoring, identification, and mitigation expertise to safeguard airspace around the globe. The corporate’s platform and merchandise, similar to DedronePortable, see use by governments worldwide.
“The ever-increasing threats to airspace make it clear that the world wants a robust counterdrone C2 platform — level options will not be sufficient. Dedrone provides a like-minded staff in its method to the way forward for airspace safety, which is why this acquisition is a vital one for our 100+ prospects and staff to proceed to ship the very best resolution for airspace safety in opposition to the persistent and escalating menace of drones,” mentioned Aerial Armor CEO Russ Haugan. “Collectively, our strengths will proceed to supply best-in-class service to the venues, airports, federal entities and regulation enforcement businesses that depend on us for really safe airspace regardless of the perimeter dimension.”
The corporate most just lately unveiled its DedroneDefender, a handheld mitigation device made for operation by regulation enforcement inside even essentially the most advanced city environments. Dedrone serves 40 nations, and its prospects embrace 4 of the G-7 nation governments; 9 U.S. federal businesses; over 75 essential infrastructure websites; greater than 20 airports; and 50 prisons worldwide. Dedrone provides counterdrone options for a few of the most high-profile world occasions and works in shut collaboration with over 35 regulation enforcement businesses.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he obtained a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in expertise, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a employees author.
Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, an expert drone companies market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone business and the regulatory setting for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles centered on the industrial drone area and is a global speaker and acknowledged determine within the business. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising and marketing for brand new applied sciences.
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