PARAGON DRONES
Drone Detection and Monitoring
Understand how to detect, monitor, and respond to illegal drone activity through structured, vendor-neutral advisory aligned to your operational environment.
Supporting security providers and infrastructure operators in achieving visibility of low-altitude airspace and informed operational response.
What is Drone Detection and Monitoring
Drone detection and monitoring is the process of identifying, tracking, and maintaining visibility of drone activity within a defined operational environment.
It enables organisations to understand what is happening within low-altitude airspace and provides the foundation for effective decision-making and response.
What detection and monitoring includes
- Detection of drone incursions and pilot location within the operational area
- Tracking of drone movement and behaviour
- Identification and classification of detected activity
- Monitoring of airspace over time
- Integration with operational awareness and response processes
When is Drone Detection and Monitoring Required
Detection and monitoring capability is required where organisations need visibility of drone activity to support security, safety, or operational awareness.
Typical scenarios
- Sites with limited visibility of low-altitude airspace
- Critical infrastructure requiring continuous monitoring
- Environments exposed to public access or perimeter vulnerabilities
- Events or temporary environments with elevated risk
- Locations where drone activity has been observed or reported
Key drivers
- Lack of situational awareness of drone activity
- Requirement to detect and understand potential threats
- Need to inform operational response and escalation
- Integration with existing security monitoring systems
Our approach to Detection and Monitoring
Paragon provides structured advisory on detection and monitoring capability, ensuring that visibility of drone activity is aligned to operational requirements and environmental constraints.
Define → Quantify → Model → Align → Assure
Define
Establish the operational environment, site characteristics, and potential drone threat scenarios.
Quantify
Assess the level of risk, exposure, and potential impact of unauthorised drone activity.
Model
Evaluate appropriate Counter-UAS capability based on the defined threat and environment.
Align
Ensure selected systems and approaches meet operational, regulatory, and practical requirements.
Assure
Validate capability through testing, evaluation, and real-world performance considerations.
Capability without Over-specification
Paragon ensures that detection capability is proportionate to the environment, avoiding unnecessary complexity or over-investment while maintaining effective coverage.
What effective detection and monitoring looks like
Effective detection and monitoring provides clear, reliable visibility of drone activity and supports informed decision-making within operational environments.
Key characteristics
- Reliable detection coverage appropriate to the environment
- Clear tracking and situational awareness
- Actionable information to support response
- Integration with security operations and monitoring systems
- Scalable capability aligned to risk
Why Paragon
Paragon provides structured, independent advisory on drone detection and monitoring aligned to real-world operational requirements.
Vendor-neutral guidance
Recommendations are based on capability needs, not technology providers.
Operationally focused
Advisory reflects how detection capability will be used in practice.
Aligned to environment
Solutions are defined based on site-specific conditions and constraints.
Understand how to detect and monitor drone activity within your environment and define the right approach to maintaining situational awareness.