Public & Special Event Security Planning Needs

Environmental monitoring, data collection, analysis and research: Supporting organizations conducting research into environmental contamination (e.g., CO2, methane, particulates, effluents) that need to perform aerial atmospheric and environmental data collection and analysis.

• Geospatial Information Services (GIS): Agricultural monitoring, water level determination, etc.
• Environmental Monitoring: Forest fire detection, forest insect infestation damage, beaver dam detection, whale counts, bird migration counts, oil/chemical spill monitoring, etc.

Emergency/disaster response and recovery, search and rescue support: Supporting first responders, rescue and recovery operations, insurance underwriters and government agencies by providing an “eye in the sky” real-time observation platform to guide response/rescue/recovery efforts.

• Natural disasters: floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, forest fires, etc.
• Human factor disasters: traffic pileups, industrial accidents, oil spills, explosions, aircraft crashes, ship collisions, etc.

Federally-designated Critical Infrastructure/Key Resource (CI/KR) risk assessment, analysis and protection: Enabling state-of-the-art security planning and assessment of potential vulnerabilities to terrorist acts or natural disasters.

• Dams, bridges, hospitals, harbors & ports, government buildings, oil rigs, storage tanks & pumping stations, etc.

Homeland security and law enforcement special operations: Working with law enforcement at all levels to find and document potential domestic threats, including major events and illegal activities.

• Homeland security/border surveillance: Intrusion detection, vehicle tracking, border patrol, unexplained heat source investigation, ports, harbors & littoral waters patrol, etc.
• Law Enforcement: Vehicle tracking, suspect identification, drug lab detection, police activity documentation, etc.

Insurance risk underwriting, damage assessment monitoring/claims confirmation: Providing risk assessments of insured properties and responding to/ monitoring disaster areas to collect data for post-event assessments and evidence of damage to public/corporate infrastructures and private property.

• Baseline aerial documentation of assets, change detection surveillance, routine insured asset patrols /  GPS colocated,  post-event claims confirmation

Private sector infrastructure protection and emergency preparedness (threat mitigation): Enabling state-of-the-art security planning and assessment of potential vulnerabilities to terrorist acts or natural disasters.

• Utilities: Water, gas & oil pipelines, electrical transmission lines and towers, power plants, cell towers, etc.
• Transportation systems: Interstate and secondary highways, railway networks, inland shipping channels & waterways, airports and air navigation aids (VOR, VORTAC, NDB, OM, ASR)

Public and special event security planning support, documentation and reporting: Providing an “eye in the sky” real-time observation platform for organizers and operators of  major entertainment, sporting and political events to plan, assess and monitor potential vulnerabilities and document breaking news stories for media outlets.

• Stadium events (football games, baseball games, soccer games; concerts, political assemblies)
• Race tracks (NASCAR, CART, motorcycle races)
• Other open-air events (golf tournaments, parades, motorcycle gatherings, ski resorts, marathons, orienteering events…)
• Breaking news stories (accidents, other newsworthy incidents)

3rd party sensor R&D support: Supporting R&D efforts of organizations developing new sensor technologies.

• Aerial platforms for 3^rd party-provided sensor R&D efforts.