Layered Detection
Detection is where most counter-UAS programs start. Counter-UAS detection technologies may be available to federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial organizations subject to applicable law, technology-specific considerations, and each agency's authority. Heightened Senses supports customers in evaluating mission requirements, technology options, and applicable implementation considerations. We size the architecture to the site, the threat, and the budget, then install it, integrate it, and train the operators who run it.
Detect, Identify, Track
These layers cover the first three links of the chain. Each one fills a gap the others leave. A single sensor is a gap, not a program. We design layered architectures that fuse complementary detection modalities into one common operating picture, sized to your site, your threat, your authority, and your budget. We are platform agnostic by conviction and by contract: we hold agreements across radar, RF, and mitigation, and we do not carry one manufacturer's inventory into your site looking for a mission to fit it. If the right layer is a sensor we do not sell, we will say so and help you source it.
RF Spectrum Sensing
Passive detection and characterization of UAS control and video links. No emissions.
Acoustic Detection
Passive microphone arrays that detect and locate small UAS by acoustic signature, including drones that emit no RF. Strongest at short range and low altitude.
Compact Radar
Non-cooperative detection and tracking of small UAS, cuing EO/IR sensors and feeding a unified common operating picture.
EO/IR Confirmation
Visual classification and confirmation of detected tracks for informed response decisions, day and night.
Remote ID Monitoring
Broadcast Remote ID sensing integrated into the airspace picture for identification and pattern-of-life awareness.
IRIS® 360-Degree Drone Detection Radar
The IRIS counter-UAS radar delivers 360-degree, 3D detection, tracking, and classification of small uncrewed aircraft in a 29 kg package, with real-time classification using micro-Doppler and deep neural network technology. Environmentally tested to MIL-STD-810H and STANAG 4370, on-the-move capable, with SAPIENT, ASTERIX, CoT, and XML data interfaces for integration into layered C-UAS architectures and common operating pictures.
- Selected to support counter-UAS operations at the FIFA World Cup 2026, deployed by components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alongside state and local agencies
- Proven at scale: Dutch Ministry of Defence contract for 100 IRIS radars protecting domestic airspace
- IRIS Long-Range Mode switches instrumented range between 5 km and 12 km in minutes
- Available on purchase or lease through Heightened Senses, with full OEM warranty, software licensing, and engineering reach-back
- Under contract to Heightened Senses as prime for the United States Air Force. Lease of two IRIS 3D systems at Shaw AFB, with site survey, installation, operator training, and sustainment in our contracted scope. Delivery and implementation in progress. See Federal Experience.
Radar as the Backbone Layer
RF sensing goes quiet against autonomous and pre-programmed drones that emit nothing. Radar does not, and acoustic sensing adds a passive check at short range. IRIS provides non-cooperative detection that anchors the layered architecture, cuing EO/IR confirmation and feeding one unified airspace picture.
Available to federal and state, local, tribal, and territorial customers, including law enforcement, public safety, and critical infrastructure authorities, subject to each agency’s operating authority.
Discuss Your Requirement
Send the requirement, the site, the authority you operate under, and the timeframe. We acknowledge inquiries within one business day and confirm next steps after reviewing the requirement. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you.