S·03 · Integrated Counter-UAS

Airspace protection, human-authorized.

Detect, track, identify and respond to unauthorized drones through a layered, policy-governed engagement chain. RF, radar, EO/IR and acoustic fused into one airspace picture. Every effect is human-authorized; every engagement leaves an auditable trail.

<800ms
Detect → track
1–3
UAS classes covered
100%
Engagements human-authorized
0
Autonomous kinetic actions
The problem

Single-mode systems lose the airspace.

C-UAS markets are full of point products that do one detection mode well — and miss every other vector. Layered threats, swarms, and operator displacement defeat single-stack defenses inside seconds.

P · 01

RF-only goes blind on autonomous drones.

Pre-programmed flight paths emit no command-link signature. RF-only stacks call them noise — until they're inside the wire.

P · 02

Radar-only confuses birds and drones.

Low-SNR returns at small RCS overlap with avian traffic. Without multi-sensor confirmation, the operator either chases ghosts or ignores threats.

P · 03

Effectors fire without policy context.

Standalone jammers and spoofers don't know what airspace they're in or what civilian traffic is overhead. Effects fire. Collateral happens.

P · 04

No record of who decided what.

Engagement happens at machine speed; authorization, if it existed, was implicit. Post-incident, no one can reconstruct the chain.

The incident · KKIA

Class-2 quad, controlled airspace.

A composite of recent airport-incursion patterns: a commercial-class drone penetrating a controlled airspace ring during night ops. Operator located, effect applied, incident closed in under nine minutes.

REC · 2247:00 LT · KKIA · CTR INCURSION
9 events · 8m elapsed · zero ground risk
2247:00airCTR nominal · 14 commercial tracksdetect
2247:14rfUNK-812 · unknown RF, 2.4GHz, alt 180mdetect
2247:32rdrRadar-1 correlates · low-SNR, small UASfuse
2247:58eoEO/IR confirm · commercial quadcopter classfuse
2248:30ctrPenetrating CTR · 3.8 km from thresholddetect
2249:14rfdfOperator located · 1.2 km NE, RF-DFfuse
2250:06cmdCmd AI drafts · RF inhibit, ground interceptdecide
2250:48opRF inhibit authorized. Cited ROE §3.1act
2255:20aarDrone recovered. Operator detained on-sceneclose
The shift

Single mode. Versus layered, governed.

A C-UAS stack is not a sensor purchase. It's a decision chain. The shift is from per-effector consoles and implicit authority to one fused airspace picture under explicit, cited human authorization.

Before · Legacy

Per-mode consoles. Implicit authority.

  • RF, radar, EO/IR each on their own pane.
  • Birds and drones share the same alert queue.
  • Effectors fire without ROE context.
  • No operator-of-record per engagement.
  • Civilian traffic invisible to the stack.
  • Post-incident reconstruction impossible.
After · MESH OS

Layered fusion. Human-authorized effects.

  • RF + radar + EO/IR + acoustic fused per track.
  • Class 1–3 UAS distinguished from avian traffic.
  • Effector tasking cites the ROE clause.
  • Every engagement has a named authoriser.
  • Civilian airspace overlaid at decision time.
  • Full audit trail per engagement, replayable.
Run the scenario

The same incursion, inside the shell.

The simulator below renders a CTR-incursion scenario in the operator's view. Click the phase tabs to jump the timeline. Detect, locate the operator, apply a non-kinetic effect.

00–10s
PHASE 01
Detect
RF anomaly cross-cued to radar and EO/IR. Class confirmed. CTR penetration triggers incident mode at 0.93 confidence.
10–17s
PHASE 02
Decide
RF-DF triangulates the operator. Command AI drafts an RF inhibit and ground intercept, citing ROE clause and civilian airspace status.
17–24s
PHASE 03
Act
Operator approves the RF effect. Drone is brought down inside the controlled zone. Operator detained by ground team. Audit trail closed.
PHASE · DETECT  ·  22:47 · KKIA airspace nominal · 14 commercial tracks.
SCENARIO · KKIA
Operational impact

What measurably changes.

Performance envelope from controlled airspace and critical-infrastructure deployments. Numbers reflect end-to-end chain — sensor return to authorised effect.

<800ms
Detect → track
First RF or radar contact to fused, IDed track.
1–3
UAS classes covered
Commercial through fixed-wing reconnaissance.
100%
Authorized engagements
No autonomous kinetic action. Operator-of-record always.
0
Civilian collateral
Effects gated by live airspace state and ROE.
Why it works

Four MESH OS capabilities, composed.

Counter-UAS is one of the cleanest demonstrations of why a fused, governed shell beats a stack of point products. The four MESH OS capabilities map directly onto the engagement chain.

01Perception

RF, radar, EO/IR, acoustic — one track.

Multi-modal fusion separates Class 1–3 UAS from birds, weather, and ground clutter. Re-ID survives mode handoff and short occlusions.

02Command AI

Effector matrix under doctrine.

Command AI selects the effector that the ROE allows for this airspace, this target class, this proximity. It cites the rule. The operator authorizes the specific effect.

03Edge-first

Sub-second loop, no cloud round-trip.

Engagement decisions execute in the local node beside the sensors and effectors. Detect-to-track stays under 800ms even when the uplink is degraded.

04Sovereign

On-prem at the protected site.

Models and data stay inside the facility. Airspace overlays, ROE rule sets, and engagement logs never leave the regulatory boundary.

Deployment

Six weeks. One protected zone.

C-UAS is a high-stakes, fast-moving deployment. We integrate with your existing detection layer first, prove the chain end-to-end on dummy targets, then go live one zone at a time.

D · 01Weeks 1–2

Sensor ingest.

MESH ingests existing RF, radar, and EO/IR feeds. Re-ID and fusion validated against historical track data and known signatures.

D · 02Weeks 3–5

Chain validation.

Operator workflow runs against live airspace. Effector tasking simulated against dummy targets. ROE matrix tuned to the site's authorities. Doctrine pack signed off.

D · 03Week 6+

Live engagement authority.

Cutover by zone. Effectors come live one at a time, each behind a named operator authority. AAR after every engagement. Authority widens by case.

Pilot request

Bring C-UAS under one shell.

Run a six-week pilot on one protected airspace. Ingest your existing detection layer, validate the chain end-to-end, prove the delta against your engagement log. We do not replace your effectors — we bring them under one cited, audited decision chain.

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