As drone technology advances, the corresponding ones in the anti-drone sector should follow. ADAPTIT is considered one of the Greek technology companies that successfully integrates - among many others - such systems to deal with advancing drone technology.
A few months ago the company undertook a related project on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus and it is already in its final stages.
"We are in the phase of implementation and delivery, the project will end soon...," sources of the group, with its president and CEO Athanasios Tzaferis, told New Money.
It is, specifically, an Integrated Detection and Deterrence System for all commercial types of drones and UAVs .
How exactly will it work?
The detection of unfriendly drones is implemented through specialised radio frequency sensors with a range of up to 7 km and deterrence is achieved through electromagnetic field blocking technology (directional & omnidirectional) with a range of up to 1.5km LOS, according to the company.
This anti-drone System will cover a total of 5 critical infrastructures, as well as multiple mobile applications and is integrated into an integrated C&C Monitoring & Control system.
ADAPTIT is the systems integrator of the innovative project, the one that completes the individual products, software and equipment in the final system. That is, it combines software and hardware, while the drone as a means is manufactured by another supplier.
The relevant contract for the provision of the state-of-the-art Anti-Drone System (Supply and Installation of Critical Infrastructure Protection Systems from the Threat of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) was signed by ADAPTIT with the Cyprus Police, as announced in the middle of last June.
What technologies are used
Its equipment includes an integrated detection system through RF sensors and a suppression system with jamming technology and is completed in a Central Command & Control for full control by the Cyprus Police.
It will be permanently installed in a total of 5 critical infrastructures of the Republic of Cyprus (which for obvious reasons have not been named) and in addition 5 fully functional Portable Units are offered to deal with ad-hoc operations.
A complex project, but also a pioneer for European data, as characterised by its creators.
The measurement of pollutants in ports
The system for the Cyprus Police is not the first implemented by ADAPTIT in the wider field of drones.
A high-profile project to protect public health and tackle climate change was awarded jointly with ALTUS in Spring 2021 by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) following a competitive process and as company sources emphasise "it has already been implemented and is going very well".
The project concerns a system for measuring shipping pollution in EU ports, through drones.
Its object is the provision of services through unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the Port Authorities of the EU member states, with the aim of measuring the sulfur content of ships' pollutant emissions and their compliance with the corresponding directive of the European Union.
The project is based on a Cloud application and performs actions such as:
- the collection of real-time data (video, emission measurements) received from the ground control station of the UAVs,
- calculation of the sulfur content of the fuel waste of the vessel under control, and
- processing, storage and sending of the data to EMSA with IT infrastructure and forwarding to end users.
A similar procedure is carried out in every emergency pollution event in a marine area of the European area, for its timely response.
Michalis Kosmetatos is a columnist for New Money.
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