Core service
Aerdefence Detect
Passive sensors detect drones over your site, integrated with IAA airspace data. Every detection recorded with operator, path and serial, and live alerts reach the right people.
Ireland’s drone security service
Protect your
airspace.
Detection, autonomous patrol, and live event overwatch. Integrated with IAA airspace data, so the right people see what matters, the moment it matters.
Our services
Security you don’t have to think about.
Detection, autonomous patrol, and live event overwatch. Each stands on its own, and together they cover the sky above you and the ground below.
Aerdefence Patrol
An autonomous security drone that launches on alert, patrols your site on a schedule you set, and streams live to your team. Built on the Sunflower Beehive.
Aerdefence Monitor
Aerdefence pilots fly drones over your event and stream live footage to event control and An Garda Síochána: crowd flow, traffic, and car park capacity, as it happens.
Our team
Policing and aviation experience, in house.
Two decades in Garda aviation, and 14 years in the commercial drone industry. We know how drones are flown, how they are misused and what the law allows.
Deployed where the stakes are highest.
EIGHT SECTORS
ONE SERVICE
01 / Infrastructure
Critical infrastructure
Power generation, water treatment, telecoms and renewable energy sites, vulnerable to surveillance, mapping or disruption.
02 / Pharma
Pharmaceutical & biotech
Manufacturing plants and research facilities where unauthorised overflights risk IP theft and compromise site security.
03 / Prisons
Prisons & defence sites
Custody facilities facing contraband drops, and Defence installations where perimeter breaches raise security concerns.
04 / Data centres
Data centres
Facilities where client confidentiality and perimeter security make unauthorised drone surveillance an operational risk.
05 / Airports
Airports & aerodromes
Commercial and regional aerodromes where drone incursions create safety hazards and trigger IAA incident reporting.
06 / Stud farms
Stud farms & agri-food
Bloodstock operations, farms and food processing sites where drone activity threatens biosecurity and livestock welfare.
07 / Large events
Large events
Stadia, festivals and concerts where drones create crowd safety risks and disrupt operations at high-profile gatherings.
08 / Public lands
Public lands & assets
Historic properties, protected lands and council amenities where drones threaten wildlife and public safety.
Aerdefence Detect
See every drone in your airspace.
Live alerts reach the right people, the moment it matters.
Aerdefence PatrolEyes over your site,
Eyes over your site,
the moment something moves.
An autonomous security drone that launches on alert, patrols on a schedule you set, and streams live to your team. Managed by Aerdefence, built by Sunflower Labs.
Reach any point in seconds
Send the drone to investigate activity on any part of the site. No waiting on a patrol car, no gap in cover.
Track and deter
The drone does more than watch. It follows an unauthorised person or vehicle and holds the position while you decide how to respond.
Detection that knows what to look for
Onboard AI identifies people, vehicles and animals, flags hazards such as fire or forced entry, and sends an SMS the moment something needs attention.
Built by Sunflower Labs
Aerdefence Monitor
See your event from above.
Aerdefence pilots fly drones over your event and stream live footage to event control and An Garda Síochána: crowd flow, traffic, and car park capacity, as it happens.
Crowd ingress and egress
Watch how the crowd builds at every gate and clears at the end, so control can ease a pinch point before it forms.
Traffic and car parks
Keep eyes on the approach roads and car park capacity in real time, and redirect before queues back up.
Live to control and Gardaí
Footage streams straight to event control and An Garda Síochána, so calls are made from what is actually happening.
Detect. Analyse. Report.
IP67 HARDWARE
EN 4709-002 COMPLIANT
Step 01 · Detect
Passive scan,
no signal emitted.
AerDefence sensors listen passively from the edge of your site. Nothing is transmitted from the equipment, so the operator stays unaware.
Step 02 · Analyse
Identity, path,
operator location.
Flight paths, make, model, serial number, and operator coordinates are resolved in real time. The console cross-checks against IAA geozones to flag breaches.
Step 03 · Report
Right people,
right moment.
Secure console for your operations team, configurable SMS alerts for your duty manager, and a clean PDF record of every detection, ready for review or regulator submission.
Built in Ireland · for Irish airspace
The only service with native IAA integration.
AerDefence is built around the rules, geozones and reporting pipelines used by the Irish Aviation Authority, so your logs speak the same language as the regulator’s.
- 01IAA geozone overlayLive geofence map synced with the IAA's published restricted, controlled and prohibited zones.
- 02Detection recordsIncident PDFs with the full detection record. One click, one file, one signature. Ready for review, audit, or IAA ECAIRS submission.
- 03GDPR & DSP-compliant hostingAll detection data stored within EU data centres. Operator privacy obligations baked into the retention schedule.
Client briefing
“It filled a gap we had lived with for years. No workflow, no workload, built for Irish airspace. The team explained the regulations, walked us through the system, and assisted us on the few occasions we needed to involve the Gardaí. Easily the best decision we’ve made in the last year”
Chief Security Officer, US Pharmaceutical Company (name withheld)
Continuous since 2025 · three Irish sites