Facility observation
Aerial photography can reveal equipment placement, access routes, and activity around a site. Unexpected flights give your team a reason to assess what may have been visible.
Data centers & corporate facilities
Sensitive operations deserve attention from every angle.
A drone can bring equipment yards, rooftops, and outdoor work into view. DroneLook helps your security team investigate unfamiliar flights and see whether the same aircraft keeps returning.
Why it matters
What can be seen from above?
Perimeter cameras and access controls cover the ground. Drone activity can expose a different view of your facilities and the work taking place outside.
Confidential work outdoors
Product testing, equipment deliveries, and work in open yards may be visible to a camera drone. Staff need a way to investigate flights near those activities.
Repeated attention
A recurring aircraft may warrant follow-up even when each visit is brief. Recorded detections help security staff connect sightings and review patterns.
Documented incident
Newport News, Virginia · January 2024
A drone photographed a restricted industrial site.
FBI testimony describes a drone being used to take photos and video over Newport News Shipbuilding. The operator later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts under the Espionage Act and received a six-month sentence.
The incident involved a naval shipyard. For commercial facilities, it highlights a practical question: which outdoor assets or activities could an unfamiliar aircraft observe?
FBI · Senate Judiciary Committee testimony, July 22, 2025 (opens in a new tab)Historical context · Not a DroneLook deploymentFurther reading
CISA’s ChemLock guidance describes drones being used to observe facilities, steal intellectual property, and disrupt operations. It recommends preparing for suspicious activity.
CISA · ChemLock: Drone Activity (opens in a new tab)Where DroneLook comes in
Turn a sighting into something you can review.
DroneLook receives Remote ID broadcasts and gives your security team the location, history, and alerts to investigate detected activity alongside your existing security information.
Watch sensitive locations
Define monitoring areas around equipment yards, rooftops, and other locations your security team identifies.
Review the route
See where a detected aircraft traveled, its reported flight details, and any available pilot or takeoff position.
Connect repeat detections
Review an aircraft’s previous flights and export reports to support incident review alongside staff observations and camera footage.
Your locations
Focus on the work and assets you need to protect.
Data centers
Investigate flights near outdoor equipment, utility areas, and the campus perimeter.
Corporate campuses
Give site security a record of detected activity near facilities and private outdoor spaces.
Research & development
Monitor detections around outdoor testing and locations where confidential work may be visible.
- Remote ID reception
- 2.4 + 5 GHz
- Approximate range
- 2–4 miles
- Power + data
- Standard PoE
- Installation
- Permanent outdoor
Range varies with the RF environment and site conditions, and may be greater or less. Custom off-grid configurations are available based on your needs.
A few practical
questions.
Can we check whether an aircraft has visited before?
Command’s aircraft and flight history let your team review previous recorded detections associated with the aircraft.
Can our security team receive alerts without watching Command?
Yes. Monitoring alerts can be delivered in Command, by email, and/or by text message so staff can review activity when it needs attention.
How does this fit with our existing security work?
Use recorded flight locations and timestamps alongside staff reports and camera footage. Command provides the drone activity record your team can bring into its investigation.
See it for yourself
Give site security a view above the perimeter.
Explore the detection, alert, and reporting workflow with the people responsible for your facilities.