Dronetag has launched Scout Gen 2, a fixed Remote ID receiver that helps public safety agencies, security teams and operators of critical infrastructure watch drone activity over larger areas.
The receiver picks up Remote ID broadcasts on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands with all antenna types, including directional sector antennas, and Dronetag says no other receiver on the market can do this. Skydio drones, which many Drone as First Responder programmes use, broadcast on 5 GHz, and receivers have so far needed omnidirectional antennas for those signals, which limited their range to about one mile.
In its High Performance configuration, Scout Gen 2 can track Skydio aircraft from more than 5 miles (8 km) away. That is farther than the range of several US programmes, including those in Chula Vista (1 mile), Arlington (1.5 miles) and Chattanooga (3 miles).
Data from Dronetag's network of more than 3,000 receivers shows that autonomous drone operations grew 2.6 times in a year and now make up 24.9% of recorded flights in the US. Scout Gen 2 is on sale in Dronetag's online store in four configurations, two of which also track crewed aircraft through ADS-B, ADS-L, UAT and FLARM.
Background
Dronetag
Drone detection company
Company that makes Remote ID receivers and runs a detection network of more than 3,000 receivers.
Scout Gen 2
Remote ID receiver
Fixed Remote ID receiver from Dronetag for public safety agencies, security teams and operators of critical infrastructure.
