Argonian

Argonian is a European company. It builds air safety and security systems for drones, also called unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Its two products are Dome, a drone detection service, and Flux, a platform for managing drone traffic. Both are made in the European Union.

The team comes from air traffic control. It has built air traffic control systems for more than ten years, in Europe and Africa.

Dome: drone detection as a service

Dome is a drone detection network that Argonian runs for its customers. The customer does not buy the sensors. Sensors, platform, upkeep and updates are part of a subscription, so the cost is an operating expense and not a capital purchase.

• Passive radio frequency sensors find drones. The sensors send out no signal.
• The system shows the drone model, its serial number and the operator ID.
• It tracks the drone live: position, altitude and flight path.
• It also locates the pilot on the ground.
• Each detected flight is compared with the list of authorized flights. Flights that break the rules are flagged.
• Alerts go out by SMS, email, push message or webhook.
• The system saves records that can be used as evidence.
• It is ready for Remote ID.

Flux: U-space platform

Flux is a U-space Service Provider platform. It covers the five U-space services set out in EU Regulation 2021/664:

• Network identification
• Geo-awareness
• Flight authorization
• Traffic information
• Conformance monitoring

Drone operators file flight requests online. Controllers approve, reject or set conditions for each flight. Flux has been used in live operations with ROMATSA, the Romanian air navigation service provider.

Who uses it

• Civil aviation authorities, for national registers of drones, operators and remote pilots
• Air navigation service providers, for flight approvals in controlled airspace
• Operators of critical infrastructure such as power plants, refineries, ports and data centers
• Private security providers, who can sell drone detection under their own contract
• Law enforcement agencies
• Military and national defense

How it is delivered

Dome can run in the cloud, on the customer's own servers, or as a mix of both. Fixed, portable and vehicle-mounted sensors are available. Flux can be set up as a national platform for a civil aviation authority, as a platform for an air navigation service provider, or as a closed system for military and law enforcement use.

Contact

Argonian's office is at 56 Arieșului Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Meetings and technical demonstrations can be requested through the contact form on the company website.