by Josey Melick on Jul 28, 2025
Accipiter Radar was in Florida earlier this month with the Blue Angels providing invaluable drone detection service to the US Navy and its partners. The Blue Angels inspire a culture of excellence and service by representing the United States Navy and Marine Corps to audiences globally through their awe-inspiring and well-known air shows. Accipiter Radar worked closely with Airspace Link, Inc. and Seneca Nation Group during the July 2025 Pensacola Blue Angels Annual Beach Air Show, helping protect the Blue Angels and other participating aircraft from clueless and careless drones in the airspace. Accipiter’s drone detection sensors and services were deployed for use by a multiagency contingent in Escambia County to support safe flight operations throughout the airshow.
Airspace Link’s Drone Operations Management System (DOMS) was fed in real-time by Accipiter’s Counter UAS Smart Surveillance Network and assisted in securing the operational airspace. Chief Greg Campenella of Escambia County Fire and Rescue explains: “This collaboration effort showcased a new level of innovation in air space control, management, and collision avoidance, helping maintain a sterile air space throughout the event. It was an amazing experience.”
“Drones bring an exciting promise of transforming air mobility, but drones are as difficult for pilots to see as birds and can cause even more damage” notes Dr. Tim Nohara, President, and CEO of Accipiter. Dr. Nohara goes on to explain, “aviation safety can be maintained by having both drone operators and crewed pilots share the safety responsibility of airspace.”
Accipiter Radar continues to be a leader in Smart Surveillance Networks and automated decision support capabilities for new applications and threats which provide force multiplication and enable information sharing and interoperability with practitioners who work together to keep us safe.
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About Accipiter Radar
Accipiter Radar is a North American company that develops, sells, and operates high-performance radar and sensor intelligence networks engineered to monitor the environment and characterize the behavior of targets such as small vessels, low flying aircraft, vehicles and birds, as well as distributed phenomenon such as weather, waves and snow/ice. The result is enhanced wide-area safety and security through unprecedented domain awareness for 21st century applications in homeland security, aviation safety and security, and environmental protection. Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc. of Niagara, Ontario Canada and Accipiter Radar Corporation of Niagara, New York, USA are Targeting a Safer World® and have won business from of all levels of government in North America, as well as major corporations and governments in various parts of the world.
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