SPIRE – Radar System for Urban Drone Surveillance

A portable radar platform controlled by web app hosted on a local server to increase azimuth coverage for drone detection in Singapore urban environment on high-rise buildings and lamp posts.

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Inspiration

With the anticipated increase in drone usage, there is also an increasing threat of abusing this technology. As a result, public agencies in Singapore are driven to establish drone surveillance system in the urban environment. However, conventional drone surveillance systems in the market have high false alarm rates when adopted in Singapore. This is due to the prevalence of densely populated high-rise buildings and high levels of environmental interferences. Current radar surveillance systems are costly, static and non-adaptive to moving targets.

Approach

Small radar nodes will be installed at the side of buildings, fences or lamp posts. A system with a platform and web-app to house and control a single radar to ensure lower costs. The prototype will have a wide azimuth coverage and be adaptive for users to control its scanning motion and speed.

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