AARTOS DDS (Drone Detection System)

The AARTOS Drone Detection System (AARTOS DDS) is a passive, radio-frequency detection platform that identifies, locates, classifies, and tracks unmanned aerial vehicles by monitoring the electromagnetic emissions they and their remote controllers generate. Because it relies entirely on intercepted RF signals rather than radar or optical sensors, it operates effectively at night, in fog, in sandstorm conditions, and against pre-programmed autonomous drones that still transmit telemetry.

The system is sold in three main configurations scaled to site size. The X2 is a portable, laptop-deployable unit suited to temporary event security, with coverage out to 5 km across 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz. The X7 adds three independent receivers, 8 directional sectors covering 700 MHz–6 GHz, and direction-finding accuracy of 5°–6°, making it the standard configuration for medium perimeter sites. The flagship X9 deploys four or more independent receivers across 16 sectors, covers 400 MHz–6 GHz continuously (with an optional extension to 10 MHz–8 GHz), achieves 1°–3° bearing accuracy, and provides detection at up to 14 km in standard mode, 40 km in long-range configuration, and 80 km in the military-grade build. Multiple X9 nodes can be networked for borderless large-area coverage.

The RTSA-Suite PRO software layer applies AI-based multi-target pattern recognition to separate drone RF signatures from background RF noise, identifies drone type and manufacturer, locates the drone operator independently of the drone, and presents everything in a 3D flight-path view with heading, altitude, and velocity data. The platform has accumulated over 650 installations and is operationally deployed at London Heathrow, Changi International (Singapore), and Muscat International (Oman), as well as at summit-level VIP protection events including the NATO Hague Summit and G20 Rio de Janeiro.

For Gulf airport operators the X9 is the appropriate baseline: its 16-sector architecture handles the multi-runway layouts of major hubs, its ultra-wideband coverage captures the newer 900 MHz and sub-GHz drone links entering the market, and the networked configuration scales across the perimeter distances typical of DXB, RUH, or MCT.