Roark Aerospace is a multi-faceted business. What follows is an overview covering our core operations, performance and future plans.

Core 1: Drone Detection Network

In 1921, General Giulio Douhet wrote “he who controls the air controls everything”. Our drone detection network model is built around this premise.

What is evident is that unmanned aviation represents a significant risk to global security whilst also offering significant promise for emerging technologies such as eVTOL* and deliveries.

No matter the use case for unmanned aircraft there needs to be a globally recognised data layer covering detection and identification of unmanned aircraft, this is what Roark are building.

We are already the largest deployer of drone detection equipment globally and have ambitious plans to extend our coverage and density significantly over the next 2 years.

We manufacture drone detection devices that can identify and track all drone types from COTS broadcasting RemoteID, to DJI and Parrot broadcasting their own packets through to dark drones operating outside of Rf frequencies.

Building a network enables government agencies, militaries and commercial users the opportunity to implement a drone detection strategy without the upfront capex of acquiring the devices. Our platform enables immediate access to area specific detection.

*A note on eVTOL’s, whilst they are technically traditional aircraft, their operational altitude means that the standard ADSB communication protocol must be supplemented with a RemoteID based protocol due to the poor performance of ADSB at lower altitudes.

Core 2: Counter UAS

From a national security perspective, drone detection requires an additional strategy built on top of the data layer for countering unmanned aircraft should they pose a threat.

By controlling the detection and data layer through our network we position ourselves as a necessary component of the cUAS layer.

Our ideology is to deploy our own cUAS applications such as frequency jammers or harder stop systems. We manufacture these ourselves with systems including high energy lasers, high power microwave & air burst munitions.

The development of cUAS is capital intensive, as such we again focus on being an indispensable element of the wider strategy requiring cUAS manufacturers to integrate with our network as a condition of deployment.

Core 3: UAV Production

Currently it seems as if every startup and manufacturer are trying to produce unmanned aircraft to be used in conflict and, whilst we do have some low-build cost lines that fit this narrative, our UAV production is much more focused on homeland functions and military support.

Our UAV’s perform the following functions: