Mission domain · Published capability
Counter-UAS: one operator holds every drone track
Small drones are cheap, numerous, and hard to see — a Group 1 quadcopter can cross a fence line before anyone hears it. The hard problem is not one drone; it is holding every track at once and deciding fast, under authority.
DaggerOS™ fuses radar, radio-frequency, acoustic, and electro-optical/infrared detections of small uncrewed aircraft into a single, deduplicated track picture. One operator sees every drone at once, classified by behavior rather than by a single sensor’s guess, and holds the decision. BlackEcho™ reasons over the picture and recommends; the operator authorizes.
How DaggerOS handles it
DaggerOS senses passively first, so a threat can be seen before anything of ours emits. Detections from independent sensors are correlated into one track per object, which removes the double-counting that overwhelms single-sensor systems. Each track carries a behavior-based classification and a confidence, not just a raw hit. The operator holds the full picture; no effect is applied until a human sustains the Human Gate and the decision is written to the record.
Related subsystems
- DaggerOS — the air-gapped decision core that fuses the multi-sensor picture and records every decision.
- BlackEcho — the on-box co-pilot that ranks tracks and drafts a recommendation. It never arms, fires, or cues an effect on its own.
- Human Gate — the single authorization point every effect passes through.
Standards touched
Engineered to ingest Remote ID broadcasts per ASTM F3411 and to exchange sensor tasking and tracks in a NATO SAPIENT-aligned way, so third-party sensors and effectors interoperate. Motion imagery is handled in line with STANAG 4609. Human-in-command is held to DoDD 3000.09 — there is no autonomous engagement path.
Where it fits
Counter-UAS is the anchor of base air defense, installation force protection, and special-event security. It is most often evaluated by DoD program offices, SOF elements, and critical-infrastructure operators who need one operator to cover an airspace picture that used to take a console per sensor. See related use cases in base air defense and installation force protection, and the program office view.
Evidence
Demonstrated under live, operationally representative conditions at T-REX 26-2 (May 2026) at TRL 7–8 — a multi-sensor counter-UAS picture fused and decided by one operator.
FAQ
Does DaggerOS shoot down drones by itself?
No. DaggerOS detects, classifies, tracks, and recommends. Any effect requires a human to sustain the Human Gate, consistent with DoDD 3000.09. There is no autonomous engagement path.
What sensors does it work with?
It is sensor-agnostic and passive-first. Radar, RF, acoustic, and EO/IR feeds are fused into one track picture, and SAPIENT-aligned interfaces let third-party sensors and effectors join without a bespoke integration.
How does it avoid double-counting the same drone across sensors?
Detections of the same object from independent sensors are correlated into a single track, so the operator sees one drone, not four hits. That is the difference between a fused picture and four separate screens.
Which drones does it cover?
The counter-UAS picture is built around the smaller, more numerous weight classes most implicated in public DHS/CISA guidance, while remaining agnostic to airframe type.