Booz Allen invests in drone monitoring startup Hidden Level

Booz Allen Hamilton, a global consulting firm and digital integrator for the US Department of Defense (DoD), has made a strategic investment in Hidden Level, a New York-based drone monitoring startup. The investment comes through the company’s corporate venture capital arm Booz Allen Ventures.

Hidden Level provides airspace monitoring services (AMS) over cities to ensure safe and secure airspace for airports, large-scale events (like fairs and football games), and other critical infrastructure.

Its drone detection solution utilizes a local network of passive RF drone detection sensors, much like a cellular network, that is owned, operated, and maintained by Hidden Level. These sensors — installed on buildings, rooftops, and cell towers — provide real-time location data on a drone, regardless of whether it is broadcasting accurate Remote ID information or not.

The end user, meanwhile, purchases only a cloud-based software service, which can be…