Remote ID in a Real World National Security Event: Pierce Aerospace at Super Bowl LVII

Remote ID is designed to allow stakeholders to detect and track drones in the air – both mitigating the risk of unauthorized drones and allowing greater utilization of legitimate commercial operation.  In a high stakes national security event like the Super Bowl, Remote ID becomes a critical tool for the federal and local agencies responsible for keeping participants safe.

Pierce Aerospace, a Techstars-backed company, is a Remote ID service provider focused on practical and robust integration of Remote ID services into the drone ecosystem.  Pierce Aerospace worked with the Department of Homeland Security and other federal, state, and local agencies to deploy Remote ID at the NFL’s Super Bowl LVII, in a successful test of Remote ID for operational support of a National Special Security Event. Pierce Aerospace deployed its Bluebird Remote ID Receivers and B1 Remote ID Beacons around State Farm Stadium to support airspace operations for NFL coordinated broadcast…