Lockheed Martin and partners demonstrate NetSense UAS detection
Lockheed Martin, Verizon, NVIDIA, Keysight, ODC and Astris AI demonstrated the NetSense Airspace Awareness-as-a-Service system in July in the Miami area, showing AI analysis of RF disturbances across Verizon 5G spectrum to detect, track and alert on unmanned aircraft systems in real time. The demo used ODC AI-native RAN software, NVIDIA AI Aerial, and Keysight RF simulation to maintain track custody. NetSense is marketed as a COTS-based, subscription service with pilots planned in late 2026 and early 2027 and commercial availability targeted for 2027, and it can work without changing existing cellular radio deployments.
NetSense can detect and track drones using existing 5G networks.
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Drones are becoming cheaper and more available. The partners tested NetSense in July…
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