IronDrone runs a vetted network of certificated remote pilots supporting search & rescue and public-safety agencies — with flight logging and chain-of-custody recording built in from the first flight, not bolted on later.
Onboarding is by invitation during the controlled pilot. Already an operator? Sign in.
Operations run within a defined operating area under visual-line-of-sight rules today. The beyond-visual-line-of-sight authorization that extends that range is in preparation, and the platform is being built to the safety-case standard that application requires.
See it end to end
Fifty seconds: an agency opens an incident, the board pages outward until a certificated pilot nearby accepts, the requesting agency watches read-only, and the flight closes into a record nobody can edit afterwards.
Simulated demonstration · not recorded footage · timings are illustrative
The loop
One engine serves every incident type. The difference between a rescue and a police request is data, not a separate product.
A dispatcher enters the incident and its location. It enters the board with a defined type, priority, and operating area — never an open-ended request.
Eligibility is checked before anyone is contacted: approved status, current certification, and availability. If nobody accepts, the search radius widens automatically and the dispatcher is told the moment it is exhausted.
The agency gets a read-only view of the mission as it runs. Recordings are captured for chain of custody; the activity log is append-only and cannot be edited after the fact.
Who it serves
Missing persons, lost hikers, and disaster-area survey — where an extra set of eyes overhead in the first hour changes the outcome, and volunteer aerial support is already welcome.
Higher-stakes agency requests where the evidence trail matters as much as the footage. This is the case the vetting and chain-of-custody model is built for.
Operator vetting
Every operator clears the same checks before they can ever be dispatched, and those checks are re-run — a lapsed certification removes an operator from eligibility automatically.
Responsibility
IronDrone verifies that every operator in its network holds a current FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate and is current on recurrent training, and dispatches only within a defined operating area under published procedures.
Operators remain individually responsible, as certificated remote pilots, for the legality of each flight — including compliance with any temporary flight restriction, any required airspace authorization, and IronDrone's operating procedures. IronDrone does not direct manual flight paths and does not control drone hardware.
Beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations require specific FAA authorization. IronDrone does not conduct them, and does not represent that it holds such authorization, until one is granted.
Get in touch
Tell us your county or jurisdiction, your typical incident volume, and what aerial support you have today. We are adding partner agencies to the controlled pilot.
Part 107 current, with your own aircraft, willing to be vetted and to respond in your own area. Include your certificate number and where you fly.