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.
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.
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.