{
  "id": 270122,
  "title": "SkyAI Technologies builds AI drone detection systems for airports and secured sites",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/skyai-technologies-builds-ai-drone-detection-systems-for-airports-and",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-07T13:39:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "YourStory",
    "slug": "yourstory",
    "url": "https://yourstory.com/2026/08/skyai-ai-drone-detection"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "SkyAI Technologies, a company founded in December 2019 by Sarvagy Shukla and Shefali Bajpai, operates from Kanpur. The startup is based around two primary focuses: custom AI and ML development, and its own line of products. One of these products is an AI drone detection system, a product designed to address the growing issue of unauthorized drone flights over sensitive areas such as airports, industrial sites and public venues.\n\nThe drone detection system utilizes computer vision and deep learning analytics to identify, classify and track unauthorized drones in real-time. The system automatically assigns a threat category to detected aircraft and triggers alerts for any unauthorized presence. Applications for the system include airport airspace security, defence and military surveillance, critical infrastructure protection, industrial zone monitoring, public event security, power plants and data centers.\n\nIn addition to its drone detection system, SkyAI offers a variety of other AI and technology-based solutions. These include an AI-assisted enterprise resource planning system, chatbots, face recognition with VIP alerts, and a personalized recommendation engine. These products are generally presented as configurable deployments rather than fully finished products.\n\nSkyAI's drone detection technology is patented. Despite being a young company, SkyAI has positioned itself as an innovator in the counter-drone systems space, bringing a combination of custom software development and specialized drone detection technology to the market.",
  "summary": "SkyAI Technologies, founded in December 2019 by Sarvagy Shukla and Shefali Bajpai, is a Kanpur-based startup that specializes in computer vision, counter-drone systems, and enterprise software. The company, which operates under the Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC) at IIT Kanpur, has developed an AI-driven drone detection system designed to address the growing issue of unauthorized flights over airports, industrial sites, and public venues. Traditional perimeter security measures are inadequate to handle the challenges posed by small, inexpensive drones that are difficult to detect and track. SkyAI's technology aims to provide real-time identification, tracking, and response capabilities for such scenarios, ensuring the safety and security of critical infrastructure and public spaces.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}