Tel-Aviv, Israel – July 30, 2024 – Sentrycs, a technology leader of Adaptive Protocol Analytics-based counter-UAS solutions, announces it has been selected by a major maritime logistics and shipping company to protect ports in Latin America from drug cartels smuggling narcotics into shipping containers.
Exploiting the port facility’s previous focus on traditional perimeter security, criminals were utilizing small drones with and without GPS to perform surveillance flights and monitor the presence of security guards. In the absence of guards, they breached the fences, opened containers, and stashed contraband. If guards were present, they resorted to bribery or violence. The risks of such security lapses were clear: loss of key customers up to entering a blacklisted suppliers’ list in destination countries.
Two further limitations were crucial in selecting Sentrycs over jamming-based anti-drone systems: the logistics company used their own drones for monitoring purposes, and Sentrycs’ allows differentiation even between identical drones, mitigating only unauthorized ones. Additionally, Sentrycs ensured uninterrupted operations in the semi-urban port environment, where internal communication systems relied on WiFi.
“During Sentrycs’ site inspection, the system detected 127 unique unauthorized drones in 5 days. The fact that our solution could locate the operators’ last known locations was a game-changer both for our customer and for the local law enforcement authorities,” said Yoav Zaltzman, CEO of Sentrycs.
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