SkeyDrone and Airport Intelligence launch airport drone detection service

SkeyDrone and Airport Intelligence launch airport drone detection service

by | Jan 19, 2026 | Connectivity, Innovation

SkeyDrone and Airport Intelligence have launched a strategic collaboration to offer airports end-to-end drone detection, response, and mitigation services.

Drone sightings have become increasingly commonplace in recent years, forcing the closure of significant aviation hubs such as Berlin Brandenburg. The disruption caused by these closures results in significant costs for airlines and operational headaches for airport management.

Developers of advanced drone detection technology, SkeyDrone monitor and analyse drone activity around critical airspace. Their tailorable platform includes an active runway configuration to make sure threats are addressed and alerts are meaningful. Airport Intelligence brings extensive aviation expertise to the collaboration, ensuring safety and security while creating actionable plans to address disruption.

Both companies are based at Brussels Airport, providing the ideal platform for shared learning. Stijn De Vleeschhouwer, Managing Director at SkeyDrone, said:

We’re seeing a tremendous demand for our threat assessment solutions, which help customers evaluate risks effectively. While we provide the technology, many airports and ANSPs lack established processes to act on these insights. That’s why this partnership is so critical: technology is one part of the equation, but taking the right actions is equally, if not more, important.

Korijn Defever, General Manager at Airport Intelligence added:

Our strength lies in designing operational concepts that fit the complex reality of airport environments, not only in theory but especially in practice. Working with SkeyDrone allows us to connect those concepts directly to reliable, proven drone detection technology, offering airports a pragmatic and scalable solution.

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Drone sighting shuts down Berlin Brandenburg Airport

Drone sighting shuts down Berlin Brandenburg Airport

by | Nov 3, 2025 | Connectivity

Air traffic controllers at Berlin Brandenburg Airport were forced to suspend flights for two hours after a drone was discovered breaching its aerospace.

The incident occurred on Friday 31st October at around 8pm, with incoming aircraft forced to divert to other airports in Germany.

Ralph Beisel, managing director of the German Airports Association (Flug­ha­fen­ver­band ADV), described the incident as a ‘wake-up call.’ He added:

When take-offs and landings are stopped and numerous aircraft have to be diverted to other airports, it is not only flight operations that come to a standstill, passenger confidence in the safety of air traffic also suffers.

Airports must not be left alone here. Drone detection and defence are sovereign tasks of the state and must be tackled comprehensively and consistently.

Drone overflights are on the up, with German traffic control reporting 155 incidents this year so far, a sharp increase from the 15 recorded in 2023. It is currently unclear if the latest drone intrusion was part of surveillance activities, as is suspected with recent drone overflights at Kleine-Brogel military base in Belgium.

Unnmanned aerial objects have caused further disturbance elsewhere in Europe. Vilnius Airport in Lithuania has been forced to close six times in October, for multiple hours on each occasion, due to helium balloons from Belarus entering its airspace. The balloons smuggle contraband into the EU, a criminal activity that also serves to put geopolitical pressure on the bloc.

Additionally, Russian drones have all invaded Lithuanian, Polish, and Estonian airspace in the past year as Putin tries to provoke NATO. To strengthen defence capabilities and keep airports running as normal, Europe must find a way to limit these incursions.

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