Low-cost drone detection

Detect drones before it's too late.

A drone that costs a few hundred dollars can kill. Seeing it coming shouldn't cost a million.

Wortz builds low-cost sensors that detect and track small drones around military bases, airports and critical infrastructure, including drones that jammers and radio detectors miss.

Field test · live track of a small drone
Wortz console

Replay a real field test

This is the track Wortz's first prototype produced while a real drone flew around it outdoors. Press play, scrub through the flight, and watch the system follow the drone's direction and elevation.

SENSOR TRACK · REPLAYNODE 01
00.0 / 00.0 s
Status
NO TRACK
Azimuth
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Elevation
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Track
DRONE 1
Update
10 Hz

Field test · 2026. A small drone flying freely outdoors, tracked live by a single Wortz sensor node. No radio signal from the drone and no cooperation from the pilot needed.

Wortz is now running longer-range tests and adding precise 3D positioning.

How it works

From first sighting to response

Wortz sensors are placed around a site and work together as one network.

01

Detect

Sensors around the site pick up small drones as they approach.

02

Track

Each drone's path is followed in real time.

03

Alert

Your security team gets an alert with the drone's position.

04

Respond

Built to hand the track to the systems that stop drones.

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Affordable enough to cover the whole site

Not just one spot.

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Scales with your site

Add sensors where you need them.

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Catches what RF detection misses

Including fiber-optic drones.

Built for

Sites that can't afford to be surprised

Military bases

Early warning against drone surveillance and attacks.

Airports

Spot drones near runways before they disrupt operations.

Energy and critical infrastructure

Protect plants, substations and pipelines.

Prisons and events

Detect drones dropping contraband or flying over crowds.

Why it matters

Small drones are a real threat. Most sites can't see them.

~$1M

Detection is too expensive

Good drone detection systems cost close to a million dollars each, so most bases, airports and power plants have none, or only a few.

0 RF

Some drones are invisible to RF

Fiber-optic and autonomous drones send no radio signal, so jammers and radio detectors miss them completely.

Early

Time is what saves people

Seeing a drone a few seconds earlier is the difference between taking cover and getting hit, and it's what interceptors need to respond.

Roadmap

Where Wortz is today

2026

Field-tested prototype

Hardware and software built from scratch. Tracks a real drone outdoors in real time.

NOW

Longer range and 3D positioning

Extending range and adding each drone's exact 3D position.

2027

Pilot deployments

Weatherproof sensors installed at the first pilot sites.