The Silent Falcon™, a solar electric, fixed wing, long endurance, long range Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) produced by Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, was selected by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) to assist with policing strategies in maintaining safety and security during the Port of Spain Carnival celebration, one of the largest Carnival celebrations in the world.
According to a company press release the UAS “was used to assist the TTPS with security operations during the entire duration of the Carnival, providing continuous information and city-wide situational awareness to the TTPS operational command center, giving the TTPS more visibility and access to otherwise hard to capture situations.”
“In thirteen sorties over four days the Silent Falcon™ UAS was able to provide near continuous overwatch over a very large area of Port of Spain giving the TTPS very high-resolution day and night “eyes on the sky” for crowd and traffic management, identifying and pinpointing possible criminal activity and assisting in managing and directing police assets.“