Vireon Group

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory

A drone program is a governance program first.

READY™ Aerial is Vireon Group's advisory practice for organizations building, reviewing, or securing unmanned aircraft programs.

Programs succeed or fail on process, not aircraft.

Most unmanned aircraft programs start with equipment. The ones that last start with a defined mission, sound policy, trained people, and clear accountability, and can explain themselves to regulators, courts, and the public.

READY™ Aerial helps you get that foundation right, whether you are starting a program, inheriting one, or working out how drones change your own risk.

Advisory Services

What we advise on

Program design assessment

Define the mission, governance, and staffing model before spending on aircraft. For existing programs, we review what is in place and where the gaps are.

  • Mission and use-case definition
  • Governance and chain-of-command structure
  • Staffing, roles, and resource planning
  • Written assessment with prioritized recommendations

Policy and compliance

Policies that stand up to scrutiny, matched to how your program is authorized to operate.

  • Use policies and operating procedures
  • FAA authorization and Part 107 compliance
  • Records retention, data handling, and evidence considerations
  • Privacy and transparency guidelines that support community trust

Training and readiness

Standards and documentation that keep a program consistent, safe, and defensible.

  • Pilot qualification and currency standards
  • Flight logging and mission documentation
  • Internal audit process and checklists
  • Tabletop exercises for mishap and incident response

Security risk integration

Understand how unmanned aircraft, yours and other people's, change your threat picture.

  • Drone-related threats built into threat assessments
  • Facility, campus, and event overflight risk review
  • Aerial considerations for executive protection advance work
  • Coordination with local law enforcement through our Law Enforcement Liaison Program

Who We Work With

Aerial insight for complex operating environments.

Corporate and campus security

Security leaders who need to understand drone risk at their facilities, and organizations weighing drones for site security, get a clear-eyed assessment before they commit.

Executive protection and special events

Aerial awareness and advance planning for principals, venues, and large gatherings, integrated with your existing protection plan.

Flight support when you need it

Advisory is our core work. When an engagement calls for flight operations, we bring in experienced contractor drone pilots.

Built by practitioners

READY™ Aerial is led by advisors with decades of law enforcement, tactical, and federal criminal investigation experience who have built unmanned aircraft programs from the ground up.

Part of READY™

READY™ Aerial extends our five-stage framework of Recognize, Evaluate, Act, Defend, and Yield, so drone programs and drone risk get the same discipline as every other critical-incident risk. Read about the framework.

Begin the Conversation

Start with a conversation.

Tell us whether you are launching a program, reviewing one, or assessing drone risk. We will tell you what an engagement would involve.

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