We developed a method of acoustic drone detection using low end equipment as a proof of concept. The only available acoustic array for drone detection costs $57k and the prototype we are working on costs less than $200. The purpose of this project is to provide an alternative method of drone detection because RF methods are becoming obsolete as autonomous drones become more frequent. The drone we borrowed from innovate labs was used for audio data collection which we then used to train our machine learning model.

Submitted by Nicholas Nguyen