Someone is watching from above. We find out who.

Detection is where others stop. It is where we start.

Delta 7 is a licensed California investigation firm. For us, an alert is only the first step of an investigation whose goal is to identify the bad actor.

1. Detection. Our receivers passively read the Remote ID broadcast the FAA requires every registered drone to transmit and place the aircraft, its flight path and the pilot's position on a live map.
2. Response. An investigator moves on the launch area while the aircraft is still airborne.
3. Identifiers. On site, we capture the identifiers that tie the flight to a person: the aircraft, the operator, and what they arrived in. The specifics of how are our tradecraft.
4. Background investigation. Those identifiers become the starting point for a full background investigation of the subject through lawful, permissible-purpose sources, led by a former FBI Supervisory Special Agent. We attempt identification; we do not guarantee it.
5. Referral and report. A litigation-grade report with detection logs, flight paths, timestamps, imagery and chain of custody, delivered to the client's attorney or referred to law enforcement, with supporting declarations and testimony available.

Why the investigator matters

A detection log identifies an aircraft. Registration identifies an owner. And every bad actor keeps the same defenses ready: I sold it. It was stolen. I wasn't flying. An investigator at the launch area during the flight — the vehicle, the plate, and the operator at the controls, documented while it happens — collapses that defense. Detection is a lead. Attribution is a case, and Delta 7 delivers it.

Four ways to engage us

Situational Awareness Deployment. Find out what is flying over you. Our receivers at your property or venue for 1 to 30 days or longer, watched by our investigators, with a written airspace assessment at the end: what flew, when, how often, and from where. With or without an investigator on site to go to the launch point.

Drone Intrusion Investigation. When the drone comes back, the case starts. We identify the pilot, prove the pattern and give your lawyer a court-ready report.

Event Coverage. A wedding, private party, deposition, board meeting or executive movement, covered from a vehicle-based setup that is receiving within 30 minutes, day or night, with drone and pilot positions pushed live to your security team.

Long-Term Monitoring. Continuous detection with investigators behind it, so the airspace over your property is never unwatched. Monthly or annual.

Full descriptions, the five-phase engagement path and a proposal request are at Delta7UAS.com.

The Sentinel Program

Our flagship tier for clients who need to know whether a pattern exists: 30, 60 or 90 days of continuous collection, scheduled response windows, interim reports and a formal threat assessment that answers the questions that matter. Is there a threat, is it the same aircraft or operator returning, and who is behind it? Repeat-offender identification across engagements is part of the service.

Also available

• Airspace Threat Baseline: 1 to 30 days of collection and a written answer to whether you have a drone problem
• Rapid mobilization within 24 to 48 hours
• Pilot identification and comprehensive background investigation
• Declarations, expert time and court testimony
• Priority-access and family-office annual retainers
• Design, supply, integration and training for a permanent detection system once a threat is confirmed
• Dronetag Scout (fixed) and RIDER (handheld) receivers, kits and data plans, quoted on Delta 7 letterhead for agencies, security teams, property owners and pilots

Legal framework

• Delta 7 Group is a California-licensed private investigation firm, CA PI Lic. No. 188424. Every phase after detection is investigative work performed under that license.
• Detection is passive only. We receive broadcasts the FAA requires drones to transmit; we never jam, capture or interfere with an aircraft, which is a federal offense for private parties.
• All field documentation is conducted lawfully from locations where we have a right to be.
• Records access is limited to permissible purposes under federal and California law.
• California Civil Code §1708.8 gives you a civil claim, with treble damages, against a drone operator who captures images of private activity. Our report is built to support it.
• We coordinate with law enforcement when an intrusion warrants it; a Remote ID serial gives officers a same-day path to the registered operator.