Partner Forces, a risk and resilience consulting firm serving government and commercial clients, today announced the launch of the Aerial Risk and Infrastructure Assessment (ARIA) — a hands-on, site-specific UAS risk assessment designed to help critical infrastructure owners and operators understand and address their exposure to drone threats.
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have emerged as one of the fastest-growing threat vectors facing U.S. critical infrastructure. From careless recreational operators to sophisticated adversaries, the range of UAS threats is broad, the consequences can be severe, and most organizations lack a defensible, data-driven method to assess their vulnerabilities.
ARIA changes that by providing a clear, defensible picture of drone-specific risk, tailored to a single facility.
“Drones are an increasing threat to our nation’s critical infrastructure, and operators need to evaluate their security posture against these real risks,” said Jenny Stone, Founder and CEO of Partner Forces. “ARIA provides them the insight needed to make smarter decisions about where to invest, how to respond, and how to justify those choices to stakeholders.”
What ARIA Delivers
- Targeted mitigation investment, directing capital toward detection and response capabilities where they reduce exposure most.
- Federal grant applications, including the $250 million FEMA C-UAS Grant Program, which requires a threat assessment to apply and is available to all U.S. states and territories.
- Applications for Temporary Flight Restrictions under FAA Safety, Extension, and Security Act (FESSA) Section 2209, providing evidence-based justification for facility-specific airspace protections.
- Development of a scalable UAS security program, aligning policy, technology, and training under a unified risk framework.
- Understanding of the shifting regulatory landscape for C-UAS including expansion of authority for state and local law enforcement, federal trainings, foreign drone component restrictions, and upcoming federal enforcement initiatives.
Aria assessments typically take two to three days to complete and are aligned with FESSA Section 2209 and DHS risk framework.
About Partner Forces
Partner Forces is a risk and resilience consulting firm with more than a decade of UAS and counter-UAS expertise. The firm has prepared more than 400 Temporary Flight Restriction packages for DHS review and FAA approval, completed more than 50 threat and risk assessments for transit authorities and ports nationwide, and spent more than five years developing UAS policy and guidance documents in partnership with the federal government.