After the end of the group stage of the European Football Championship in Germany, the stadiums at the ten venues will be somewhat quieter for the time being. As is usual for such major events, the security concepts also consider the potential threat of drones being misused. As a result, UAS operators will once again have to prepare for temporary flight restrictions around the respective venues from the start of the finals.
In the context of the EC 2024, however, the discussion is not only about sporting issues, but also increasingly about possible threats from illegally operated unmanned aircraft systems. However, it is often ignored that commercially used UAS technology from the drone economy contributes in various ways to the success of events such as EURO24.
On the one hand, in the form of detection technologies that are used to monitor the no-fly zones that have been set up. But also very actively with drones in the air. In addition to obvious applications by media and agencies, authorities and organizations with security tasks in particular rely on "aerial reconnaissance" to coordinate traffic and visitor flows and to be able to identify and react to potentially dangerous situations at an early stage.
Applications such as these are not only of tactical value, they also help to reduce climate-damaging emissions compared to the helicopters traditionally used. And the reduction in noise pollution for local residents is an additional positive effect of the wide range of legal drone operations in the context of major events such as the European Football Championship 2024.