U.S. Provisional Patent 63/978,409Sole inventorFAA Part 107
Amro AlkhatibUncrewed & Counter-UAS Systems Engineer
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U.S. Provisional Patent 63/978,409 · Sole inventor
I am developing a passive counter-drone concept: a sensor network designed to detect, track, and classify small drones without transmitting a signal.
Senior in Embry-Riddle's accelerated B.S./M.S. Uncrewed & Autonomous Systems program and FAA Part 107 remote pilot.
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The asymmetric defense paradox
A $200 drone can threaten a multi-million-dollar asset.
Legacy counter-drone radar is costly, easy to locate because it transmits, and can miss small drones that fly without a radio link. The defender pays more, reveals more, and still sees less.
- Transmits constantly, so it can be found and targeted
- High cost per protected site
- Weak against small, RF-silent drones
- Emits nothing; listens to energy already in the air
- Reads motion, sound, and reflected FM and cellular signals
- Distributed nodes instead of one costly emitter
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Invention · U.S. Provisional Patent 63/978,409
Distributed Passive Sensor Network
A ground-based counter-UAS concept that detects, tracks, and classifies drones by listening instead of transmitting.
Zero emission
Detects drones using energy already in the environment, so the defender never reveals itself.
Clear answers
Turns what the network senses into a simple judgment an operator can act on.
Distributed
Many low-profile nodes cover a site instead of one costly emitter.
- Method
- Passive, RF-silent
- Threat
- Low-cost micro-UAS
- Domain
- Fixed-asset airspace
- Deployment
- Distributed ground nodes
- Status
- Provisional application filed
- Protected asset
- Passive listening node
- Drone under track
Illustrative only. Not the patent drawings.
Early-stage research concept. No prototype has been fielded.
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Three passive signatures, fused into one track
Simulated concept feeds for illustration. Not recorded sensor data.
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Research at Embry-Riddle, 2024 to now
InfraAir: aviation for infrastructure inspection
Invited by Embry-Riddle onto a six-member master's team, and proposed the team's concept: a small UAS that inspects GPS-denied spaces such as bridge undersides and tunnel interiors with visual, thermal and lidar sensing, plus onboard AI that flags defects.
Four studies that built the DPSN
The Asymmetric Defense Paradox
Using passive physics to reverse the cost equation of drone defense.
DAPS: Distributed Autonomous Passive Sensing
Tested the concept against legacy airport radar on cost, coverage, and detectability.
UGS Design Study
Safe operation of uncrewed ground systems in a sensing network.
Airport Security Program Review: SFO
A Category X airport case study with a DPSN waterfront perimeter concept.
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From sensor physics to a flight-ready plan
Counter-UAS & sensing
- Counter-UAS concepts and passive detection
- Sensor systems and fusion
- Remote sensing and data interpretation
- Thermal and RGB payloads
UAS operations
- FAA Part 107 certified
- Mission planning and risk assessment
- Airspace and regulations
- Flight safety
Systems engineering
- Requirements and total-system design
- System integration
- Multidisciplinary coordination
- AI and ML foundations
Tools
- Oracle Primavera P6
- Revit and Navisworks (BIM)
- AutoCAD and 3ds Max
- Big-data analytics
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Two decades of delivery, now aimed at airspace
Principal & Managing Director
Damasca Autos LLC · San Francisco
Founded and run an automotive trading and financing company: operations, compliance, lender and dealer agreements, and the team, while completing an engineering degree.
Group Senior PR Manager
Power International Holding · Doha
Corporate communications and government affairs; liaison to ministries and VIP delegations; protocol for summits supporting Qatar National Vision 2030.
Projects Design Coordinator
UCC Holding (UrbaCon) · Doha
Design and BIM delivery on Mall of Qatar and the Sheraton Doha renovation; Revit and Navisworks model integration; led architect and engineer teams.
Lead Design Engineer
Khayyat Contracting & Trading · Damascus
Technical documentation and 3D visualization in 3ds Max and V-Ray for commercial and hospitality work; led a design team for international stakeholders.
Project Engineer, Interior Design
German Qatari Group · Doha
City Center expansion, Shangri-La Hotel Doha, Rotana City Center and Merweb Hotel; site engineering and fit-out from concept to handover.
Junior Design Engineer
Albander Interiors · Al Khobar
Design drawings, material take-offs and shop documentation for interior fit-out and joinery, supporting senior engineers through installation.
Jul 2017 to Nov 2019 Relocated from Qatar to the United States, settled in California and founded Damasca Autos.
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Trained for uncrewed systems, certified to fly them
B.S. / M.S. Uncrewed & Autonomous Systems
Accelerated combined pathway with a minor in sUAS: UAS operations, applied physics, sensing technology, ground and maritime systems, human factors.
Also B.S. Architectural Studies, Arizona State University, expected 2027
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Let's talk about protecting airspace.
Open to uncrewed systems, counter-UAS, and systems engineering roles. Based in Palo Alto, California.
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