AIRWARD
SAFER SKIES Act

Compliance software for 6 CFR and 28 CFR Part 124

AIRWARD keeps the agency program record current, carries it into each counter-UAS operation, calculates deadlines and prepares reports from information staff already entered.

For eligible state, local, tribal and territorial law-enforcement and correctional agencies, including sheriffs’ offices, state police, municipal police and corrections departments.

AIRWARD obligations queue listing agency deadlines, the operation each concerns and its regulatory source
30 daysadvance notification
48 hourspost-operation report
180 dayscommunications limit
30
days

Advance notification for a mitigation operation.

6 / 28 CFR § 124.9
48
hours

Post-operation reporting deadline.

6 / 28 CFR § 124.13(a)
180
days

Communications retention limit, unless an exception applies.

6 / 28 CFR § 124.14(d)(1)
6
years

Minimum retention for the audit trail.

6 / 28 CFR § 124.14(g)

Part 124 follows the life of the program

AIRWARD connects the standing agency record to each operation and the required work that follows it.

Program

Keep the foundation current

Policy, officials, personnel, certifications, systems and configuration history.

Operation

Plan and record the work

Dates, protected area, coordination, approvals, assigned people and equipment, events and outcomes.

Afterward

Finish the required record

Federal submission receipts, post-operation reports, evidence references, retention dates and audit history.

Staff can see what is current now and what was recorded when an earlier operation was approved and conducted.

AIRWARD reduces the administrative work around each operation

The policy, people, certifications and systems already exist in the agency record. AIRWARD carries that information forward, shows staff what changed and prepares later records from the same source.

See the workflow
01

Reuse standing records

Staff select current personnel, systems and approvals instead of entering them again.

02

Find gaps before review

Missing evidence, expired certifications and configuration changes surface while the operation is being prepared.

03

Start reports with the operation record

Recorded actions, outcomes, receipts and evidence references carry into required reports.

04

Keep audit responses organized

History, retention and purge records, and exports auditors can check independently, stay with the agency record.

County stadium protection

AIRWARD associates the approved plan, assigned personnel, equipment configuration, recorded actions and reports with the sheriff’s office deployment.

An approved AIRWARD operation for a county stadium: its lifecycle from draft to approval, two items still to record before it starts, and the agency profile, certified operator and RF plan carried into its readiness record
An approved operation with two items still to record before it starts.

Common questions about AIRWARD

Short answers for agencies evaluating a Part 124 compliance tool.

What are 6 CFR and 28 CFR Part 124 under the SAFER SKIES Act?

6 CFR and 28 CFR Part 124 establish the federal framework for eligible state, local, tribal and territorial law-enforcement and correctional agencies to exercise specified counter-UAS authority under the SAFER SKIES Act.

How does AIRWARD reduce administrative work?

Agency staff maintain policy, personnel, certifications and systems in the standing program record. AIRWARD carries that information into operations, identifies missing or expired items, calculates deadlines and prepares later records from the same source.

What does AIRWARD record?

AIRWARD maintains the agency program record, personnel and certification records, systems and configurations, operation records, deadlines, report content, evidence references, retention dates, purge confirmations and audit history.

Does AIRWARD operate counter-UAS equipment or submit federal filings?

No. Certified agency personnel operate detection and mitigation equipment, make operational decisions and submit through the designated federal portal. AIRWARD has no command path to that equipment; it prepares report content and records the work.

Can AIRWARD support detection-only programs?

Yes. AIRWARD can support an eligible agency’s detection and warning program as well as programs authorized for mitigation. The records and obligations presented to users depend on the agency and operation.

See AIRWARD with a sample agency record

We use a fictional agency record to show program setup, an operation, the obligations queue, reporting and audit history.

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Tell us your name, your agency and where your program is today, and we’ll set a time.

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