How Drones Are Changing the Game for Executive Protection and Event Security

How Drones Are Changing the Game for Executive Protection and Event Security

From Uncrewed Views by Commercial UAV News

April 15, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of drones on executive protection and event security, featuring insights from industry experts.

In this week's episode of Uncrewed Views, Matt Collins speaks with Kevin Padilla, founder of AeroVis, and Allan Ring, founder of Critical Security Solutions. The three discuss how drones are being used for pre-mission 3D mapping and real-time surveillance in executive protection, the cross-vertical lessons Kevin brought from agricultural drone operations to the security space, and how high-profile assassination attempts have accelerated drone adoption among private security professionals.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Collins

Guests: Kevin Padilla, Allan Ring

Topics covered

  • drones
  • executive protection
  • event security
  • 3D mapping
  • real-time surveillance
  • private security

Keywords

  • drones
  • security
  • 3D mapping
  • surveillance
  • executive protection
  • AeroVis
  • Critical Security Solutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AeroVis, Critical Security Solutions

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