Civilian Applications

 

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Real-time GIS like this, has not been possible until now.  The Scout puts the ability to shoot high quality geotagged photos into your hands.  No need to contract expensive aircraft or work around somone else's schedule.  The Scout can be deployed quickly, easily and often, collecting imagery which can be imported into GIS databases, stitched together and used to generate 3D reconstructions.  For example, the image to the right was taken from the Scout and is one of a series of photos used to perform volumetric estimation of a coal stock pile at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods.

Environmental Sensing

Assessing potential environmental damage or taking environmental samples will often lead you to places not suitable for humans – like the top of a smoke stack or the middle of a hazardous material spill.  The Aeryon Scout can provide a complete visual of the area allowing you to fully understand any potential risk.  The hot-swappable payloads of the Aeryon Scout allow for customized payloads to be developed and installed in the field, so air or liquid sampling can be done from remote locations.

Oil and Gas

There are significant economical and environmental requirements to keeping oil and gas facilities operational and safe.  Whether you are monitoring pipelines for potential leaks or responsible for keeping facilities safe and secure, real time situational awareness of your immediate surroundings is instrumental to your success.  With the Aeryon Scout’s ability to fly pre-planned flight paths, constant monitoring of pipelines and facilities is easily attained.  Hot-swap to a thermal camera and you can quickly detect potential leaks or discover trespassers 24 hours a day.

Inspection Systems

Is a structure sound?  Was there significant damage?  Is it safe to send in engineers for further investigation?  The best way to know for sure is to take a close look.  With the Aeryon Scout your engineers can take expert video and photographs of any structure in a matter of minutes.  The 2 axis gimballed camera provides a full 360 degree view enabling quality digital video and photographs of both vertical and horizontal structures.  Standard digital formats allow for easy additional post analysis of all material.

Private Security Perhaps the challenge is to secure an open-pit mine?  Or oversee a significant sporting or political event? Or monitor a safe house?  In all cases whether you’re securing people, property or equipment – constant monitoring of all activities in the area surrounding your asset is an absolute necessity.  Multiple Aeryon Scouts constantly following a pre-planned route, such as the perimeter of a site, will provide you non-stop aerial intelligence keeping your assets as safe as possible.

Aerial Photography

Armed with a daytime digital video and still camera, the Aeryon Scout is well suited to provide high quality aerial photography and video.  The on-board intelligence keeps the system level and stable, allowing the operator to focus 100% on the task at hand – taking the best quality images possible.