Avy Dock
The Avy Dock is purpose-built for a long-range fixed-wing aircraft, Launch, land, charge and shelter Aera, turning a single drone into a continuously available asset.
Launch
30-second response
Land
Precision RTK landing
Charge
Automated charging
No ground crew
Most drone operations require a team on the ground. A pilot to launch, a ground crew to recover the aircraft, someone to manage charging. The Avy Dock eliminates all of it.
The door opens, the landing pad extends, the aircraft launches. On return, precision RTK GPS guides the Aera back to within centimetres of the landing pad, the door closes, and charging begins automatically. The remote pilot operates from anywhere with an internet connection.
Protect
Built for the conditions
The dock is designed to operate where conditions are less than perfect; coastlines, industrial ports, critical infrastructure, and environments where temperatures drop below zero in winter and exceed 40°C in summer.
The enclosure handles static winds up to 55 knots (102 km/h) and precipitation up to 50mm/h. The internal HVAC system maintains the aircraft within operating temperature across an ambient range of -15°C to 50°C. Dehumidification runs automatically during storage.
The dock does not need a hangar, a shelter, or a climate-controlled room. It is the shelter.
A dock that withstands the elements means Aera can keep flying her scheduled missions in every season, the backbone of reliable intelligent surveillance.
Connect
The dock maintains a persistent connection to Avy's remote operations software via dual LTE, with an optional wired RJ45 Ethernet backup. An RTK base station provides centimetre-accurate positioning for precision landing.
Warning lights, audible alerts, four emergency stop buttons and a safety switch are built into the platform for safe access when personnel are present.
A solution that gets better as it scales
Step 1
Coverage measured in regions, not sites
Carrying a first response camera, Aera has a flight range of 115 km. Flying out and back to the same dock gives her an operating radius of up to 57 km, which covers about 10,400 km² from a single dock. Most multirotor docks list a maximum operating radius of 10 km, about 314 km². Relay stations can stretch their radio link further, but each one is extra hardware to install and maintain.
Step 2
Docks double the range
With a second dock along the route, Aera no longer needs to fly back to where she started. She can use her full flight range in one direction and land at the next dock, doubling how far a single mission reaches.
Step 3
Every dock added extends the network. All aircraft and docks are managed from one remote operations centre, so coverage grows without adding crew on site.
Specifications
Watch it operate remotely
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