Automated aerial surveillance for persistent monitoring and rapid response
Locate
Airborne in seconds, covering ground no camera can.
Track
Follows the target, live footage to operators.
Identify
AI and dual sensors confirm what it is.
Effective surveillance needs two things:
A persistent watch over a defined area, and immediate response when something changes. Fixed cameras cover single points. Manned aircraft are expensive to run continuously. Conventional drones need a pilot on site and are limited in range.
Avy's automated surveillance system does both: a permanently stationed Aera and docking station patrol a defined area on a schedule, respond to triggered alerts within 30 seconds, and stream live thermal and RGB footage to operators with no one at the deployment site. It does not just watch. It acts on what it sees.
Automated flight
How automated surveillance works
The operator sets the zones and the aircraft flies them. Aera runs programmed patrol routes on a consistent schedule, launching, flying and returning without manual input for every flight. The operator plans and monitors, and can step in at any point, but the aircraft handles the flying, so one person can oversee coverage rather than pilot it minute by minute.
Automated flight
Alerts on what matters not hours of footage
Cameras generate footage; Avy generates alerts. The system detects and flags defined conditions: thermal anomalies, movement in restricted zones, objects of interest, or deviations from a baseline.
Operators are notified when something needs attention instead of watching continuous video.
Persistent readiness
Always ready, no crew on site
Between missions the docking station recharges the aircraft automatically. The system is always ready for the next deployment, scheduled or triggered, with no operator needed at the location. The whole system is controlled remotely from an operations centre that can integrate into your existing dispatch or security environment.
Beyond visual line of sight
Legally cleared for long-range surveillance
Genuine wide-area surveillance needs to fly beyond what a pilot can see. Avy holds a BVLOS LUC, one of Europe's first, authorising flights beyond visual line of sight within an agreed scope. That authority is what makes automated, long-range surveillance legally viable, not just technically possible.
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