Persistent surveillance from a tethered platform
A tethered aerostat holds its sensors at altitude for days or weeks at a time, with no crew duty cycles, no fuel stops, and a cost per hour of coverage that no aircraft can match. For borders, bases, ports, and critical infrastructure, that persistence turns surveillance from a series of sorties into a continuous watch.
AIMS-ISR with aerostat payloads
AIMS-ISR has been integrated with aerostat-mounted sensor payloads, operated from a ground station beneath the platform. Operators work the EO/IR and radar picture exactly as they would aboard an aircraft: one georeferenced operating picture, automatic tracking, and evidence-grade recording, sustained across shift changes for as long as the aerostat stays aloft.
AIMS-C4 distributes that continuous picture to command centres and neighbouring sites, so a persistent sensor becomes persistent situational awareness for the whole operation.
Mission profiles
- Persistent border and perimeter surveillance: continuous wide-area coverage with automatic tracking and recorded evidence
- Base and critical-infrastructure protection: a fixed, always-on sensor picture integrated with site security operations
