UAV Vision has announced the launch of its new complete turnkey Aerostat solution – the complete IP66 solution for harsh enviroments, such as Aerostats which can be operated in the desert for over 24 hours in all weather conditions.
This particular system was custom designed to provide “an eye in the sky” crowd surveillance, covering hundreds of square kilometres. The crowds were in excess of two million. The system was deployed to assist with tasks such as identifying possible medical emergencies and to provide aerial guidance for the teams on the ground.
Centralised control was provided to a group of administrators via the UAV Vision AI System software package. A hierarchy of users could be assigned, on a gimbal by gimbal basis, no access, view only, or view and control, all of which was routed through a VSAT to the central web server.
Communication, command/control, and video feeds were provided by a combination of fibre optic and dedicated high bandwidth IP Mesh Links. The IP Mesh network was created with our medium range 1W IP links, the central Aerostat was fitted with 5 radios whilst the surrounding Satellite Balloons were fitted with one each. All satellite balloons were within a radius of approxamatly 10-35Km at least from one another. The central Aerostat (Communications Server) then beamed the IP streams down through a Fibre Optic cable to the ground control bus, where we had a 3G link and a VSAT setup to onforward to the Web Server. Distances of over 25 km at 5Mbs were achieved providing excellent video quality and high speed control of the gimbals.
The full system also included our GEO-LOCK module, giving the internet users total relaxation with hands off control. The users were able to point the sensor at a Latitude and Longitude by simply clicking on the map or clicking on an object in the video image.
While the deployment involved daylight only sensors, any of UAV Vision’s range of gimbals could have been used. A follow up deployment using the CM160s is currently in the final testing phase.
The system has a wide range of possible uses, including harbour or border control, event supervision, or asset/site surveillance. The Aerostats are easily deployed and can remain in the air for extended periods of time, with only 1% – 5% loss of helium per week.
Top Photo: Central Aerostat System; Middle photo: Central Aerostat with 2 Satellite Systems
Source: Press Release