Ξ The Guard
"It's a loyal guard."
Ξ unmanned - no pilot
Ξ fully autonomous
Ξ guards exactly as programmed
yourDragonΞ is designed for environments and applications, where its benefits can be easily calculated and where time is money. It guards objects such as oil & gas tanks, gas spheres, oil & gas separation plants, oil refineries, offshore rigs and LNG terminals. During a longer guarding period an autonomous base may refuel it. It uses its video and still cameras, sensors and detectors for monitoring. If necessary, it drops wireless sensors to get more accurate information »Ξ
Figure 1: yourDragonΞ deployed rapidly to guard an offshore oil rig.
It can be rapidly deployed with a fighter or a civil aeroplane to offshore rigs. It starts immediately to analyze the situation with its video & still cameras and sensors providing real-time information via network. It may drop smart bobs to get undersea information. A manned helicopter can be sent with a base to provide refueling, more sensors and shelter »Ξ
Ξ The Protector
"It has extremely acute senses."
Ξ several video & still cameras
Ξ detectors & laser sensors
Ξ droppable sensors as payload
Inside its gimbal it carries several video cameras, which can shoot forward, downward and to sides. As a helicopter it can record and shoot from several angles and provide bird view. Digital cameras shoot sharp photos taking real-time pictures on field and from several angles and altitudes. Its embedded sensors and detectors analyze and sensor target environment. It can also drop sensors and build a wireless ad-hoc sensor network on the ground »Ξ
Figure 2: yourDragonΞ deployed rapidly to oil fields to guard facilities.
In case of accidents or terrorist attacks it can be sent rapidly to remote theaters such as oil and gas fields by using fast air vehicles. It drops wireless sensors around targets such as pump stations, refineries, gas & oil separation plants, or on both sides of pipelines. A manned helicopter can be sent with support and service personnel and one or several base stations, if a longer period guarding is necessary to analyze the situation and to prevent new damage. Desert environment is a demanding theater, where the base can offer shelter during sandstorms, heavy winds and extreme heat periods »Ξ
yourDragonΞ flying and hovering around and above your facilities
makes most terrorists think twice and consider the risks!
It records videos and shoots sharp photos and uploads them.
Dropped wireless ad-hoc sensors alert about suspicious activities
on the ground and around the facility being guarded.
It uploads sensor data and downloads it to the base for filtering and processing.
Not only does the base upload this new information to the network
but it will also receive updated theater information for further operations.
It flies around and above fire area providing real-time information,
which helps to analyse the situation and to minimize damages.
It can provide videos and sensor data to make operations more efficient.
Because it is a helicopter, it can provide 3D/4D data and shoot photos
from different view points. Its ability to manoeuvre aggressively and autonomously
at low altitudes and tight places makes it an excellent protector
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Ξ Carnal Force
"It bites down with immense force."
Ξ arrives rapidly to theaters
Ξ hatches in the air
Ξ starts mission immediately
Ξ flies using low altitudes
A fighter drops it inside pod to hatch in the air. Suddenly it is around and above the target. Real-time videos and photos get sent via network. It is not only being dropped but it can drop itself sensors around facilities. These build ad-hoc wireless networks and provide sensor data. It is capable of performing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4IRS) tasks and to stay invisible, because it flies only when it is safe and necessary to collect data or to deploy more sensors to new locations »Ξ
Figure 3: yourDragonΞ deployed from a carrier by a fighter to survey a nuclear facility, a base carried by a helicopter for refueling and sensor networks dropped around the target and the base.
A carrier sends a fighter loaded with one or several smart pods. It drops each pod near the target area but far enough so that the dropped UAV helicopter will not get detected when it hatches in the air. After hatching each one flies to perform its C4ISR mission heading towards its target. Meanwhile a special operation force can be deployed with a manned helicopter to the theater with a base to provide UAV helicopters more fuel and shelter and to process sensor data UAV helicopters collect. It builds wireless ad-hoc sensor networks around targets and one around each base. It produces valuable information from the remote theater to navy, air force, army, intelligence, command and control centers and to special forces »Ξ
yourDragonΞ
arrives to the remote theater, hatches in the air staying as invisible as possible and starts its mission
to provide real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4IRS) information for
network-centric operations. It surveys unmanned & autonomously and manoeuvres independently
flying to an unmanned base for automatic refueling and sheltering.
Data sensored by its own sensors and the one it collects from the sensors it has dropped gets uploaded
to the base station for filtering and analysis. It may drop new sensors to get more accurate
sensor data based on new instructions and the information the base has produced
The Future Command System forces at the theater and with a mobile device communicating with it:
»see first »understand first »act first »finish decisively »enhance performance »provide lethality »survey »communicate »respond »integrate »provide lethal vision »perform C4ISR »operate autonomously »are mobile
Its force is multiple due to the networking »Ξ