A forest monitoring drone that launches from a clearing and covers the whole district

No runway and no launcher: vertical take-off from unprepared ground, automatic landing on the launch point.

Two to six hours of endurance, depending on configuration, turn a patrol into one flight instead of many.

The dual EO/IR turret switches between daylight zoom and thermal imaging in flight.

Thermal search for hotspots over large blocks of forest, launched from the roadside.

LiDAR point clouds and photogrammetry for inventory and terrain models.

Quiet stand-off observation with 30× zoom and coordinate handoff to ground teams.

Rapid survey of affected stands to direct crews.

Long legs over water and terrain with no forward infrastructure.

Thermal search over forest, water and rubble.

Why use a fixed-wing VTOL UAV for forest monitoring?

Forests are large and have few places to land. A fixed-wing VTOL combines the area coverage of a wing with vertical take-off and landing, so it works from a clearing or a track without a runway or launcher.

What sensors are used for environmental monitoring?

A dual EO/IR turret for day and thermal observation, a 30× zoom camera with laser rangefinder for detail and coordinates, and a LiDAR plus zoom payload for mapping.

Can the drone help detect forest fires?

The thermal channel is used to search for hotspots, including at night and through haze. Detection performance depends on altitude, sensor and conditions and is planned per mission.

How large an area can it cover?

That depends on altitude, sensor and overlap. The aircraft itself flies 2 to 6 hours at a cruise speed of 90 to 120 km/h depending on configuration.

Tell us the area and the terrain.

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