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The volume of data generated by drone operations—high-resolution video, multispectral imagery, thermal data, LiDAR point clouds—far exceeds what human operators can process in real time. Edge AI addresses this challenge by performing automated analysis at or near the point of … Continued

Operational systems fail. Communications links drop. Sensors degrade. Weather changes unexpectedly. Power supplies are interrupted. The question is not whether these failures will occur, but how the system behaves when they do. Degraded-mode design addresses this question by defining explicit … Continued

Event-triggered drone missions launch in response to an external signal rather than a predefined schedule. The trigger may be an alarm activation, a sensor reading exceeding a threshold, a request from a control room operator, or a signal from another … Continued

Dock-based drone operations—where an aircraft is stationed at a fixed location, capable of launching, executing missions, and returning without on-site personnel—represent one of the most practical expressions of governed autonomy. They enable routine, repeatable monitoring of fixed assets at a … Continued

Autonomy in drone operations is not a binary attribute. It exists on a spectrum, and its value is determined not by the degree of automation, but by how that automation is governed. Governed autonomy provides a framework for deploying automated … Continued

Operations beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) represent the operational frontier for commercial and public-sector drone services. They enable applications that are impractical within visual-line-of-sight (VLOS) constraints: long-range infrastructure inspection, wide-area monitoring, multi-site operations from a single control point, and … Continued

Remote command-and-control of drone operations depends fundamentally on the communications infrastructure connecting the operations centre to the mission area. The security, reliability, and performance of these links are not secondary concerns—they are foundational requirements that constrain the entire operational envelope. … Continued

When drone operations extend beyond a single aircraft and a single site, fleet orchestration becomes a critical operational function. Orchestration encompasses the planning, scheduling, coordination, and monitoring of multiple assets across multiple locations, ensuring that operational objectives are met within … Continued

A Remote Operations Centre (ROC) is the organisational and technical infrastructure from which drone operations are supervised, coordinated, and managed at a distance from the mission area. As drone deployments scale from single-site to multi-site operations, the ROC becomes the … Continued

Drone Operations as a Service (DOaaS) represents a shift from procuring drone technology to procuring operational outcomes. Instead of buying a platform, the buyer contracts for a defined operational capability: monitoring coverage, inspection frequency, response readiness, or data delivery—with the … Continued