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USE CASES REV 2026.04
03 MISSION PROFILES

Deployed where it matters.

Three operational profiles. One platform. Aethon moves from coastal monitoring to humanitarian response without a software change.

LAT 25.2854° · LON 51.5310° · DOH DOC · POST77/USECASES

ONE PLATFORM. THREE DOMAINS.

A single airframe. Three missions.

Aethon was designed to move between domains as fast as the mission requires. The same aircraft that finds survivors at sea can map a wildfire front the next week.

01 / COASTAL MONITORING PERSISTENT · 16H ON-STATION · GPS-INDEPENDENT

Coastal monitoring

Persistent wide-area monitoring of coastal waters. Detect and track vessels and hazards around borders, ports, and coastal infrastructure.

  • 01 Counter-narcotics — maritime trafficking detection in support of law enforcement
  • 02 Environmental monitoring — oil spill tracking, ecosystem research
  • 03 EEZ enforcement — illegal fishing, smuggling, unauthorised vessel tracking
  • 04 Port and harbour security — early detection from a safe distance
FIG 01 AETHON · P77.AEGIS
02 / SEARCH & RESCUE AIRDROP-CAPABLE · 22 KG PAYLOAD · AUTONOMOUS

Search & Rescue

Long-endurance UAV response for maritime and terrestrial SAR. Finds survivors when every minute counts.

  • 01 Maritime SAR — vessel and person-in-water detection via thermal and visual fusion
  • 02 Airdrop rescue buoys and survival kits — released autonomously at the survivor's position
  • 03 Continuous monitoring of disaster zones — fire, flood, earthquake response
  • 04 Reidentification — track survivors across sensor handoffs and multiple flights
FIG 02 AETHON · P77.AEGIS
03 / WILDFIRE 24/7 WATCH · IR + EO FUSION · MULTI-AIRCRAFT

Wildfire detection & monitoring

Round-the-clock aerial coverage of fire-prone regions. Early detection in minutes, live fire-line data, and coordination with ground crews.

  • 01 Persistent 24/7 aerial watch over high-risk forest and wildland zones
  • 02 Thermal early detection — minutes, not hours, after ignition
  • 03 Live fire-line mapping and airtanker coordination for incident command
  • 04 Post-fire ecological assessment and infrastructure damage survey
FIG 03 AETHON · P77.AEGIS

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