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USE CASES REV 2026.04
04 MISSION PROFILES

Deployed where it matters.

Four operational profiles. One platform. Aethon is built to cross from contested airspace to humanitarian response without a software change.

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

A single airframe. Four missions.

Aethon was designed to move between domains as fast as the mission requires. The same aircraft that finds survivors at sea can screen missiles over a contested border the next week.

01 / COASTAL ISR PERSISTENT · 16H ON-STATION · GPS-DENIED

Coastal surveillance

Persistent wide-area surveillance of territorial waters. Detect, track, and interdict threats against national borders, ports, and coastal infrastructure.

  • 01 Counter-narcotics — maritime trafficking detection and interdiction cueing
  • 02 Environmental monitoring — oil spill tracking, ecosystem research
  • 03 EEZ enforcement — illegal fishing, smuggling, unauthorised vessel tracking
  • 04 Port and harbour security — threat detection at standoff range
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 time is the adversary.

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

Wildfire detection & monitoring

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

  • 01 Persistent 24/7 aerial watch over high-risk forest and wildland zones
  • 02 Thermal early detection — minutes, not hours, in the initial-attack window
  • 03 Live fire-line mapping and airtanker coordination for ground command
  • 04 Post-fire ecological assessment and infrastructure damage survey
FIG 03 AETHON · P77.AEGIS
04 / COMBAT SWARM UP TO 50 · EW-RESILIENT · CONTESTED AIRSPACE

Combat operations

Contested airspace. Counter-UAS. Deep strike enablement. Aethon operates as a single platform, a swarm node, or a targeting layer.

  • 01 Advanced radar swarms — screening against incoming missiles and drones
  • 02 Counter-UAS — detection, tracking, and kinetic or EW intercept
  • 03 Target assistance for stand-off precision munitions and manned strike
  • 04 Multi-domain cooperative operations with ground, air, and naval assets
FIG 04 AETHON · P77.AEGIS

Limited series. First come, first serve.

Allocations for 2026 close quarterly. Priority to multi-year contracts and coalition buyers.