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Drone, UAV & Counter-UAS Technologies

Aerial monitoring, autonomous inspection and counter-drone defence — designed for the operators responsible for everything below, and above, the perimeter.

BVLOS-readyC-UASReal-time telemetry
>200 km
Fixed-wing range
70 MHz–6 GHz
RF detection band
>10 km
Radar detection
45 min
Multirotor endurance
Overview

Own your airspace — operationally and defensively

Vanguard delivers both the airborne platforms and the systems that watch the sky for everything you didn't launch. Enterprise drone fleets handle inspection, mapping and surveillance, while integrated counter-UAS layers radar, RF and optical sensors with mitigation options for critical sites.

  • Free-flight and tethered UAV platforms with redundant flight controllers
  • Fleet operations console with mission planning, geofencing and audit
  • Layered counter-UAS detection across radar, RF, EO/IR and acoustic
  • Doctrine-aligned mitigation options where regulation and authority permit
Key technologies
BVLOS operationsRTK GNSSMulti-band RF detectionAESA-class radarEO/IR sensor fusionAI track classification
Hardware Portfolio

Engineered devices, delivered as one catalogue

Every device in this category is specified, integrated and supported by the same engineering team — not a marketplace of loosely-coupled vendors.

45 min flight
Enterprise Drones

Quadcopter and hexacopter airframes with IP55 sealing and 45-minute endurance.

>200 km range
UAV Platforms

Fixed-wing and VTOL platforms for long-range survey and persistent overwatch.

Aerial Monitoring Systems

Multi-sensor pods with EO/IR, laser rangefinder and onboard recording.

Industrial Inspection Drones

Indoor and confined-space drones for tank, stack and pipeline inspection.

Surveillance Drones

Long-endurance tethered platforms for incident overwatch and event security.

Anti-Drone Detection Systems

Layered detection: RF, radar, EO/IR and acoustic — fused into a single track.

>10 km range
Radar Detection

AESA-class radar arrays optimised for low-RCS multirotor signatures.

RF Monitoring

Wideband RF scanners that classify control links from 70 MHz to 6 GHz.

Drone Tracking Platforms

Unified airspace picture with track history, classification and replay.

Portable Anti-Drone Systems

Man-portable and vehicle-mount detection kits for rapid deployment.

Mobile Monitoring Stations

Trailer-mounted C-UAS stations with on-board power and command tablet.

Capabilities

Built for the workloads your operators actually run

Real-time aerial monitoring

Live HD video and sensor telemetry streamed from every airframe to the operator console.

Detection & identification

Fused radar, RF and EO/IR tracks with AI classification down to airframe family.

Airspace awareness

Continuous picture of cooperative and non-cooperative traffic across your operating area.

Industrial inspection

Replace rope-access work with autonomous flight paths and AI defect tagging.

Long-range monitoring

Persistent overwatch for borders, ports and energy assets — including night and obscurant ops.

Mapping & survey

Photogrammetry and LiDAR-derived deliverables, georeferenced to your existing GIS.

Software & Platform

All aerial assets and detection sensors stream into Gilead Command as native tracks on the same operational map.

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Use Cases

Deployed and operated, not just specified

C-UAS
Critical-infrastructure overwatch

Persistent UAV cover and counter-drone defence for energy and water assets.

Public Safety
Border & coastal monitoring

Fixed-wing and VTOL platforms with EO/IR detection of small craft and incursions.

Industrial
Refinery & plant inspection

Autonomous inspection of stacks, flares and tanks — reducing rope-access exposure.

Public Safety
Event & venue security

Tethered overwatch and C-UAS perimeter for stadia, summits and public gatherings.

Industries Served

Wherever the consequence of a miss is too high

Public Safety
Industrial Inspection
Critical Infrastructure
Transportation
Smart City
Security Operations
Energy
Defence
Integrations

Speaks the protocols your stack already speaks

Open standards by default, with vendor-specific adapters where they shorten the path to value. We don't hold your stack hostage.

  • ASTM F3411 Remote IDSupported
  • MAVLink / DroneCANSupported
  • Esri ArcGIS / QGISSupported
  • PIX4D / Bentley ContextCaptureSupported
  • ATAK / WinTAKSupported
  • Custom: REST, MQTT, KafkaSupported
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Deployments in the field

Drone detection radar console
Drone detection radar console
Inspection drone over substation
Inspection drone over substation
Fused airspace operational picture
Fused airspace operational picture
Counter-UAS mobile station
Counter-UAS mobile station
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