Elistair’s Khronos DroneBox integrates with Exail’s DriX unmanned floor vessel to provide operators a shore-controlled, persistent view from the deck up.
Elistair and Exail have partnered to combine the Khronos automated tethered DroneBox on Exail’s DriX unmanned floor vessel, delivering tethered drone maritime surveillance from an autonomous platform. The pairing provides naval, coast guard and port safety operators a persistent aerial view launched immediately from the deck of the vessel, whereas personnel stay on shore.
Tethered drone maritime surveillance from an autonomous deck
Khronos launches from the DriX and makes use of a “follow-me” mode to remain stationed over the vessel whereas underneath manner, in line with Elistair. Powered by its tether, the drone can fly for as much as 24 hours at a peak of 60 meters (roughly 197 ft) and streams stay, encrypted video over a safe knowledge hyperlink, delivering real-time imagery even in contested and GNSS-denied environments. Each the DriX and Khronos might be operated remotely from shore.
The configuration extends the surveillance horizon far past the attain of floor radar and cameras, the businesses mentioned, and is suited to coastal surveillance, port and critical-infrastructure safety, counter-trafficking operations and search and rescue.
Executives on the DriX integration
“Integrating a tethered drone on an autonomous vessel marks a serious step ahead for maritime surveillance,” mentioned Guilhem de Marliave, chief government of Elistair. “Floor sensors cease on the horizon; flown from the DriX, Khronos lifts that restrict with a persistent, cellular view that stays airborne for hours. For operators, meaning wider protection and earlier detection, with no crew at sea.”
“DriX was designed as an open platform, in a position to combine new payloads as operational wants evolve,” mentioned Stéphane Vannuffelen, maritime autonomy resolution technical director at Exail. “The mixing of Khronos provides a persistent aerial perspective to the vessel’s present surveillance capabilities, considerably extending the monitored space.”
Constructing on Khronos partnerships
The DriX integration extends Khronos past its land- and ground-vehicle-based deployments. Elistair beforehand paired the system with Rheinmetall Canada’s Mission Grasp household of unmanned floor autos for convoy escort and reconnaissance, and with ARX Robotics’ GEREON RCS UGV for army ISR. Khronos additionally took half in France’s ORION 2026 joint army train earlier this yr, offering persistent aerial surveillance throughout multi-domain operations involving 12,500 troops and 1,200 drones.
About Elistair
Elistair designs tethered drones for persistent surveillance and tactical communications. The corporate’s merchandise are deployed by armed forces, legislation enforcement, civil safety businesses and personal safety corporations in additional than 70 international locations for occasion safety, perimeter surveillance, border safety and pop-up communications networks, together with previous contracts with France’s Path Générale de l’Armement. Elistair operates from France and North Carolina.
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