AI-powered connectivity solutions company Elsight Limited (ASX: ELS) reports that its Halo connectivity platform has been integrated with Lockheed Martin’s Indago 4 UAS drone system.
Halo was utilised to help complete BVLOS (beyond visual line-of-sight) flights with enhanced capabilities and expanded operational reach. Following this successful integration, Lockheed Martin is now able to offer this configuration, Indago 4 with Halo, as a solution to their customers, effective immediately.
Elsight’s Halo is a highly reliable communication system. By seamlessly aggregating diverse IP links - public cellular, private cellular, satellite, and SDR radio - the Halo ensures uninterrupted connectivity even in the most challenging environments. Whether it’s disaster response, surveillance, or remote inspections, the Indago 4 now operates with unparalleled reliability for continuous connectivity and transmission of video and data to the command-and-control centre.
Incorporating Elsight’s solution enhances the Indago 4’s wireless dispersion capabilities for maintaining robust communication links across varying terrains, obstacles, and distances with ensured uninterrupted data flow such as real-time video feeds or critical telemetry data.
“We designed the Halo to provide real-time situational awareness in difficult defense and public safety scenarios,” said Roee Kashi, Co-founder and CTO of Elsight. “Ultimately, field commanders need to make strategic decisions at any moment and should have the widest ‘lens’ possible with all the critical information. Now with our integration, the Indago 4 becomes the ‘eyes’ of any commander and the control centre.”
Indago 4 is a tactical quadcopter uncrewed aerial system that is purpose-built for vital missions, deploying with an expanded capabilities suite designed for military and security forces applications. It’s producer, Lockheed Martin, is a global defense technology company driving innovation and advancing scientific discovery.
