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At LiveLink Aerospace, we specialise in finding creative and innovative ways to solve complex hardware and software problems by delivering solutions to secure and economically develop the aviation industry. Our technology stack consists of several high-level products designed to work in concert with our 'Command and Control' C2 human interface, Zeus.
The Technology
Threat Detection
By pulling data from multiple sources, the LiveLink Airspace Intelligence System continuously evolves through machine learning, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and cutting-edge algorithms.
Due to this multi-sensor input of imagery, video, passive RF and acoustics, the potential for any false positives using correlative validation is reduced considerably.
Multi-Sensor Analysis
The LiveLink Airspace Intelligence system is designed to work with one or all of our sensors, depending on specific requirements. Every sensor has been engineered to function as a stand-alone or as part of a multi-sensor system. For example, it could be the Panoptes App and PDAR working in tandem or Hera's Electro-Optical Detection system working solo. Both these scenarios feed relevant data back to Zeus Control, providing an early warning of any potentially malicious activities.
Versatile & Scalable
At LiveLink Aerospace, we understand that individual security requirements differ significantly. What may be the perfect solution for one could be inadequate or complete overkill for another. Having the ability to combine several sensors over various locations and complex spaces allows the LiveLink Airspace Intelligence System to adapt to its requirements, both big and small, rural and urban, linear or zonal.
Three steps to neutralising a threat
PDAR, Hera, Apollo or Panoptes detect a drone threat and relays this information back to Zeus Control.
The safety operator will quickly identify where and what the threat is and the risk it poses.
If capture is necessary, the operator can simply send a command via Zeus Control to execute a threat capture with Orion.
AIS: Airspace Intelligence System
Detection & Ranging
Passive RF detection and ranging (PDAR) sensors locate a target through pseudo-doppler and MLAT (Multilateration) techniques, allowing PDAR to determine the target's AOA (Angle Of Arrival) and heading. These sensors are installed in a mesh configuration and communicate directly with Zeus, enabling the operator to track the target aircraft accurately.
Electro-Optical Detection
HERA, our Electro-Optical Detection system, can autonomously detect and start tracking a target that is defined as of interest. Once detected, HERA will capture video footage of the target and output this directly to Zeus, along with the target's AOA (Angle Of Arrival) data.
Acoustic Sensors
Our acoustic sensors can also listen for the sound emitted from target aircraft and, by design, can derive the direction. By utilising this information whilst working in concert with our sensor suite, operators can infer the target location and bearing to an extremely high degree of accuracy.
Real-time air picture from your smartphone
Panoptes is a secure, robust, and easy-to-use app that can run on any modern iOS or Android smartphone. By utilising existing technology within a smartphone, such as the GPS, magnetometer and IMU (Intertial Measurement Unit), we know where the device is, which way it is pointing, and in which orientation.
Having several Panoptes-enabled devices deployed in different locations offers a selection of views to the target. A security team on the ground, equipped with Panoptes at their disposal, makes for a useful ground asset. Each reporting App also sends images back to Zeus, producing an accurate air picture, enabling a visual determination of the threat level. This, of course, can be integrated within the wider family of sensor units, as does the alert mechanism.
Zeus Control
On deployment, Zeus automatically and securely connects to the cloud, ensuring that your software is always up to date and your data remains safe and accessible. As a cloud-based system, there is no longer a need for onsite servers, ongoing server maintenance and hardware updates. However, should you require onsite management, Zeus can seamlessly integrate and be configured to run within any current system or security network, as it has recently done in multiple military and civilian test environments.
Autonomous Drone Defeat System
Once a threat has been identified, and you are satisfied that appropriate measures need to be taken, Orion can be autonomously deployed directly from the Zeus interface.
Initial navigational data will come directly from a sensor or sensors. This data allows Orion to fly an intercept path towards the target, dynamically plotting its flight path as it receives new navigation data. On approach and within close proximity, Orion uses its onboard navigation systems to detect and classify the target. Still working autonomously, Orion plots a path to fly underneath the target for a successful soft-kill intercept.
Orion's mounted catch net 'snags' the threat aircraft, further preventing it from retaking flight. Especially vital in civilian airspace where jammers, directed energy weapons, and radio interference look fantastic but offer no practical use beyond exhibitions.
With the threat neutralised, Orion is free to return to its launch area or proceed to the next intercept should it be required in the same flight. Once satisfied the airspace is clear, the operator can instruct Orion to return to base with the rogue drone/drones safely within its custody and for the authorities to use as evidence.
SkyClaw
Introducing new equipment for drone target cueing and interception. SkyClaw augments an existing capability as a bore sighter and behaves similarly to Panoptes, which provides a virtual Angle of Arrival (AoA) based on Human visual detection. The drone is followed through the sighter and offers a unique fingerprint that can be supplied to Zeus — trialled recently at Canadian Sandbox Trials to great effect.
Hercules Nano
When determined adversaries launch faster destructive weapons, there needs to be a counter to deter future strikes. The Hercules Nano has been developed to manage 12+ hours of flight and speeds to support next-gen interception. Missions include very long-duration flights on ISR missions to deploy equipment or munitions. Built upon an existing civilian design, the uncrewed system has a suite of upgrades for additional range, resilience & modular payloads.