KiteTower
Description
Surveillance of the maritime domain and critical infrastructure is rapidly moving from periodic to continuous, driven by fast-changing threats.
KiteTower is a continuous, fuel-free airborne platform that stays aloft for weeks at a time, harnessing persistent high-altitude winds to gain lift and carry sensing and communication payloads.
Its key advantage is that it uses the wind to gain altitude, unlike other airborne assets that must fight the wind to stay airborne. Strong winds ground drones and reduce endurance of crewed crafts.
KiteTower stays airborne on wind alone.
It lifts radar, cameras and communications payloads, while the autopilot keeps it steady and automatically adjusts its position depending on the mission needs.
