Aerostat costs four times less than commercial drones that can carry heavy weight, and doesn’t require a pilot unlike drones.
Aerostats use helium, and don’t need fuel/electricity to stay afloat. However some aerostats may carry a powerline to power its equipment.
Aerostats arrive in a transport container equipped with a winch and helium tanks, ensuring efficient setup. It takes less than ten minutes to inflate. Another five to connect to a winch and then it can be lifted up to 500 m above the ground.
Aerostats demand minimal training from personnel and are designed for straightforward execution. ABL has undergone a series of tests and refinements, resulting in a high reliability and constant improvements.
Aerostat can be used in various systems and carry diverse payloads — ranging from communications sensors to signals and electronic intelligence systems, radars and day and night cameras—with ever-higher reliability, range, quality and resolution.
Aerostats can carry payloads to enhance communication systems, which is especially important in scenarios with limited capabilities of standard solutions or in the presence of obstacles.
Aerostat systems have a wide range of uses, including reconnaissance, communication systems setup, surveillance, coastal and border patrol, and support for search and combat operations.
An aerostat system can remain airborne from several days to a month, depending on the envelope's volume and the weight of the payload.
Operates in a wide range of low and high temperatures and can withstand wind speeds of up to 20 km/h.
Due to the low cost of the aerostat envelope, it can be quickly replaced or repaired.
Possible payloads include::
- FPV repeater;
- Communication repeater;
- Video camera;
- GyroStabilized platform (gimbal) for directional antennas;
- Electronic Warfare (EW) or Electronic Countermeasures (ECM).
A mobile aerostat system can be deployed in 5 minutes. Aerostats are delivered in transport containers equipped with a winch and helium cylinders, ensuring efficient and rapid setup.
