Swabe: Small-sized stabilized aircraft system for fire monitoring

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2021: Small Stabilized System Presentation

On July 21, 2021, Schwabe Holding of Rostec State Corporation introduced a small-sized stabilized enterprise system that detects foci of forest and underground fires from the air in conditions of smoke and complete darkness.

The system has the shape of a ball and is attached to any aircraft carrier - the body of a helicopter, aircraft or drone, and rotates in the range of 360 °. She finds fires and other thermal objects from a height of several kilometers above ground level thanks to a thermal imager working in the far infrared spectrum of 8-14 microns. In the Schwabe circuit, the aircraft system is carried out as part of the implementation of the diversification program.

Equipment of this and similar profile is suitable for aircraft of all types and is in demand in the work of specialized services, including the Ministry of Emergencies and Avialesohran. According to Rosleskhoz, over the past five months of 2021, the area of ​ ​ forest fires in Russia decreased by 1.6 times compared to the same period in 2020. As manufacturers of specialized equipment, we can say that the modernization of aviation equipment, and in many ways the expansion of the geography of their use, certainly contributes to such a result, "said Sergey Dmitrochenko, Deputy General Director of Schwabe.

From the air, the system transmits a detailed image of the observed object, from which it is possible to determine the nature and force of the fire, as well as the coordinates of the place where the fire center is located. At the same time, at a distance of several kilometers, she is able to recognize a car, a group of people and an individual person.

The system includes information sensors - a thermal imager and a television camera, due to which the tasks are performed during the day, at night, in conditions of haze and fog or in complete darkness. Its distinctive feature is a specially developed space-stabilized platform, where sensors are integrated. The platform is installed inside the ball and allows to obtain high-quality images under any mechanical vibrations inevitably present on board the aircraft.

This aircraft system is suitable for technical monitoring of oil pipelines and power transmission lines (power lines), monitoring of the road situation during police control, mass events and, in general, a round-the-clock survey of the area. Depending on the purpose, along with the aircraft, its carrier may be sea ships or a car.