Search and Rescue.

Rapid deployment for search operations, survivor detection, and disaster response.

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Search and Rescue operations
The problem

Search area grows faster than the search can cover it.

A missing person's probable area expands with every hour. Ground teams cover a fraction of it on foot, and crewed aircraft are expensive, weather-limited, and often unavailable at night when thermal search works best.

Disaster response compounds the problem: roads are gone, communications are down, and the people who need supplies are exactly the ones who cannot be reached. Coverage and logistics have to run at the same time.

Concept of operations
01

Search

Thermal and visual sweeps run automated patterns over the probable area, holding coverage through darkness and weather that grounds crewed aircraft.

Thermal detectionAutomated patternsNight capable
02

Locate

Detections resolve into geolocated tasking for ground teams, with terrain mapping that shapes a route in instead of a straight line.

Geolocated taskingTerrain mappingRoute planning
03

Connect

An airborne relay holds the network together for teams working canyons, forest, and collapsed infrastructure with no coverage of their own.

Comms relayBeyond line of sightTeam coordination
04

Sustain

The same heavy-lift airframes move water, medical supplies, and equipment into cut-off areas and carry evacuation loads out.

Up to 1,000 lbCut-off accessEvacuation loads
Capabilities
01

Survivor Detection

Thermal and visual search across disaster zones and wilderness.

02

Disaster Response Logistics

Rapid deployment of supplies to disaster-affected areas.

03

Maritime Search Operations

Persistent ocean and coastal search for missing vessels and persons.

04

Terrain Mapping

Rapid terrain assessment for ground team route planning.

05

Communications Relay

Airborne comms relay for coordinating search teams in remote areas.

06

Night Operations

Thermal imaging and autonomous search during low-visibility conditions.

Configurations

One platform. Three roles.

Mission adaptability without platform redesign. Crews reconfigure between roles in minutes, on the same airframe.

Search

Detection

Sensor-configured for wide-area search: thermal and EO payloads, automated sweep patterns, and detection review in real time at incident command.

7.5 hr
Relay

Communications

Airborne node holding the network for teams in terrain with no coverage, extending command past line of sight.

Mesh node
Relief

Logistics

Heavy-lift configuration moving water, medical supplies, shelter, and equipment into areas ground routes cannot reach.

1,000 lb / sortie
Deployment scenarios
01

Wilderness Search

Thermal sweeps across forest, desert, and mountain terrain.

02

Night Search

Coverage through darkness, when thermal contrast is strongest.

03

Maritime Search

Wide-area search for vessels and persons in the water.

04

Structural Collapse

Thermal and optical survey of collapsed and unstable structures.

05

Flood Response

Survey and supply delivery across areas with no road access.

06

Comms Relay

Network extension for teams working out of coverage.

07

Relief Logistics

Water, medical supplies, and shelter into cut-off communities.

08

Terrain Mapping

Rapid assessment for ground team route planning and staging.

09

Evacuation Support

Movement of casualties and stranded persons out of the area.

Operational support

Mission readiness from day one.

01

Training

Certification for SAR teams and volunteer operators, scenario training on search patterns, night thermal work, and detection handoff under incident command.

Certified operatorsScenario-based
02

Integration

Integration with incident command structures, existing SAR workflows, mutual-aid coordination, and airspace deconfliction with crewed aircraft.

Fleet coordinationSOP development
03

Readiness

Maintenance for units held on standby, hybrid power servicing, remote diagnostics, and parts staged at regional response bases.

Remote diagnosticsPriority parts

Every minute is a life.

Powerus fields one autonomous architecture across six missions, shared platforms, shared ground control, a single U.S. supply chain.

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