SILVAGUARD WILDFIRE RESPONSE SYSTEM
The Silvaguard autonomous drone system responds to alerts from Silvanet by delivering real-time situational awareness and extinguishing small fires.
Silvanet sensor detects a fire within minutes from ignition and launches the Silvaguard Observation Drone.
The Silvaguard Observation Drone captures optical and infrared images and precisely geolocates the fire.
The Silvaguard Suppression Drone attempts to extinguish the fire with 100 litre liquid suppressant payload.
SILVAGUARD COMPONENTS
OBSERVATION DRONE
Autonomous VTOL observation drone equipped with a multi-sensor imaging payload (visible RGB + thermal IR) for rapid airborne fire confirmation and characterization.
Onboard processing performs real-time fire/smoke/decoy classification on the imagery and refines the geolocation of the fire centroid (and any spot fires) before handoff to the suppression mission planner.
SUPPRESSION DRONE
Heavy-lift autonomous VTOL suppression drone with high payload-to-endurance ratio and ability to carry and dispense meaningful suppressant volume.
Onboard suppressant tank + autonomous release mechanism (pump/release actuator with discharge confirmation telemetry) capable of carrying up to 100L of suppressant payload.
OBSERVATION DRONE HANGAR
The hangar serves as a launch platform for the observation drone, protecting it from weather and enabling placement of the drone in forested areas
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Solar-wrap to charge the drone
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Smart energy system with AI monitoring
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Rugged IP65 enclosure (dust & rain proof)
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Connected via LoRaWAN mesh + LTE/satellite
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Precision auto-docking for secure drone landing
COMMAND CENTER
Silvaguard’s command center software stack pairs autonomous on-board intelligence - suppressant deployment, obstacle avoidance, swarm management, and hangar integration - with the Silvaguard Web Application, a command dashboard delivering real-time aerial confirmation of wildfire alerts via thermal imaging, flight telemetry, and geolocation.
OBSERVATION DRONE
The Silvaguard Observation Drone delivers unparalleled situational awareness with overhead optical and infrared images
FEATURES & SPECIFICATION
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Core Functions: Precise Fire Geolocation, Fire confirmation for suppression, Confirmation of fire extinguishing.
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Drone: Commercial coaxial drone for operations in harsh environments with Dryad attachment.
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Specs: MTOW 13.6 kg, 60 min Endurance, Top speed 104kmph, 64 kmph Wind Resistance.
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Dryad Electronics: Thermal Camera, Stereo Vision Camera, RGB Camera, LiDAR, RF and RC communication backup, 4G LTE enabled Companion Computer.
Thermal Camera
Onboard Computer
Wireless Connectivity
Optical Camera
SUPPRESSION DRONE
The Silvaguard Suppression drone operates completely autonomous and delivers a 100 litre suppressant payload to extinguish small fires
FEATURES & SPECIFICATION
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Core Functions: Application of liquid suppressants above wildfires
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Drone: Commercial Heavy-Lift QuadCopter with Dryad suppressant bay for application of liquid suppressants above small wildfires.
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Specs: 100L liquid suppressant payload, 175 kg MTOW, hot-swappable battery and liquid suppressant.
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Dryad Electronics: Thermal Camera, Stereo Vision Camera, RGB Camera, LiDAR, RF and RC communication backup, 4G LTE enabled Companion Computer.
High throughput pump
100 litre suppressant tank
Standard firehose nozzle
COMMAND CENTER
Central command center for operating the Silvaguard autonomous drone system with full operator oversight
FEATURES & SPECIFICATION
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Cloud based drone operations
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Full operator oversight
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Preceise fire detection & location
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Suppressant deployment algorithm
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Human presence detection
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Obstacle avoidance
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Swarm management
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Hangar integration
