Lydos Air structures drone inspection operations for high-voltage transmission lines, wind turbine blades, solar PV string arrays, and substation infrastructure. Thermal anomaly detection, linear corridor surveys, and orbital structural inspections are managed through a 20-phase mission lifecycle with preflight validation, geofence enforcement, and a hash-chained audit ledger. All inspection telemetry and imagery references remain within the operator's on-premise perimeter — no data transits third-party cloud services.
Automated corridor surveys of high-voltage transmission lines, gas pipelines, and fibre routes. The drone follows a pre-planned route at a fixed stand-off distance, capturing visual and thermal imagery at configurable intervals. Telemetry is buffered on the edge unit and synchronised to the asset registry on return.
Scheduled orbital inspection of wind turbine blades, power-plant cooling towers, substation transformer banks, and telecommunications masts. The drone maintains a calibrated radius around the structure, imaging each face at a resolution sufficient for defect cataloguing. Thermal payload integration enables hot-spot detection without contact.
Coordinated inspection of multiple energy assets — solar PV string arrays, wind farm rows, or substation bays — within a single mission window. Multiple UAVs operate in parallel under a shared mission oversight view. Completion status and anomaly counts per asset are surfaced in the command station in real time.
Thermal imaging payloads capture radiometric data over PV arrays, transformer banks, and cable joints. The thermal anomaly detector cross-references measured temperature against baseline readings stored in the asset registry, flags deviations exceeding configurable thresholds, and generates maintenance recommendations with GPS-referenced anomaly coordinates.
Linear energy corridor inspections frequently extend beyond visual line of sight. The platform's flight session recording, Remote ID metadata capture, geofence enforcement, and hash-chained audit ledger are designed to support FAA Part 107 BVLOS waiver application documentation.
European energy inspection operations targeting SAIL II–V Specific category. Platform supports ConOps evidence generation, operational volume enforcement, and multi-operator approval chains required for SORA submission.
Drone-based substation inspection produces telemetry and imagery that feeds into IEC 61850 substation automation maintenance workflows. The platform's open telemetry export format allows integration with SCADA and asset management systems operating under IEC 61850.
Every mission launch, abort, and maintenance-record mutation is signed with a device-bound ML-DSA key. The cryptographic chain ensures that no unauthorized party can inject commands into an energy infrastructure inspection mission or alter maintenance records post-capture.
Energy operators under national critical infrastructure protection regulations require that operational telemetry and asset inspection records never transit third-party cloud infrastructure. The platform deploys on-premise within the operator's security boundary. No telemetry egress to external services.
The edge companion unit maintains an independent inertial navigation buffer. When GPS quality degrades below a configurable threshold, the platform flags the degraded position fix in the telemetry record, continues buffering data locally, and alerts the operator. Missions can be configured to execute a return-to-launch on sustained GPS degradation. Full GPS denial causes the edge unit to enter safe mode and hold position.
Yes. The anomaly detector produces structured records — asset identifier, GPS coordinate, deviation from baseline, thermal reading, and timestamp — in the platform's telemetry export format. Integration with external asset management systems is the responsibility of the operator's integration layer; Lydos Air exposes authenticated API endpoints for telemetry export.
Every record written to the platform is appended to a SHA-256 hash chain. Each entry's hash includes the content of the previous entry, making any retrospective modification detectable by recomputing the chain. The chain is signed at inspection closure with the operator's KSL device key, producing a tamper-evident inspection certificate.