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Mira Rotorcraft System Use cases and Applications
in diverse industries

Construction

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Tele-operated heavy machinery monitoring (5 machines at once)
Data sharing over construction site (500 m sphere)
Relay long-range high-speed communications

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Cargo transportation
Quick Tool delivery to keep crew safe
Emergency equipment delivery

Versatility

Building Surveys
Assets management
Construction Site Inspections
3D visualisation
Track, map, and measure of a worksite

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance up to 13 hours and 700 km

24/7 Day/night Security perimeter and on-site control
Health and Safety Inductions
Maintenance Inspections
Project Progress Reports

Oil and Gas

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance up to 13 hours and 700 km

Oil/Gas pipeline inspection
Pipeline security and monitoring

Versatility

Oil/Gas rig inspection
Pollution & spills monitoring/mapping using Mira Pills dropped systematically;
then long-term monitoring

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Oil/Gas rig maintenance

Mining

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

New mines aerial search and exploration
Stop&Go Gravity measurement and mapping
Perimeter fence monitoring

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Tele-operated heavy machinery monitoring (5 machines at once)
Data sharing over construction site (500 m sphere)
Relay long-range high-speed communications

Versatility

Existing mines inspection
Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system:
LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Thermal, Hyperspectral
ROM mapping
Cliff-face safety inspection and mapping
Haulage roads daily monitoring & mapping

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Equipment transport around mine site

Electric Power

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Power lines inspection

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Supplemental ad-hoc telecom

Versatility

Power towers inspection
Power lines mapping
Catenary sag (LiDAR)
Vegetation encroachment (Vis & NIR)
Insulators (Vis & Thermal)

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Cable span across harsh terrain, valleys, rivers, creeks
Equipment transport around new towers construction

Motorways and Railways

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Long corridor inspection and monitoring
Long corridor mapping

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Night-time construction storage site surveillance
Repair/Maintenance site monitoring for safety (approaching traffic)
Rapid deploy of Relay long-range high-speed communications during disaster remediation

Versatility

Existing mines inspection
Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system:
LiDAR, Photogrammetry
Detailed, accurate rail/road surface 3D mapping/monitoring
Automated vehicle recognition and tracking

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Equipment transport around new construction/repair/maintenance sites

Telecommunication

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Communications over harsh terrain

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Long range aerial communication relay

Versatility

Electricity-independent communications
Rapidly deployable communications
Independent wireless point-to-point communications
Towers inspections
Encrypted low-latency wireless relay
Mobile broadband coverage over disaster areas

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Cable spanning across valleys and rivers
Equipment transport during construction, repair, maintenance

Transportation

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Last mile delivery
Package delivery

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Periodic Mira sensing Pill drops

Versatility

Urgent goods delivery
Paper agreements fast exchange
Systematic or random Mira sensing Pill deployments

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Heavy Package delivery

Surveying

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Large area land surveying & mapping
Long corridor land surveying & mapping
Stop&Go Gravity measurement and mapping

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Infrastructure BIM mapping
Real-time mapping change of disaster areas (flooding, fire, earthquakes etc)

Versatility

Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system:
LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Thermal, Hyperspectral
On-board mapping-data processing

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Largest option for most advanced mapping sensors

Lifesaving

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Search & Rescue - large areas
Beach monitoring
Waterways monitoring

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Beach monitoring

Versatility

Surveillance & monitoring sensors
Rescue cargo ready to drop/deploy
Mira water-sensor Pills can be deployed

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Rescue Equipment and monitoring sensors on the same Mira Aircraft

Agriculture and Vignerons

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Large area Crop fields inspections (Vegetation Health Index)
Large area stock count/monitoring
Mira crop/soil-sensor Pills drop deploy
Perimeter fence monitoring
No-drift crop spraying

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Tele-operated heavy machinery monitoring (5 machines at once)
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Relay long-range high-speed communications
Monitoring relay for Mira sensor Pills

Versatility

Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system:
LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Thermal, Hyperspectral
Mira crop/soil-sensor Pills drop deploy
Large area monitoring and mapping
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
No-drift crop spraying
First aid delivery (EMS)

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

No-drift crop spraying
First aid delivery (EMS)

Search and Rescue

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Harsh environment Search & Rescue
Vast areas Search & Rescue
Night rescue operations
Waterways monitoring
Mira sensor Pills drop deploy

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Relay long-range high-speed communications
Monitoring relay for Mira sensor Pills
Night rescue operations

Versatility

Surveillance & monitoring sensors
Search operations in strong wind
Rescue cargo ready to drop/deploy
Mira sensor Pills can be deployed (heat, geolocation, air quality etc)
Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system: Video, Thermal
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
First aid delivery (EMS)
Systematic area search then long-term hover when found

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Rescue Equipment and monitoring sensors on the same Mira Aircraft
First aid delivery (EMS)

National Security

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Vast areas patrol and Monitoring
Night-time operations
Waterways monitoring
Mira sensor Pills drop deploy (heat, sound, air)

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Relay long-range high-speed communications
Monitoring relay for Mira sensor Pills
Night monitor site operations

Versatility

Surveillance & monitoring sensors
Monitoring operations in strong wind
Mira sensor Pills can be deployed (heat, geolocation, air quality, sound etc)
Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system: Video, Thermal
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
First aid delivery (EMS)
Systematic area search then long-term hover when found
Long coastlines and sea-waters

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Rescue Equipment and monitoring sensors on the same Mira Aircraft
First aid delivery (EMS)

Entertainment

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

TV broadcasting

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Live broadcasting
Long range aerial communication relay
Aerial Speakers

Versatility

Electricity-independent communications
Rapidly deployable communications
Video, HiFi
News events rapid deployment
Perimeter fencing surveillance
Motor sport and water sport events auto-follow an/or geostationary

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Equipment transport during set-up

Health

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Blood delivery
Organs delivery
Specimen (samples) delivery
Drugs delivery
First aid delivery (EMS)

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Rapid flight deploy to site then hover until required
Emergency communications relay

Versatility

Varied payloads
Multi-payload items at the same flight

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Larger and heavier health-related payloads

Firefighting

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Bushfire monitoring
Prescribed burn set and monitoring
Harsh environment Search & Rescue
Vast areas monitoring
Night monitoring
Mira sensor Pills drop deploy:
monitor heat, smoke, humans, fire rate/direction

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Fire localisation over multi-storey building
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Relay long-range high-speed communications
Monitoring relay for Mira sensor Pills

Versatility

Fire retardant spray
Surveillance & monitoring sensors
Operations in strong wind
Rescue cargo ready to drop/deploy
Mira sensor Pills can be deployed (heat, geolocation, air quality etc)
Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system:
Video, Thermal
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
First aid delivery (EMS)
Systematic area search then long-term hover when found

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Fire retardant spray
Rescue Equipment delivery
First aid delivery (EMS)

Disaster management

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Casualty estimation
Initial site inspection after disaster
First aid delivery (EMS)
Vast areas monitoring
Night monitoring
Mira sensor Pills drop deploy:
monitor heat, smoke, humans, fire rate/direction

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Casualty estimation
Initial site inspection after disaster
First aid delivery (EMS)
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Relay long-range high-speed communications
Monitoring relay for Mira sensor Pills

Versatility

Surveillance & monitoring sensors
Operations in strong wind
Rescue cargo ready to drop/deploy
Mira sensor Pills can be deployed (heat, geolocation, air quality etc)
Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system:
Video, Thermal
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
First aid delivery (EMS)
Systematic area search then long-term hover when found
Vast area monitoring/mapping

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Rescue Equipment delivery
First aid delivery (EMS)
Multi-mapping sensors

Fishery

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Large area poaching monitoring
Fish schools searches
Mira water-sensor Pills drop deploy (currents, temperatures, water quality)

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Emergency telecoms to remote vessels
Relay long-range high-speed communications
Monitoring relay for Mira sensor Pills

Versatility

Large area monitoring and mapping
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Mira water-sensor Pills drop deploy
First aid delivery (EMS)

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Massive deployment of Mira sensor pills
First aid delivery (EMS)

Forestry

Long-range (BVLOS) and/or non-static Endurance

Large area forest inspections (Vegetation Health Index)
Large area tree count
Forest mapping
Mira crop/soil-sensor Pills drop deploy
Perimeter areas monitoring
Pesticide/nutrient spraying

Geostationary 13-hour endurance

Deployed on fire-risk days for forest fire monitoring/surveillance
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Relay long-range high-speed communications
Monitoring relay for Mira sensor Pills

Versatility

Integrated, combined mapping sensors on the one system:
LiDAR, Photogrammetry, Thermal, Hyperspectral
Mira soil-sensor Pills drop deploy
Automated Tree Planting
Large area monitoring and mapping
Emergency telecoms to remote sites
Pesticide/nutrient spraying
Deployed on fire-risk days for forest fire monitoring/surveillance
First aid delivery (EMS)

Heavy-lift (up to 45Kg)

Automated Tree Planting
Pesticide/nutrient spraying
First aid delivery (EMS)

Mira Rotorcraft System
Features and Capabilities

The kit

After undergoing short training and licensing, every pilot immediately gets free access to the required equipment via a very economical hire agreement.

The Rotorcraft Rig
Smart Plug-and-Play nodes
Spare parts and toolkit
Mobile Remote Pilot Cockpit
Refuelling trailer
Managing Software
Access to wide range of Mira cloud systems
Access to Mira Comunity

Distributed responsibility

Advanced role-based responsibility over every mission or Mira Rotorcraft System:

Multistage Security System:

Mobile remote pilot cockpit

Quick deployment in:

an office;
a car/van.

The Pilot can rearrange the IPads to conveniently display any data required for the following operations:

pre-flight;
in-flight;
post-flight;
service.

The Cockpit contains all the required equipment and software to operate both single or several Mira Rotorcraft Systems.

1...9 tables per Pilot for multi-screen control
[ Apple Ipad Pro 12.9 + Pencil ]
VR sensored goggles
Pilot joystick
Headset
VoIP phone
Network Router with proprietary software
3 mobile broadband dongles
Uninterruptible Power Supply device

Mira Refuelling Trailer

The Mira refuelling trailer:

is a highly intelligent system which provides the Rotorcraft with refuelling and recharging facilities, as well as landing and taking off;
offers secured transportation as towed by a car;
can be shared for several Mira Rotorcraft ;
is always online via encrypted broadband connection (3x GSM modems and satellite modem).

Flight capabilities

Beyond visual line of sight fligts.
Vertical take-off and landing.
Endurance: up to 13 hours on a single tank.
Useful payload: up to 45 kg shared with regular gasoline.
Range: up to 700 km before automatic refuelling.
Day or night operations.
Airspeed: up to 70 km/h.
Precision: 1m or 0.02 m with RTK.
Wind resistance: up to 25 kn.
Shower, snow.

Switchable flight modes :

pre-planned;
semi-manual;
roaming;
patrol;
coordinated 3D swarm.

Safety and Airworthiness systems

Airworthiness:

CNS: Airband radio, RemoteID, ADS-B in/out, GBAS/SBAS, GPS denied
Detect&Avoid level 6
- x3 dynamic gyro stabilized Mira Scanners (120 m x 360 degrees)
- Mira Reciprocal Detection and Decision System for V2V and V2I, MESH dual RF diversity
- Air-to-air radars 3x (3 km x 360 degrees)
Command&Control level C2&C3 (BLOS/BRLOS, satcom, 3/4/5G, MESH, С2 denied)

Health Monitor:
Each node is connected to the cloud. It has its own embedded microcontroller to maintain parts' compatibility and lifetime.

Failsafe features:

Mira True Dual Redundancy Failsafe Propulsion System
Parachute

Flight controllers and algorithms:

23 (twenty three) microcontrollers;
3 layers of flight algorithms based on 6 flight controllers;
inter-controller data encryption;
Mira LQG control instead of PID controller;
Mira EKF filters and estimators.

Command&Control:

5 (five) mobile broadband modems;
satellite modem;
directional self-aligned antenna (450 mbps, 30 km);
end-to-end encryption.

Automation

Level 8 automation is available.

calibration;
scales on the trailer;
touchless refuelling;
take-off;
landing;
collision avoidance: all around;
traffic separation: horizontal and vetical;
route following;
virtual fences;
terrain following up to 120m height;
automated and unattended software/firmware updates.

The United Mobile Coverage Map:
dynamically generated maps which combine several actual coverage maps. Hence, the Rotorcraft always knows where to go and find better mobile reception. Due to this safety measure the Rotorcraft cannot be lost.