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DS ROBOTICS / ANKARA

Aerial systems made for the field.

We develop power, data and mechanical systems together to make tethered aerial systems more portable. AirLink is our R&D programme built on this approach.

AirLink portable tethered UAS ground station
<15 kg
MAXIMUM SYSTEM WEIGHT *
3 kW
POWER DELIVERED OVER TETHER *
80 m
OPERATIONAL ALTITUDE *
OUR APPROACH

A portable system for extended missions.

Tethered systems deliver power from the ground to the aircraft, reducing the constraints of battery endurance. The weight and setup of the ground unit still determine how easily the system can move through the field.

AirLink aims to bring the ground unit into a form one person can carry. Power electronics, data transmission and tether management are designed together around that goal.

PRODUCT ECOSYSTEM
DUAL USE

One product. Different environments.

On land, at sea, in the air.

AgricultureDefense / Maritime
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AIRLINK TECHNOLOGY

Power, data and tether management, designed together.

Every component of a portable tethered system must fit within a weight and volume budget. AirLink focuses on these three engineering areas.

High power density
HVDC architecture: 3 kW over an 80 m tether at 94% efficiency. *
PLC communications
50 Mbps of RF-independent data over the power conductor (IEEE 1901-based broadband PLC) *.
Active tension control
Autonomous drum management and a servo-torque algorithm.
TECHNICAL DETAIL
Tethered aerial platform
FIG. 01 — TETHERED AERIAL PLATFORMDS ROBOTICS / AIRLINK
COLLABORATION

Let's build together.

Contact our team about R&D partnerships, pilot deployments and technical discussions.

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*ideal**Images show the prototype design; the final product may differ in appearance.