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Edge intelligence for strategic environments.

The same lightweight, edge-native substrate that runs in city command centres and on industrial floors is deployable on unmanned and airborne platforms - with the same explainability surfaces, the same audit trail, and the same on-device inference. We engage with defence ministries, MoD-affiliated agencies and critical-infrastructure operators only on a vetted, partner-led basis.

Operating principle Capability, not deployment.

This page describes what the LENS substrate is technically capable of when deployed on strategic platforms. Specific deployments - if they happen at all - are governed by export controls, end-use certification, sovereign procurement, and partner agreements. We don’t announce strategic engagements publicly.

LENS View · Airborne profile

Footprint< 280 MB · runs on Jetson-class compute

Latency< 100 ms event detection at edge

Bandwidth30% reduction vs. raw streaming

OperatingRuns on partner-supplied ruggedised hardware; environmental ratings follow the host platform

NetworkTolerates intermittent / DTN links

Capability 01

Edge-deployable on unmanned platforms.

LENS View was built for low-bandwidth, low-power edge nodes - police booths, transit stations, remote substations. The same architecture deploys to airborne and unmanned platforms: on-device detection, classification, tracking and event triggering, with telemetry-only uplink and full degraded-mode operation when comms drop.

Tested on small-form-factor compute (Jetson Orin and equivalent), with partner-led integrations on UAS and ground-uncrewed platforms. The same models that run in a command centre run on the airframe.

Platform capability · partner-integrated

Anti-UAV · Detection & classification

ModalitiesEO/IR + acoustic + RF (passive)

RangeOptical to 1.2 km · acoustic to 600 m (typ.)

ClassificationClass 1-3 UAS · bird discrimination

OutputTrack + class + trajectory + ID confidence

Latency< 200 ms detection-to-track

Capability 02

Anti-UAV detection & classification.

Multi-modal sensing fused on the LENS substrate: EO/IR cameras, acoustic arrays and passive RF. Detect, classify and track Class 1-3 UAS with high-confidence bird discrimination. Provides the detection layer; effectors are integration-dependent and customer-procured.

Suitable for perimeter security at airports, energy sites, government complexes and event zones. Edge-native - no cloud round-trip in the detection loop.

Platform capability · partner-integrated

LENS Pulse · RF presence & action

Signal802.11n/ac/ax CSI · sub-6 GHz RF

DetectsPresence, count, posture, action class

ThroughDrywall, plywood, single-layer brick

Optics-freeNo camera required · privacy-preserving

StageEngineering active · partner pilots

Capability 03

Wireless sensing for perimeter awareness.

Off-the-shelf Wi-Fi access points already light up most contested spaces. LENS Pulse reads channel state information (CSI) and infers human presence, count, posture and action class - through walls, in the dark, with no privacy-invasive optics. Built first for defence and critical-infrastructure perimeters where camera placement is impossible.

See the research write-up for the technical foundations. Strategic deployments are partner-led.

In development · partner pilots

Target acquisition · Detection & track only

FunctionDetection, tracking, identification confidence

OutputBounded box + class + track ID + provenance

Human-in-loopRequired · explainability surfaces enforce

EngagementOut of scope · integration-dependent

AuditTamper-evident chain-of-custody on every decision

Capability 04

Targeting assistance, with humans in the loop.

The LENS substrate produces detection, tracking and identification-confidence output suitable for use as the perception layer in human-supervised targeting workflows. Engagement decisions, rules of engagement and effector control are out of scope of LENS - they remain with the operator and the operator's sovereign command structure.

Every inference is logged with explainability surfaces and tamper-evident audit trails. We hold to the principle that consequential actions require a human decision and a paper trail.

Platform capability · not currently deployed

How we’re built to operate in strategic environments.

Principle 01

Sovereign by default.

Air-gapped installation. On-prem inference. BYOK and HSM integration. Sovereign cloud regions where customer policy requires. No data leaves the perimeter unless explicitly authorised.

Principle 02

Explainability is a control, not a feature.

Every inference comes with a structured rationale: which features contributed, at what weight, on what evidence. In strategic contexts this is the difference between a tool and a weapon.

Principle 03

Human-in-the-loop, by architecture.

Consequential decisions surface to the operator with enough context to disagree. Autonomous engagement is outside our scope; we provide perception, classification and decision support.

Principle 04

Auditable, indefinitely.

Quantum-safe audit trails. Tamper-evident chain-of-custody. Every model version, dataset slice and operator action is reconstructable from the logs.

One substrate, every service branch.

The LENS substrate is engineered for army, navy, air force, coast guard and internal-security missions - and for the defence PSUs, shipyards and prime contractors who build for them. International engagements run partner-led, under export controls.

Army & land forces

Border surveillance, base perimeter security, convoy and asset tracking, and battlefield ISR from vehicle-mounted, mast-mounted and handheld sensors.

Navy & maritime forces

Maritime domain awareness, naval base and harbour security, vessel detection and tracking, coastal surveillance and shipboard video intelligence.

Air force & airspace

Airbase perimeter protection, runway and apron monitoring, anti-drone / counter-UAS detection, and vision for airborne and unmanned platforms.

Coast guard & border management

Coastal and riverine patrol support, small-craft detection, interdiction analytics and integrated border management across land and sea frontiers.

Paramilitary & internal security

Safe-city command centres, critical-infrastructure protection, crowd analytics, ANPR and forensic video search for police and paramilitary forces.

Defence industry & primes

Defence PSUs, shipyards and prime contractors: integration-ready SDKs, ONVIF-conformant pipelines, on-premise and air-gapped deployment.

Sovereign by design

100% Make in India. Deployable wherever we are cleared to deliver.

LENS AI is indigenous intellectual property: designed, engineered and trained end-to-end in India, aligned with Atmanirbhar Bharat. LENS is a Class-I Local Supplier under the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order, 2017. The same sovereign posture is available internationally: on-premise, air-gapped, data-resident deployment models, offered to allied and partner nations through vetted partners and subject to export controls.

100% Make in India · indigenous IP
Class-I Local Supplier
Aligned with Atmanirbhar Bharat
On-premise, air-gapped, data-resident
Explainable and auditable by design
International delivery: partner-led, export-controlled

Strategic engagements are conversations, not website forms.

If you represent a defence ministry, MoD-affiliated agency, sovereign procurement office or a vetted prime contractor with a clearance pipeline - reach out via your existing partner channel, or use the contact form below and we’ll route to the appropriate team. We will not respond on this front to general inbound.

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Subject to export controls · end-use certification · partner vetting