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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 work with militaries, MoD partners and critical-infrastructure operators 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
Operating-20 to +60 °C, MIL-STD-810H validated by partners
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.

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.

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