Yard-triggered automation
Drone launches the moment yard-management telemetry confirms a consist has cleared the throat. Inspection runs without dispatcher intervention or manual scheduling.
Foot patrol of track,
now aerial corridor flight.
Mainline, marshalling yards, rolling stock, and hazmat consists are covered by the same autonomous fleet. A 10 km segment now flown in 18 minutes, and a yard segment cleared in seconds.
Hazmat thermal sweeps, rolling stock OCR census, ROW intrusion detection, across yards and mainline corridors. ERA-aligned documentation by default.
10km
Corridor flown per 18 min sortie
7d
Mainline corridor cadence
24/7
Yard, hazmat & ROW patrol
APPROACH
From scheduled rounds to continuous corridor intelligence.
Nodes at strategic network points fly the corridor on cadence and launch on alarm. The fleet hands off between mainline inspection, yard automation, rolling-stock checks, and hazmat overwatch, all from one operator console. Yard-management signals trigger flights when a train clears the throat. Fence alarms get verified before a guard rolls. AI agents work every frame; permanent-way crews see only confirmed faults.
MISSION CATALOG
Eight recurring missions across mainline, yards, and consists.
Perimeter alarm verification
When a fence sensor or motion zone trips, a drone is overhead in under two minutes streaming live video, so the duty officer can confirm or dismiss before a patrol is rolled.
Theft & vandalism overwatch
Patrols of stabling sidings, fuel points, and copper-rich infrastructure. Persons, ladders, vehicles, and cut-fence signatures flagged with timestamped evidence packets.
Rolling-stock census
Reads car and container IDs from above, scores wagon condition, and pushes the inventory delta into the asset register. No walking the train, no clipboard.
Tank-car thermal overwatch
Radiometric scan of every tank wagon before release. Detects valve seepage, pressure-relief actuation, and shell thermal anomalies on dangerous-goods consists.
Mainline track & ROW sweep
Visual + thermal of the running line plus the right-of-way. Sun-kink risk, joint-bar defects, switch-point gaps, vegetation, and encroachment all caught in one pass.
Bridge close inspection
Underside, abutment, and bearing capture of every bridge and viaduct. Spalling, scour, and movement trended against the per-structure baseline.
Incident-commander live feed
On derailment, fire, or chemical release, the nearest node launches and streams thermal plus visual to the IC. Hot-zone outline, safe-approach corridors, and casualty count, in minutes.
DEPLOYMENT TIER
Two ways to subscribe.
Shared
Network service
For yard and corridor segments within 10km of an Aerion node. Multi-customer node infrastructure. Standard track, security, and rolling-stock cadence. Faster onboarding.
Dedicated
Private network
Dedicated node for mainline operators requiring continuous bridge inspection, ROW monitoring, hazmat thermal, and emergency dispatch coverage. 8-12 week deployment.
WHAT WE DETECT
Continuous detection across the operational envelope. Findings flagged in your dashboard with audit-grade evidence trails.
DETECTION · 01
YMS launch arbiter
Listens to yard-management telemetry, validates the segment is clear and consist-free, and authorises an autonomous launch. No human dispatcher in the loop.
DETECTION · 02
Alarm video classifier
Reviews the live feed from an alarm-triggered flight and tags the trigger as person, animal, vehicle, blown debris, or false-positive before an officer is ever called.
DETECTION · 03
Theft-pattern recognizer
Detects ladders against fences, parked vehicles after hours, persons near copper bonds or fuel points, and chain-link breach signatures across stabling sites.
DETECTION · 04
Wagon OCR & condition
Reads car-mark and container numbers from overhead, scores body damage and brake-rigging condition, and reconciles the result against the manifest.
DETECTION · 05
Hazmat thermal sentinel
Identifies leak-grade thermal signatures on tank shells, valves, and dome fittings. Cross-checks placard class against the consist list before release.
DETECTION · 06
Sun-kink & track-defect AI
Picks up thermal-induced rail buckle, joint-bar cracks, missing fasteners, and switch-point gap anomalies along long-welded rail before a heat restriction is needed.
DETECTION · 07
ROW encroachment monitor
Catches unauthorized works, fly-tipping, vegetation breach, and persons-on-track inside the safety corridor. Flags tree-fall risk per kilometre.
DETECTION · 08
Incident scene model
During an emergency, builds a live thermal plume map, identifies safe-approach axes, and tracks responder positions for the on-scene commander.
INTEGRATION STACK
Drops into the asset register, YMS, and traffic-management systems already in use.
CAPABILITY
What each node delivers
- 10 km service radius per node
- Continuous operations through Nordic winters (−30 °C)
- Weather-rated for outdoor deployment
- Multi-sensor capture: visual, thermal, LiDAR, multispectral
- BVLOS-ready under EU specific category
- Real-time AI flagging on every flight
- EU data residency, GDPR, NIS2
INTEGRATES WITH
Your operations stack
- Asset registers and infrastructure databases
- YMS and traffic-management systems
- CMMS for maintenance scheduling
- GIS and corridor mapping
- Custom APIs and webhooks
REGULATORY EDGE
Operating from inside the EU's only U-space sandbox.
Tartu, Estonia operates the EU's only fully-operational U-space regulatory sandbox. Aerion operates inside this framework, compressing BVLOS approval cycles that take 12-24 months elsewhere in Europe to weeks for our customers.
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