A custom solution for cost-effective border surveillance, with the ability to monitor cross-border activities, was required for a national customer dealing with a difficult and provocative neighbor that had become a matter of national security. A custom aerostat solution was delivered to provide the full intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of a larger strategic system, with a smaller footprint and rapid relocation capability. Operators also required severe environmental survivability, adjustable mission payloads, and a self-sustained and fully integrated ground control system (GCS).
The system was engineered to accommodate extended and remote observation, severe environmental survivability offering security to an exasperated nation.