Platform 05 · GROUND // PERSISTENT ISR
SENTRY TOWER
A modular, networked ground surveillance system for borders, critical infrastructure, ports, military installations and other high-value sites.
Overview
Persistent AI-Enabled Ground Surveillance & Intelligence Node
Sentry Tower combines EO/IR surveillance, optional radar, edge AI processing, secure communications and autonomous power into a compact field-deployable intelligence node. Designed as a core sensor within the Aethos Overwatch architecture, it transforms continuous sensor observations into detections, tracks, alerts and actionable intelligence.
Technology
Edge AI
Local object detection, classification and tracking — reducing unnecessary transmission of raw sensor data so operators focus on events that matter.
Sensor cueing
RADAR DETECTION → TRACK → EO/IR CUE → AI CLASSIFICATION → OVERWATCH ALERT. High-resolution sensors concentrate on relevant events rather than continuously scanning the entire environment.
Overwatch integration
Sentry Towers watch. UAVs investigate. Sensors corroborate. AI interprets. Overwatch connects the picture — combining ground, air, maritime and satellite sources into a common operating picture.
Capabilities
- Person, vehicle, vessel and UAV detection
- Object classification and multi-object tracking
- Intrusion, geofence and loitering analysis
- Automatic sensor cueing (radar → EO/IR)
- Event recording and alert generation
- Remote configuration, monitoring and control
Configurations
SENTRY WATCH
EO/IR + wide-area camera + Edge AI + communications
SENTRY ADVANCED
EO/IR + radar + wide-area camera + Edge AI + communications
SENTRY MULTI-SENSOR
EO/IR + radar + RF/acoustic sensors + Edge AI + secure communications
Featured use cases
Border security
Persistent monitoring of remote corridors, crossings, roads and vulnerable approaches.
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Protection of oil & gas facilities, power infrastructure, pipelines, telecommunications and industrial sites.
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Coastal and port surveillance, vessel detection, restricted-zone monitoring and AIS/radar correlation.
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Base perimeter monitoring, early warning, tactical observation and sensor cueing.
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Continuous surveillance of large or difficult-to-access facilities with reduced dependence on physical patrols.
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Indicative configuration
Specifications are preliminary product-development targets unless identified as contractual. Final performance depends on selected sensors, configuration and operating conditions.
| System type | Persistent ground surveillance & intelligence node |
| Primary sensor | Stabilised EO/IR payload |
| Secondary sensors | Wide-area optical / thermal |
| Radar | Optional compact surveillance radar |
| AI processing | Edge GPU / NPU |
| Coverage | 360° configurable |
| Communications | 4G/5G, RF, microwave, satellite |
| Power | Solar + battery / hybrid |
| Operating mode | Continuous / autonomous-ready |
| Deployment | Fixed / semi-permanent / expeditionary |
| Integration | Aethos Overwatch |
| Data products | Video, detections, tracks, metadata, alerts |
Specifications are preliminary product-development targets. Final performance depends on selected sensors, computing hardware, communications architecture and environmental requirements.
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Qualified government, security and infrastructure operators — connect with sales to explore SENTRY TOWER configuration, integration and deployment.