Drone-in-a-Box Systems for Infrastructure and Security
in France
- No pilot. No downtime. No gaps in coverage
- 15 km radius, +700 km² coverage
- Object detection, tracking, and alerting
Across France, the adoption of autonomous AI-powered aerial monitoring solutions is transforming how authorities and operators oversee critical infrastructure, industrial zones, ports, energy sites, and urban systems.
Discover how Microavia’s advanced automated Drone-in-a-Box stations can deliver continuous aerial oversight and real-time situational awareness across essential sectors in the country.
Discover how Microavia’s advanced automated Drone-in-a-Box stations can deliver continuous aerial oversight and real-time situational awareness across essential sectors in the country.
What’s in Microavia
Drone-in-a-Box
Flight Time
Up to 60 min
Range
15 km radius
Battery Swap
2 min (automated)
Payload
Up to 3 kg
RTK Accuracy
20 mm
AI Tracking
≥10 targets (human/vehicle)
Camera
EO 4.17 MP, 30× optical, 12× digital zoom + IR 640×512
Environmental Range
–35 °C to +55 °C, wind up to 15 m/s
What’s in Microavia
Drone-in-a-Box
Drone-in-a-Box
Flight Time
Up to 60 min
Range
15 km radius
Camera
EO 4.17 MP, 30× optical, 12× digital zoom + IR 640×512
Environmental Range
–35 °C to +55 °C, wind up
to 15 m/s
to 15 m/s
Battery Swap
2 min (automated)
Payload
Up to 3 kg
RTK Accuracy
20 mm
AI Tracking
≥10 targets (human/vehicle)
Why Microavia Drones
are Built for France
Our advanced technology supports border surveillance and public safety operations across France’s diverse, high-density, and variable-weather environments.
- Up to 15 kmoperational radius per mission
- 60 minflight time
- Weatherproof docking stationdust‑sealed, water‑resistant, climate‑controlled
Why Microavia Drones
are Built for France
are Built for France
Our advanced technology supports border surveillance and public safety operations across France’s diverse, high-density, and variable-weather environments.
- Up to 15 kmoperational radius per mission
- 60 minflight time
- Weatherproof docking stationdust‑sealed, water‑resistant, climate‑controlled
Payloads EO/Thermal Camera
- Sensor1/2.8-type STARVIS 2 CMOS
- Resolution / Frame rate1920 x 1080 / 60 FPS
- Optical zoom / FOV H30x / 64.0°…2.4°
- Digital zoom4x
EO
FOV H 47.7°
NETD 55mK
NETD 55mK
DRI - Person
7600 m / 1900 m / 950 m
DRI - Vehicle
18400 m / 4600 m / 2300 m
7600 m / 1900 m / 950 m
DRI - Vehicle
18400 m / 4600 m / 2300 m
Wide
FOV H 47.7°
NETD 40mK
NETD 40mK
DRI - Person
1000 m / 250 m / 130 m
DRI - Vehicle
2430 m /610 m / 300 m
1000 m / 250 m / 130 m
DRI - Vehicle
2430 m /610 m / 300 m
Thermal Tele
FOV H 9.8°
NETD 57mK
NETD 57mK
DRI - Person
5280 m / 1320 m / 660 m
DRI - Vehicle
12780 m / 3190 m / 1600 m
5280 m / 1320 m / 660 m
DRI - Vehicle
12780 m / 3190 m / 1600 m
Integrated
intelligence
- Object detection, tracking, and alerting
- Target Types - Vehicles - Humans
- Simultaneous detection - ≥ 10 targets
Use Cases
Public Security: UAV-Based Aerial Monitoring
France’s critical infrastructure, including border zones, faces sustained security pressure and a growing demand for urban aerial surveillance. Microavia’s Drone-in-a-Box UAV system supports 24/7 patrols, immediate incident awareness, and secure integration with existing data systems through encrypted data transmission.
Solutions from Microavia Drone-in-a-Box systems:
- scheduled operations — automated recurring patrols, inspections, and area monitoring with programmable waypoints, altitude control, and event-triggered launches;
- unmanned coverage — high-risk and remote missions conducted without personnel, across vast areas, fences, routes, and access points;
- low-visibility surveillance — including night time and adverse weather;
- target recognition — AI recognizes and tracks of ≥10 simultaneous targets and delivers immediate alerts to command centers;
- extended endurance, with 98% uptime — 60-minute flight time, 15 km autonomous radius, and 2-minute robotic battery swaps support continuous aerial coverage of long stretches of terrain;
- field-ready operation in all weather — dustproof, water-resistant design with −35°C to +55°C operating range and 15 m/s wind resistance supports monitoring across mountainous, coastal, and rural borderlands;
- secure audit and compliance records — centralized storage, historical replay, and encrypted communication provide verifiable patrol logs for legal and regulatory frameworks;
- integration with national systems — UTM mission planner, geofencing, and API access support coordination with police, customs, and EU border-management platforms.
Solutions from Microavia Drone-in-a-Box systems, equipped with an onboard nano-computer that runs a real-time AI model:
- first‑responder support — provides continuous aerial situational awareness during fires, accidents, or public safety incidents, streaming encrypted thermal and optical data to command centers so police, firefighters, and medical teams can coordinate faster and operate more safely;
- multi‑target recognition — detects and tracks ≥10 simultaneous targets, in real time, starting at 2.4 km;
- anomaly alerting — flags unusual movements, heat signatures, or unauthorized access, triggering immediate notifications;
- event‑driven mission control — integrates with programmable waypoints and geofencing to launch patrols or adjust flight paths automatically;
- centralized data intelligence — provides storage and historical replay for pattern analysis, compliance auditing, and integration with external security platforms via API access.
Railway and Maritime Infrastructure: UAV Inspection and Surveillance
Unmanned drones can support France’s railways, ports, and coastal infrastructure by automating inspections, improving preventive maintenance, and reinforcing security against vandalism, theft, smuggling, and sabotage. Their role is critical amid recent sabotage incidents, aging infrastructure backlogs, and growing environmental and climate-related risks.
Solutions from Microavia Drone-in-a-Box systems:
- condition monitoring — to track cracks, misalignments, or overheating components along French railways;
- hard-to-reach structures inspections — to safely observe bridges and remote zones without disrupting traffic or risking personnel;
- line and catenary checks — to spot wear, sagging, or damage to electrical lines, reducing risks of power failures;
- vegetation management — to survey overgrowth near tracks, which can obstruct signals or damage lines;
- intrusion, theft, or vandalism detection — to monitor railway yards, depots, rolling stock, and tracks for unauthorized access or unusual activity, immediately alerting security.
Solutions from Microavia Drone-in-a-Box systems:
- expanded 24/7 perimeter surveillance — patrolling fences, gates, container yards, warehouses, coastal approaches, fuel depots, LNG terminals, naval bases, and other crucial and restricted areas, detecting unauthorized access followed by immediate alerts and triggered missions;
- illegal action prevention — flagging unusual activity and spotting suspicious movements, small boats, unauthorized landings, approaching vehicles, and other potential threats;
- navigation aid inspections — monitoring of lighthouses, buoys, and coastal signaling equipment for safe maritime traffic;
- maintenance, with BVLOS tasks — detecting structural issues such as cracks, corrosion, moisture intrusion, and overheating component by inspecting offshore platforms, floating wind farms, cranes, pipelines, and other maritime assets, including elevated or hard-to-reach areas;
- environmental monitoring — detecting oil spills, illegal dumping, or abnormal heat signatures from industrial discharges in ports;
- coastal erosion checks — surveying dikes, seawalls, and breakwaters for cracks or erosion, supporting France’s national strategy to adapt to rising sea levels;
- emergency responding — providing immediate situational awareness during fires, accidents, or flooding in port zones, guiding rescue and repair teams.
Energy, Environmental and High-Risk Facility UAV Monitoring
Beyond-visual-line-of-sight drones, such as Microavia’s UAV systems, provide energy, nuclear, and other critical facilities with extended visibility, broader ground coverage, and faster response than traditional operations, directly addressing both maintenance and security challenges.
Microavia’s UAV systems can be organically integrated into France’s smart city initiatives by augmenting smart streetlighting, supporting energy renovation, monitoring sustainable mobility, and feeding data into digital twins and energy districts. Our technology aligns with France’s climate neutrality and urban resilience goals.
Microavia’s UAV systems can be organically integrated into France’s smart city initiatives by augmenting smart streetlighting, supporting energy renovation, monitoring sustainable mobility, and feeding data into digital twins and energy districts. Our technology aligns with France’s climate neutrality and urban resilience goals.
Solutions from Microavia Drone-in-a-Box systems:
- long-range perimeter operations — surveilling several kilometers beyond fences, detecting approaching humans and vehicles using BVLOS and AI analytics;
- counter‑surveillance — tracking and classifying illegal drone flights over nuclear plants and other restricted areas;
- comprehensive facility inspections — unmanned and remote surveying infrastructure such as cooling towers, chimneys, transformers, switchyards, pipelines, roofs, and containment structures for cracks, corrosion, leaks, overheating, steam emissions, and structural wear;
- storm and climate resilience checks — assessing seawalls, flood defenses, and cooling water intakes after extreme weather at coastal sites;
- radiation‑risk mitigation — flying over restricted zones where radiation levels are elevated, collecting thermal and optical data without endangering staff;
- general mitigation — monitoring facilities for theft and sabotage, providing early warnings and evidence collection;
- audit and compliance support — encrypted data and replay functions create verifiable records for ASN and EU regulators.
Solutions from Microavia Drone-in-a-Box systems:
- water quality surveillance — detecting surface changes (e.g., algal blooms, pollutants);
- flood and erosion risk assessment — of erosion zones, seawalls, and flood defenses;
- pollution detection and enforcement — spotting abnormal emissions, spills, or dumping;
- urban traffic and mobility analysis — long-range surveying of traffic flows, parking usage, and heat islands to validate and expand smart streetlight networks;
- energy efficiency monitoring — flagging heat leakage from buildings, aligning with France’s 2030 climate goals;
- structural health monitoring — collecting geotagged imagery for predictive maintenance of civil infrastructure;
- emergency response and resilience planning — continuous situational awareness during accidents or disasters;
- climate neutral and PEDs alignment — providing geospatial datasets for digital twin models, supporting PED planning and monitoring.
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