Quad 8 Tethered drone and its Ground Power Unit will be displayed at booth of partner General Dynamics Zenith Aerotech, a leading developer of heavy-lift tethered drones (aerial vehicles), announced today that it will be exhibiting for the first time its Quad 8 Tethered drone and Ground Power Unit at the Special Operations Forces Industry […]
Persistent Elevated Communications Relay. Reliable communications is key to coordinating any critical mission—be they military, law enforcement, emergency response, firefighting, or disaster relief. But even radios must obey the laws of physics. So what happens when topography blocks line-of-sight communications? You need an airborne relay. Zenith Aerotech’s family of tethered drones (aerial vehicles) can provide […]
Whether working round-the-clock at a construction site or safeguarding critical infrastructure, you always need a good source of light. Zenith AeroTech provides that overhead illumination with our family of tethered drones (aerial vehicles). Unlike standard rotary-wing drones, a tethered drone can hover over an area for days at a stretch while providing persistent, air-to-ground illumination […]
Persistent surveillance used to be the sole province of large military formations. After all, they were the only ones capable of fielding fixed-wing, long-endurance drones like the MQ-1 Predator. Not anymore, though. Thanks to Zenith Aerotech, now even the smallest military, law enforcement, and humanitarian response unit can put eyes in the sky for hours—and […]
RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHT DEMONSTRATES CAPACITY FOR TRUE PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE, COUNTER-DRONE MEASURES AFTON, VA: Zenith Aerotech, a leading developer of heavy-lift tethered drones (aerial vehicles), announced that, over the span of a week, its Quad 8 multi-rotor platform flew a total of 161 hours and 49 minutes—108 hours of which were continuous, uninterrupted flight. In doing so, […]
On Friday, Zenith surpassed it’s goal of 96-hours in testing the endurance of it’s Quad 8 tethered aerial vehicle. The company will continue flight hours into the weekend and will land only if severe weather moves in. If you would like to speak to a representative about your mission needs, please call Don Leckrone at […]
The endurance test soars into it’s fourth day, running a consecutive 72 hours.