Miniature Two-Axis Gyro-Stabilized EO/IR Payloads for Commercial & Defense Applications

Nanomotion is a leading developer of defense optronics solutions based on advanced piezoelectric motor and integrated motion technologies. These technologies power our miniature gyro-stabilized EO/IR payloads, which are ideal for a wide range of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and unmanned systems applications.

Our products are designed and manufactured in-house, allowing us to ensure the utmost in quality throughout the entire lifecycle. Our state-of-the-art facilities include an ISO 9001-certified clean room, automated test equipment, a cutting-edge R&D lab, and highly optimized production lines.

Velox EO/IR Payload

Gyro-stabilized visible and thermal imaging for aerial surveillance

Velox is a miniature two-axis gyro-stabilized EO/IR payload designed for both commercial and defense applications. With a compact footprint and a weight of just 430 grams, the low-SWaP (size, weight and power) imaging system is ideal for a wide range of drone platforms, including multirotors, fixed-wing aircraft, and unmanned helicopters.

Integrating a 12 MP RGB camera and an uncooled 640 x 512 LWIR camera, the advanced visible and thermal imaging payload achieves precision elevation and azimuth stabilization of better than 80 μRad. With excellent dynamic performance, it can compensate for even large-amplitude vibrations, delivering low-light and night-time imaging with no blur.

Velox offers a highly rapid response time, and can produce a panoramic matrix of up to 10 x 5 tiles for wide-area coverage. The payload is controlled via MAVLink, and can output video on up to three ports simultaneously.

Watch the video below for a demonstration of Velox’s active thermal imaging stabilization capabilities:

Velox’s panoramic imaging feature:

Learn more: Velox EO/IR Payload

Applications

Security & Border Protection
Velox ensures terrain and area dominance for homeland security and border protection patrols,  providing the ability to detect potential threats day or night.

Search & Rescue
With high-quality visible and thermal imaging capabilities, Velox is ideal for search and rescue drone teams, enabling them to cover wide areas and find missing persons and victims faster than ground-based search.

Police & First Responders
Drones equipped with Velox provide excellent overwatch and surveillance capabilities for law enforcement, firefighters and other first responders, delivering high-quality imaging for superior situational awareness and decision-making.

Precision Agriculture
UAVs provide an essential remote sensing capability for agriculture professionals, covering large areas of land in a single flight and gathering critical data such as crop health and herd counts.