The Russian Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM) has formally commissioned the Geoscan 701 Video and Geoscan 801 unmanned aircraft systems for real-time aerial monitoring and situational assessment during emergency response operations. The two systems completed agency acceptance trials, during which EMERCOM confirmed their suitability for use within the national emergency-management framework, according to the Geoscan Group.
During the acceptance campaign, specialists from EMERCOM and the manufacturer evaluated the systems’ ability to detect incident zones, assess damage, and support search-and-rescue operations. The UAVs were also tested in wildfire-monitoring scenarios and in degraded visual and adverse weather conditions. The trials validated stable data-link performance and reliable operation of onboard systems.
The Geoscan 701 Video is a fixed-wing UAV designed for long-range surveillance of remote and hard-to-access areas. It can remain airborne for up to 10 hours and cover roughly 600 miles on a single mission. The aircraft carries a Full HD video payload with target-tracking capability, while telemetry and live video are transmitted over a digital duplex radio link.
The Geoscan 801 is a production-grade multirotor platform that provides simultaneous visible-spectrum and infrared imaging. The system features a 640×512 thermal imager and two 4K cameras with different focal lengths, enabling 10× optical magnification without loss of detail. A hardened communication link ensures continuous real-time video in dense RF environments, while the positioning system maintains flight stability when GNSS signal quality is degraded.
According to EMERCOM, the results of the acceptance trials show that both systems can augment the agency’s existing aerial-monitoring capabilities. The fixed-wing platform covers extended-range reconnaissance tasks, while the multirotor system provides detailed inspection in close proximity to emergency zones.
An EMERCOM representative added that the combination of endurance, multi-spectral imaging capability, and robust communications offers regional emergency-response units an additional tool for timely acquisition of visual data during natural-disaster and industrial-incident response.
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