Essential

Package Overview

The Essential package provides structured aerial monitoring across 5,000 km², focusing surveillance capacity where risk is highest while maintaining broader situational awareness across the remaining territory.

Within the monitored territory:

• 1,000 km² (High-risk zone) receives frequent aerial supervision with a 20-minute revisit time
• 2,000 km² (Medium-risk zone) is monitored with 60-minute revisit intervals
• 2,000 km² (Low-risk zone) receives 100-minute monitoring cycles

This tiered approach allows organizations to concentrate monitoring intensity on critical areas while still maintaining visibility over the wider territory.

Rather than maximizing drone density everywhere, the Essential package is designed for prioritized coverage and intelligent allocation of aerial surveillance resources.

It is optimized for detection, monitoring, and situational awareness, rather than intensive real-time intervention across the entire territory.

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Monitoring Structure

Fleet Composition

The Essential package deploys a balanced drone fleet capable of persistent territorial monitoring.

Drone Fleet

• 80 Scout Drones (autonomous surveillance and early detection)
• 4 Heavy Drones (intervention and suppression capability)
• 1 Vatrogon Command Center (VCC)

The Vatrogon Command Center serves as the operational hub, integrating drone operations, analytics, alerts, and reporting into a centralized control platform.

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What’s Included

The package includes the core operational components required for system deployment and monitoring.

System Components

• Full drone fleet deployment
• Basic software suite (analytics, alerts, reporting)
• Standard installation and configuration
• Preventive maintenance under a basic SLA
• Limited operational support
• Centralized monitoring through Vatrogon Command Center

Who Is This Package For?

The Essential package is designed for organizations that require targeted monitoring over priority zones while maintaining visibility across a larger territory.

It is particularly suitable for:

• Biodiversity monitoring programs where continuous detection is not required
• Protected areas with localized high-risk zones (e.g., fire-prone valleys or poaching corridors)
• Pilot deployments and proof-of-concept programs
• Budget-sensitive municipalities introducing autonomous monitoring systems
• Coastal or border segments where only specific hotspots require intensive monitoring
• Agencies performing screening, pattern analysis, or low-frequency surveillance

The package is ideal for organizations that:

• Need high monitoring frequency over a limited core area
• Accept lower revisit frequency in secondary zones
• Focus primarily on early detection and monitoring rather than full-scale intervention

Essential is therefore built around intelligent prioritization rather than maximum drone density.

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💰 Financial Structure

One-Off System Investment

The one-time system investment covers the acquisition and deployment of the complete Vatrogon monitoring infrastructure.

System Price:
€1,800,000 (one-off investment)

This includes:

• Procurement and delivery of all scout and heavy drones
• Vatrogon Command Center infrastructure
• Full software platform license
• System configuration, installation, and commissioning
• Initial operational setup and system testing

All hardware assets — including the drone fleet — become permanent property of the Client.

Annual Maintenance & Software Support

To ensure continuous system operation, the Essential package includes annual maintenance and software support.

Annual Maintenance:
€282,000 per year

This includes:

• Software usage rights and platform updates
• Corrective system maintenance
• Replacement of defective components under warranty
• Preventive technical inspections
• Technical support according to the defined SLA
• Ongoing system monitoring and optimization

Annual maintenance ensures operational reliability, software evolution, and system availability.

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Package Cost Summary

Strategic Positioning

The Essential package is designed for low-to-medium risk territories where organizations require structured monitoring coverage with controlled operational cost.

It provides:

• Early detection capability
• Continuous territorial visibility
• Efficient use of drone resources
• A scalable foundation for future expansion

The system can later be upgraded to higher coverage tiers as monitoring needs evolve.

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