High Altitude Long Endurance — a sovereign answer to an ISR gap exposed in Ukraine.
A high-altitude, long-endurance drone platform aimed at reducing UK and allied dependence on foreign satellite imagery for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
| Problem solved | The Ukraine conflict exposed how dependent allied forces still are on foreign-sourced satellite imagery for ISR — a capability gap with direct relevance to UK sovereign defence planning. |
| Key innovation | Built on the same Emrys Sensor Suite and power/networking stack as the rest of the platform layer, rather than a one-off bespoke programme. |
| Target markets | UK MOD, NATO, allied defence forces. |
| Status | Whitepaper stage. Export control sensitive — full technical detail is shared under NDA only. |
| Key milestone | Roadmap product, Year 2 — not drawing on seed capital. |
| Revenue model | Government and defence procurement, post relationship-building phase. |