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Live Streaming & Remote Operations.

Connect aerial intelligence with real-time decision-making. Volatus Aerospace delivers live video, sensor data, and centralized remote operations to support inspections, infrastructure monitoring, emergency response, and coordinated missions across distributed locations.

Overview

Aerial operations can provide teams with access to live information from sites that may be remote, difficult to access, or spread across large geographic areas. Volatus supports live video streaming and remote operations as part of its aerial inspection, surveillance, monitoring, and response capabilities.

Live video, imagery, telemetry, and selected sensor information can be transmitted to authorized users during applicable missions. Remote operations allow trained personnel to monitor aircraft, mission status, communications, and available sensor feeds from a centralized operating environment.

The specific capabilities available depend on the aircraft, payload, communications infrastructure, operating environment, and requirements of each mission.

Live streaming

Live streaming is the transmission of aerial video or selected sensor information from an aircraft to authorized users while a mission is underway. It provides access to current aerial information without requiring users to be physically present at the operating site.

Remote operations

Remote operations extend this capability by enabling aircraft and missions to be monitored, and where authorized flown, from a centralized operating environment. Operators can monitor aircraft position, system status, communications, available sensor feeds, and mission progress according to the capabilities of the selected platform and operating system.

What are Live Streaming & Remote Operations?

Together, live streaming and remote operations connect aerial platforms with teams on the ground, supporting real-time situational awareness, operational coordination, inspection, monitoring, and response.

How Live Streaming & Remote Operations Works

The process begins by selecting aircraft and sensors based on mission requirements. Depending on the application, Volatus can deploy visual, thermal, lidar, and other sensing technologies.

During the mission, video, imagery, telemetry, and available sensor data can be transmitted through the appropriate communications system, including cellular or satellite connectivity where supported.

Authorized users can access available information in real time, while Volatus personnel monitor aircraft status, communications, sensor feeds, and mission progress.

For every operation, aircraft, communications, procedures, and regulatory requirements are configured to suit the mission. Captured data can then be incorporated into inspection, monitoring, reporting, GIS, and asset-management workflows

Operations Control Centre

Volatus’s Operations Control Centre (OCC) provides a centralized environment for monitoring and coordinating applicable remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft operations.

From the OCC, trained personnel can monitor aircraft position, system status, communications, sensor feeds, and mission progress in real time. The OCC can also support mission planning, operational coordination, airspace awareness, and delivery of live information to authorized stakeholders.

The OCC connects remote aircraft, field teams, sensors, communications networks, and customer stakeholders within a coordinated operational framework.

For multi-site or BVLOS operations, centralized oversight can support missions across geographically distributed locations while maintaining a consistent operational approach.

Live Streaming vs. Remote Operations

Although the two capabilities are closely connected, live streaming and remote operations serve different purposes.

Live streaming

Live streaming provides authorized users with access to aerial video and selected sensor information while a mission is underway. It can support:

Users can view available information without needing to be physically located at the aircraft’s operating site.

Remote Operations

Remote operations go beyond viewing a live feed. They involve centralized monitoring and coordination of applicable aircraft and missions and, where authorized, remote piloting from the Operations Control Centre.

Depending on the platform and operational setup, remote personnel can monitor:

For applicable BVLOS and remotely managed operations, this can allow aircraft missions to be supported from a centralized operating environment rather than requiring continuous on-site oversight.

Use Cases

Infrastructure Inspection

Live aerial feeds provide immediate visibility of bridges, roads, buildings, towers, and other infrastructure, supporting remote inspection and coordination.

Energy & Utilities

Live streaming enables remote monitoring of electrical infrastructure, renewable energy assets, pipelines, and other distributed assets.

Oil & Gas

Remote aerial operations support monitoring of pipelines, facilities, right-of-way corridors, and other geographically distributed assets.

Industrial Facilities

Live aerial data provides remote visibility across industrial sites, facilities, and operational areas.

Public Safety & Emergency Response

Live video and thermal feeds provide real-time situational awareness for search, incident response, infrastructure assessment, and perimeter monitoring.

How Live Streaming & Remote Operations Supports Operations

Live streaming and remote operations extend visibility and coordination across evolving missions, remote sites, and distributed teams.

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Real-Time Visibility

Live aerial feeds provide current information during a mission, helping teams respond to changing site conditions.

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Remote Monitoring

Teams can monitor sites and assets without needing to be physically present at the operating location.

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Centralized Oversight

Centralized monitoring helps coordinate aircraft, personnel, communications, and available sensor information.

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Multi-Site & Recurring Monitoring

Remote operations can support geographically distributed sites and repeatable monitoring programs, subject to operational and regulatory requirements.

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Reduced On-Site Requirements

Where appropriate, remote monitoring can reduce the need for personnel to remain continuously at the aircraft's operating location.

Operational Considerations

Live streaming and remote operations are configured around the aircraft, communications infrastructure, operating environment, and mission requirements.

Communications

Network availability and coverage influence the transmission of live video and sensor data. Cellular, satellite, or other connectivity options may be used depending on the mission. Available bandwidth also affects video quality and latency.

Aircraft & Payload

Available video and sensor feeds depend on the aircraft and payload selected. Capabilities vary across platforms and mission configurations.

Operating Environment

Terrain, distance, weather, infrastructure, and site conditions are considered when planning and operating the mission.

Regulatory Requirements

Remote and BVLOS operations require appropriate procedures, risk controls, and regulatory authorizations where applicable. Volatus holds Transport Canada Special Flight Operations Certificates for BVLOS operations, including a national approval for night BVLOS operations in qualifying airspace.

Communications

Network availability and coverage influence the transmission of live video and sensor data. Cellular, satellite, or other connectivity options may be used depending on the mission. Available bandwidth also affects video quality and latency.

Aircraft & Payload

Available video and sensor feeds depend on the aircraft and payload selected. Capabilities vary across platforms and mission configurations.

Operating Environment

Terrain, distance, weather, infrastructure, and site conditions are considered when planning and operating the mission.

Regulatory Requirements

Remote and BVLOS operations require appropriate procedures, risk controls, and regulatory authorizations where applicable. Volatus holds Transport Canada Special Flight Operations Certificates for BVLOS operations, including a national approval for night BVLOS operations in qualifying airspace.

Why Choose Volatus

Volatus combines aerial platforms, sensor systems, communications infrastructure, and operational expertise to support live streaming and remote operations.

Aircraft and payload selection determine the available imagery and sensor data, while the communications architecture determines how information is transmitted and accessed during the mission.

For applicable remote operations, the Operations Control Centre provides centralized oversight of aircraft, mission status, communications, and available sensor feeds. This can support BVLOS operations, multi-site programs, and missions conducted away from the operating team.

Where appropriate, remote operations can also be integrated with autonomous systems and repeatable mission workflows, with the overall setup tailored to the aircraft, operating environment, mission objectives, and regulatory requirements.

Discuss your program

Whether you need live aerial visibility, remote inspection, centralized mission oversight, or a recurring monitoring program, the operational approach should be designed around the requirements of the site and application. Volatus can help determine the appropriate aircraft, sensors, communications architecture, and operational approach for your program.

Frequently Asked Questions

01What is live aerial streaming?
Live aerial streaming is the transmission of video or selected sensor information from an aircraft to authorized users while the aircraft is operating. It allows teams to view current aerial information remotely.
Yes. Volatus operates applicable aircraft remotely from its Operations Control Centre under Transport Canada authorizations. The level of remote operation depends on the aircraft, communications architecture, operating environment, and regulatory requirements.
Thermal information can be incorporated into applicable missions where the selected aircraft, thermal payload, communications system, and operational setup support live transmission.
Depending on the aircraft and system, authorized users may have access to live video, selected sensor feeds, aircraft position, telemetry, system status, and other available mission information.
The Operations Control Centre is a centralized environment used to monitor and coordinate applicable remotely piloted and autonomous aircraft operations. It provides trained personnel with access to aircraft status, communications, mission progress, and available sensor information.
Not necessarily. Remote operation refers to the ability to monitor, manage, or pilot applicable aircraft and missions from a remote operating environment. Autonomy is a separate capability and depends on the aircraft and mission configuration.
Yes, remote operations can support applicable BVLOS missions when the aircraft, operational procedures, communications systems, and regulatory framework are appropriately configured.
Applicable remote-operation systems can support multi-site operations, subject to aircraft capabilities, communications, regulatory requirements, and mission planning.
Yes. Where supported by the aircraft and payload, live video, thermal imagery, and telemetry can be viewed together during a mission. Lidar and other survey data are typically processed after the mission, and can then be combined with video, imagery, and thermal datasets to support broader operational awareness and downstream analysis.

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