Fotokite and British defense-technology startup AeriaOne have announced a strategic collaboration that merges autonomous aerial systems with augmented-reality ground interfaces, redefining how tactical units see, share, and act on real-time intelligence. By integrating Fotokite’s autonomous actively tethered UAS systems with AeriaOne’s Falcon Lens platform, the collaboration introduces a new operational category: Swarm-Enabled Ground Intelligence (SEGI), a persistent, shared visual network that unites autonomous aerial overwatch with human-centric AI vision.

A New Category of Awareness
Unlike traditional UAS workflows reliant on handheld screens or external pilots, SEGI connects multiple autonomous Fotokite units directly to the operator’s Falcon Lens headset. Ground teams gain instant FPV (first-person view) access to live aerial feeds, mission data, and AI-tagged events projected into their field of vision, hands-free and latency-free.
“This isn’t just an incremental improvement, it’s a new operational category,” said Roland Raith, Sales Director at Fotokite. “By linking our always-airborne systems with Falcon Lens, we enable commanders and responders to experience aerial intelligence as if they were standing beside the drone. It turns air support into an instinct, not a process.”

From Airspace to Eye Line
Falcon Lens, AeriaOne’s flagship AI-driven tactical eyewear, combines a lightweight optical display with an external compute hub that performs live recognition, mapping, and encrypted communications.
Integrated with Fotokite’s autonomous fleets, the system allows multiple operators to:
View swarm FPV feeds directly through the Falcon Lens.
Switch between thermal, optical, or AI-enhanced modes via gaze or voice.
Tag and share coordinates instantly through the secure Falcon Hub network.
Maintain total situational awareness without occupying their hands or attention.
“Falcon Lens was engineered to make complex data instinctive,” said Tammam Shaibani, Founder and CEO of AeriaOne. “Partnering with Fotokite extends that instinct into the sky. Together we’re merging two domains: aerial and ground, into one sensory field.”

Commercial Momentum Meets Mission Need
Fotokite’s autonomous actively tethered UAS are already field-proven across emergency-response and defense sectors, recognized for their reliability, compliance, and continuous flight endurance.
The SEGI partnership builds on this foundation to address defense modernization and public-safety digitalization programs seeking higher data availability with minimal training overhead.
“Customers want capability that multiplies situational awareness without multiplying complexity,” Raith added. “SEGI achieves exactly that. It introduces an entirely new layer of real-time awareness that’s deployable from day one.”

Toward the Networked Battlespace
Field demonstrations of the integrated SEGI capability are scheduled for 2026, targeting European law-enforcement and special-operations users. The system is fully ITAR-free and built on a European supply chain to ensure sovereign scalability.
“What Fotokite and AeriaOne are achieving bridges the gap between sensor and operator,” said Marcus Barnett, Chief Operating Officer at AeriaOne.
“This is how both the connected battlespace and policing evolves, not through more data, but through unified perception.”

AeriaOne and Fotokite at Milipol Paris 2025
The collaboration and the Falcon Lens integration with Fotokite’s UAS platform was showcased publicly for the first time at Milipol Paris 2025, the world’s leading event for homeland security and safety. Attendees had the opportunity to see Falcon Lens and Fotokite’s integrated SEGI capability in a live demonstration environment, marking the system’s global debut.

About AeriaOne
AeriaOne Ltd (UK) and Aeria Technologies Ltd (DIFC) design AI-driven augmented-reality systems that enhance perception and coordination for defense, law-enforcement, and emergency-response operators. Their flagship platforms, Falcon One and Falcon Lens, deliver mission-critical visual intelligence through rugged, ITAR-free European engineering.
www.aeriaone.com