ASTROC was engaged by the Telangana State Forest Department to deploy drone-based thermal and visual surveillance systems for forest fire detection, wildlife population monitoring, and anti-poaching patrol operations across protected forest areas.
The Telangana forests span thousands of hectares of dense canopy cover, making ground-based patrol and monitoring extremely challenging. Forest fires often go undetected until they spread significantly, and poaching activities in remote areas are difficult to intercept with traditional patrolling methods.
ASTROC deployed EO/IR dual-sensor payloads on the SX-X4 Orion and SX-HY6 CenTaurus platforms. The thermal sensor provides temperature anomaly detection for early forest fire identification, while the visual camera enables wildlife identification and tracking. All data streams feed into the ASTROC Sentinel GCS for centralized monitoring.
The system successfully demonstrated real-time thermal hotspot detection and visual confirmation capabilities. The dual-sensor approach enables 24/7 operations — visual during daylight, thermal during nighttime — providing continuous coverage of protected areas.