Drones and UAV’s give a new dimension to railway operations oversight placing eyes in the sky. Limited flight times mean it is vital to locate the threat for a manned or autonomous drone to respond to. That is where Sensonic Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) comes in. Geolocating natural hazard threats accurately, it allows a fast and accurate response to gather site information, increase situational awareness and to help direct an appropriate response to natural hazard incidents.
Did that rockfall land on the track, or just near to it? Was the landslide captured by the wall or did it spill over onto the track? Sensonic's integration of DAS with drones allows rail operation and maintenance teams to see the big picture of what is happening before their teams need to set their boots on the ballast.