Canyons, wilderness, collapsed structures, open water — search and rescue communications fail exactly where searches happen. ARC Edge aggregates every available path into one network with no single point of failure, so live location for every searcher and drone video to the IC don't depend on a cell tower.
SAR operations run in the terrain networks were never built for — slot canyons, dense timber, collapsed structures, miles offshore. Teams drop off the map the moment they leave the trailhead. The IC tracks progress by radio check-ins instead of live position. Drone video stays on the drone until someone walks it back. The information that would shorten the search exists — it just can't reach the people directing it.
ARC Edge deploys at the trailhead, the staging area, or the shoreline and aggregates whatever connectivity exists — fragments of cell coverage, satellite, Wi-Fi-as-WAN, point-to-point links — into one resilient network for the whole operation.
ARC Edge is application-aware: it carries ATAK feeds — including PLI for every team member — plus voice and photos from the field, unchanged. Every searcher's position lands on the IC's map in real time.
The search is tracked live, not reconstructed at debrief.
Where cellular is absent, ARC Edge rides satellite and point-to-point links; where fragments remain, it aggregates them — 5+ paths, no single point of failure, sub-50ms failover as teams move through terrain.
The network follows the search, not the coverage map.
Lassie, our search-and-rescue drone, streams video and telemetry over the same resilient network. The IC watches the search area in real time instead of waiting for teams to walk out.
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Most SAR teams run on land-mobile radio plus whatever cell coverage exists — which is exactly what's missing in the terrain where searches happen. ARC Edge adds a deployable data layer: it aggregates every available path (multi-carrier cellular, satellite, Wi-Fi-as-WAN, wired uplink) into one resilient network, so ATAK, team location, voice, and video work alongside the radios teams already carry.
Yes. ARC Edge is transport-agnostic: where cellular is absent it rides satellite and point-to-point links, and where fragments of coverage remain it aggregates them. With 5+ paths bonded into one network and no single point of failure, connectivity follows the search — not the coverage map.
Yes. ARC Edge is application-aware and carries ATAK feeds — including PLI for every team member — plus VoIP, video, and telemetry, unchanged. The incident commander sees every searcher's live position on one map instead of tracking progress by radio check-ins.
Yes. Drone video is one of the flows ARC Edge is built for. Our companion search-and-rescue drone, Lassie, streams video and telemetry over the same resilient network, so the IC watches the search area in real time instead of waiting for teams to walk out.
Tell us about your team, your terrain, and how you run searches today. We'll show you what ARC Edge — with Lassie overhead — would look like on your next callout, including a live demo.
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