The Problem
When someone goes missing outdoors, the first few hours dramatically impact survival probability.
Yet even with drones, first responders coordinating a search still run into:
- A 10 minute delay to create a search plan
- Search overlap inefficiencies
- A drone pilot is limited to flying only one drone
- Cross-agency radio coordination bottlenecks.
When multiple vehicles search, coordination becomes a limiting factor. Valuable coverage time is lost during the most critical window.
Autopilot software can eliminate all these problems for first responders. Drone swarms aren't just for rescuing hikers; they work on any terrain that human emergencies occur: beaches, floods, overboard victims, and low visibility events like sandstorms.
The Solution - Autonomous Multi-Drone Search Autopilots
Large-scale coordinated drone search has proven effective in controlled defense research environments. ClearCast brings that coordination capability into civilian search and rescue, using off-the-shelf aircraft already deployed by agencies.
Authorized drones can be linked into a coordinated network that generates optimized search coverage, reduces overlap, and executes synchronized sweeps under command oversight.
Integrated detection software monitors live video feeds, flags probable human signatures, and delivers geolocated video clips directly to response teams.
Designed for operational control. Built for FAA-compliant deployment.
Why It’s Different:
Mathematically Optimized Coverage Trajectories, Not Guessing Methods:
Previous drone search workflows rely on basic grid sweeps or an AI guessing method. ClearCast uses deterministic feedback control to compute efficient coverage paths over real terrain.
The result:
- Frees up firefighters from watching a screen
- Up to 10x Faster full-area search completion