Protecting the EU's external border requires continuous surveillance and fast response across vast, hard-to-reach areas. Traditional ground patrols are limited by terrain, poor nighttime visibility, and slow response times. Hybrid threats from Belarus — including balloons, illegal crossings, and low-flying drones — demand new approaches to border protection.
To address this, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT), together with DBOX and ATEA, has deployed an autonomous drone solution for continuous monitoring, rapid response, and secure data handling along the Lithuania–Belarus border.
Forests, lakes, wetlands, and swamps — along with limited road access and long distances between patrol points — make consistent monitoring difficult.
Maintaining high alert levels throughout the night or across multiple stations requires either large security teams or advanced automation.
Manual patrols are slow, resource-heavy, and expose personnel to operational risk.
The DBOX autonomous docking station provides a fully automated, fixed-location aerial surveillance solution for border protection.
Mission-planned and event-triggered flights launch automatically, with no manual intervention required.
Airborne within seconds and over any border point in minutes — significantly faster than ground patrols.
Reliable detection of people and vehicles at night and in low visibility, with a full aerial overview.
Effective monitoring of forests, lakes, wetlands and swamps that vehicles cannot reach.
All mission data is recorded and stored automatically for investigations and legal procedures.
Built in Lithuania on EU and NATO partner technology — fully non-Chinese and compliant with European standards.
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