Spatial
Spatial Digital Twin
A working 3D model of the site — buildings, terrain, fences, coverage and blind zones — not just a map. Built from open data or centimetre-accurate photogrammetry.
DroneDefender / A³O
A3O Mini — Rapid Deployment Platform
A compact, modular edge complex that brings the full A3O platform to a site — spatial Digital Twin, on-board AI Council, autonomous operation and legal-grade evidence in one rapid-deploy system.
Overview
The heavy A3O platform, made portable.
A3O is not just a drone detector — it is a full protection cycle: See → Fuse → Assess → Decide → Act → Record. A3O Mini runs that entire heavy platform at the edge, on your site: it connects PoE cameras, sensors and effectors on a VLAN-segmented network, and keeps working in real time even when the link to the cloud drops. It is one deliverable of a single architecture — start light online (dronedefender.online) and grow into the on-site A3O platform without changing roles, logic or data.
✓ Full protection cycle, not a single alarm
✓ Runs autonomously at the edge — no internet dependency
✓ 4–8 PoE cameras, sensors and effectors
✓ VLAN-segmented, secure by design
✓ One architecture: grow from light online to on-site A3O
What A3O Mini runs on board
The full A3O platform capability set at the edge.
AI
AI Council
A multi-agent advisor — Copilot, Fusion, Risk/Intelligence, Courses of Action, Resources, Weather and Knowledge — that recommends while the operator decides. Runs on a local language model; data stays on site.
Autonomous
Autonomous operation
Detection, fusion, risk scoring, operator decision, response and evidence all run locally in AUTONOMOUS mode; data syncs up when the link returns.
AI
AI forecast
Forward-projects target tracks and shows a 'future' zone on the timeline, linked to recommended courses of action — acting ahead, not after the fact.
Training
Training simulator
A built-in simulator with a live adversary AI (OPFOR) trains and certifies operators against adaptive attacks — clearly marked TRAINING, fully separated from live operations.
Evidence
Evidence & roles
Every event and action is stored as legal-grade evidence with role and timestamp. Role model, data isolation, audit and Kill Switch are built in.
Inside A3O Mini — every module and its donor hardware
A3O Mini is assembled from proven industrial hardware. Each module has a defined role in the platform — shown here front and rear, with the equipment it is built on.
A3O Core Node
Based on GMKtec EVO-X2 (AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395) · GMKtec
The compute heart of the platform. Runs the A3O Runtime, AI agents, database, event bus, operator UI, Digital Twin Lite and the response-rule engine.
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 — 16 cores / 32 threads, up to 5.1 GHz
- XDNA 2 NPU + Radeon 8060S (RDNA 3.5) GPU
- Up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 unified memory
- 2 TB NVMe (expandable to 4 / 8 TB)
A3O Vision Node
Based on Seeed reComputer Industrial J4012 (NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB) · Seeed Studio / NVIDIA
The AI vision engine. Runs YOLO detection, object tracking and event detection on RTSP/ONVIF camera streams.
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB — 100 TOPS AI
- 8-core Arm Cortex-A78AE up to 2.2 GHz
- 1024-core Ampere GPU + 32 Tensor cores
- Fanless industrial, −20…+60 °C
A3O Storage Node
Based on TerraMaster F4 SSD · TerraMaster
Local all-flash storage for the short archive, event clips and evidence cache — keeping recordings on site.
- 4-bay all-flash M.2 NVMe (up to 32 TB)
- Intel N95 quad-core, 8 GB DDR5
- 5GbE network port
- Compact, low-power, near-silent
A3O Access / PoE Switch
Based on Ubiquiti USW-Lite-16-PoE · Ubiquiti (UniFi)
The field access layer for cameras, sensors and effectors. A compact managed switch that powers PoE devices and keeps them in an isolated camera/VLAN zone; it trunks up to the Internal Fabric switch, so platform runtime traffic never runs through the camera layer. It replaces the earlier MikroTik CRS112 in v0.1.
- 16× 1GbE RJ45 ports, 8× PoE+ (up to 45 W total PoE budget)
- Managed Layer 2 — 1,000 VLANs and port profiles
- 1GbE RJ45 trunk uplink to the Internal Fabric switch
- Fanless, wall-mountable; managed via UniFi Network (can run on the Core Node)
A3O Internal Fabric Switch
Based on MikroTik CRS310-8G+2S+IN · MikroTik
The internal high-speed data fabric linking Core, Vision, Storage, the PoE layer and the Gateway.
- 8× 2.5 GbE + 2× 10G SFP+
- Marvell switch chip + dual-core ARM
- RouterOS v7 — VLANs, L3 hardware offload
- DC input 18–57 V
A3O Secure Gateway
Based on Teltonika RUTX50 · Teltonika Networks
The site's connection to the world: WAN over wired ISP, Starlink or 4G/5G, with VPN, firewall, automatic failover and remote service access.
- Industrial 5G SA/NSA up to 3.3 Gbps; dual SIM + eSIM
- 5× Gigabit Ethernet + dual-band Wi-Fi
- WireGuard / OpenVPN / IPsec, BGP/OSPF
- −40…+75 °C, DIN-rail / wall mount
A3O Power Node
A3O custom module
DC power distribution and protection for the whole stack — clean, reverse-polarity-protected power to every node, with AC/DC input and grounding.
- DC power distribution to all nodes
- Reverse-polarity and input protection
- AC / DC input and grounding
- Separated logic and PoE power rails
A3O Battery Node
A3O custom module
The on-site UPS reserve. Bridges power dips and enables a correct, safe shutdown of the NVMe storage — so evidence is never corrupted on power loss.
- Battery / UPS reserve for the stack
- Safe shutdown for NVMe storage
- Bridges short outages and dips
- Supports autonomous edge operation
Key specifications
A3O Mini baseline (v0.2).
| Class | Compact security appliance / edge platform |
|---|---|
| Core compute | Edge AI core node — local AI Council, Digital Twin, Operator UI |
| Cameras | 4–8 PoE cameras |
| Sensors / effectors | PoE sensors and effectors via managed PoE |
| Storage | Local NVR + evidence storage node |
| Connectivity | Secure gateway — Starlink, 4G/5G, VPN |
| Power | Power node + battery node (UPS) |
| Network | Internal fabric + access PoE switch, VLAN-segmented |
| Domains | Air first (Counter-UAS); architecture extends to ground, surface and subsea |
Where it fits
From fast pilot to full autonomous protection.
A3O Mini is the fastest way to validate the full A3O platform on a real site, and the base for larger A3O Full and custom complexes. Request a quote or a live demo below.
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