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Peak To Peak Industries / Project Aegis
Extending critical communications beyond line of sight.
Project Aegis is a deployable UAV radio relay platform built to restore communication links in terrain, disaster zones, and search-and-rescue dead zones.
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UAV Relay Platform
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Search & Rescue
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Rapid Deployment
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Line-of-Sight Extension
Designed for field teams, emergency response, and remote operations.
Development log
Latest Project Aegis updates
Relay workflow
Mission model refined around launch, position, bridge, recover, and redeploy cycles.
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read moreMission Problem
When terrain blocks the signal, Aegis restores the link.
Mountains, trees, canyons, damaged infrastructure, and distance can prevent radio communication when coordination matters most. Aegis is designed to fly or position itself at a line-of-sight relay point and bridge communications between separated teams without claiming a fixed tower is available.
Dead-zone coverage
Position the relay where handheld radios regain a workable path across ridgelines, valleys, canopy, and built-up debris.
Rapid deployment
A compact launch workflow helps teams evaluate a blocked link quickly without sending personnel to climb toward coverage.
Field-serviceable architecture
Modular assemblies support inspection, battery swaps, payload changes, and iterative maintenance in austere operating areas.
Technology
A deployable airborne repeater architecture.
Aegis is being developed as a practical communications node: a UAV positions a modular repeater payload where the radio path improves, then supports a clear launch, relay, recovery, and service workflow for field teams.
Cross-band relay capability
UAV-based line-of-sight positioning
Modular payload bay
Replaceable battery system
Carbon-fiber and printed structural components
Designed for iterative field testing
Built for critical communication missions.
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Search & Rescue
Support separated ground teams when ridges, timber, or canyons interrupt direct radio paths.
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Wildland Fire Support
Create temporary communication geometry for crews working around smoke, terrain, and changing incident perimeters.
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Disaster Response
Restore local relay capability when towers, backhaul, or road-accessible infrastructure are damaged.
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Remote Field Operations
Provide a deployable link concept for engineering, mapping, inspection, and backcountry field teams.
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Temporary Infrastructure Loss
Bridge communications during planned outages, damaged repeaters, or rapidly evolving emergency sites.
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Mountain / Forest Radio Dead Zones
Place the repeater above common obstructions that prevent handheld radios from reaching one another.
System
The Aegis platform
AEGIS_01Airborne Relay Vehicle
A UAV platform designed to carry and position the repeater payload above obstructed terrain.
AEGIS_02Payload Radio Repeater
A modular communications payload designed around field replaceability and mission-specific radio configurations.
AEGIS_03Ground Operator Workflow
A simple deployment concept: launch, position, relay, recover, and swap batteries as needed.
From blocked signal to restored communication.
01_DEPLOY
Launch or carry the system into the mission area.
02_POSITION
Move the UAV to a line-of-sight relay point above terrain or obstruction.
03_RELAY
Bridge communication between separated radio users.
04_RECOVER
Return, inspect, swap battery, and redeploy if needed.
Development
Built through rapid prototyping and field iteration.
Project Aegis is evolving through a hands-on engineering loop: modeling, printed prototypes, structural iteration, landing gear testing, motor mount refinement, battery retention improvements, and flight testing.
Modeling3D printingStructural iterationLanding gear testingMotor mount refinementBattery retention improvementsFlight testing
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Prototype Flight Tested
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Modular Payload Bay
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Iterative Airframe Design
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Field-Serviceable Components
Who we are
Peak To Peak Industries is building Project Aegis to explore practical UAV-based communication relay systems for emergency response and remote operations. The project combines electrical engineering, mechanical design, embedded systems, radio communication, and rapid prototyping.
Contact
Need communications beyond the terrain?
Project Aegis is designed around the core field problem: keeping teams connected when direct radio paths fail.