Whip Smart Collision Prevention
One crash can ground your operation for weeks. Ascend Collision Overwatch (ACO) watches your flight path in real time and stops your drone before it hits anything. The aircraft holds position until you fly it to safety manually.
$200 PER DRONE
Features
How It Works
ACO integrates the LightWare SF45 rotating LiDAR into your flight stack, scanning 270 degrees around your drone and detecting obstacles up to 40 meters out. When something enters your flight path, ACO commands an immediate stop and holds position. You get a warning in QGroundControl, take over manually, and continue on your way.
Multi-Autopilot Support
ACO integrates through MAVLink and supports both PX4 and ArduPilot, with clear diagnostic messaging for painless troubleshooting and configuration.
Turnkey Setup
Install ACO once and it runs automatically in the background on every flight. It autoruns, requires minimal operator interaction, and provides clear status messaging inside QGroundControl.
One Step Closer to BVLOS
As regulations open up around the world, having safety systems in place that allow your drone to operate safely outside the visual field of the operator will be key. Fly-aways and crashes still happen, but with ACO you have an additional layer of support watching your drone alongside your operator.