Kolibair

Mission

To give emergency services persistent, reliable and workflow-integrated aerial intelligence when every second matters.

The challenge

Emergency response lasts hours. Today’s emergency drones last minutes. Fire, flood and search-and-rescue incident commanders need continuous live visibility over hotspots, access routes, searched areas and possible victim locations, yet current drone options force an unwanted compromise. Commercial multirotors are quick to deploy, yet typically fly only 25-40 useful minutes, lose 10-15 minutes per each battery swap, require constant operator attention and rely on manual operator reporting to commanders. Military UAVs and helicopters can cover more ground, but are too costly, complex and sparsely available for regular crews. The result is broken aerial intelligence exactly when lives depend on fast, informed decisions.

The solution

Kolibair is developing KBR-27: a portable fixed-wing vertical take-off and landing emergency-response unmanned system that delivers up to 4x longer continuous aerial coverage than current multirotors. It launches vertically from almost any location, then autonomously cruises under operator supervision for up to two hours while streaming live thermal and optical video directly to operators and commanders. Its modular payload bay supports specialist sensors, while Kolibair’s software is designed to log mission data directly into existing emergency coordination workflows. With long endurance, rapid deployment, European, user-controlled data infrastructure and field-serviceable design, KBR-27 turns a drone into persistent emergency intelligence.