Software
3 Jun 2026
4 min read
Sightline 2.0 adds three-aircraft formations
One operator, three aircraft, one search area. Sightline now splits the ground between them and keeps the link chain intact by itself.
aircraft per operator
3
area per hour
2.6×
per relay hop
14 km
video latency
< 180 ms
Until now, each R7 needed its own operator. With Sightline 2.0, one person can fly a formation of three. They draw a search area; the aircraft divide it, fly their strips and report back as one picture.
Intent, not sticks
The operator never steers an individual aircraft. They set intent: search this area, hold on this point, follow this track. Sightline works out who goes where and keeps them apart. If one aircraft finds something, the others widen their strips to cover its share.
A relay that moves itself
In a valley, a ridge often sits between the ground station and the aircraft doing the work. Sightline watches link quality and, before it drops, moves a wingman up to carry the signal. In trials the operator kept live video from aircraft 11 km beyond their line of sight.
“The best version of this is the one where the operator forgets there are three aircraft.”
— Tomás Varga, CTO
Still a person’s decision
Formations change how much ground a crew can cover, not who decides. Every track is still a proposal until a person confirms it, and every confirmation is logged with the evidence it was made on.
Sightline 2.0 ships as a free update to every R7 ground station.
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