Applied AI, Media & Aerial Technology
Deploy in minutes
Drive up, switch on, and the van is online over satellite and mobile networks with the cabin ready to work. No mast to raise, no tent to pitch.
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Mobile Emergency Command Van
A compact command vehicle that brings connectivity, live video and aerial reconnaissance to the scene of an incident in minutes. Designed by Revolink as a building block for civil-protection and crisis-management consortia. Concept stage: design complete, seeking partners for a pilot.
Interactive
Click any point on the vehicle
Every marker opens a short explanation of what that part of the van does for the team on the ground and for the people directing the response from afar.
Satellite connectivity
Two flat Starlink antennas sit almost flush on the roof, so the van is online anywhere it can see the sky, even while it is still driving to the scene. Satellite is combined with mobile networks into one resilient uplink, so a weak signal on one path does not take the vehicle offline.
Roof: climate & scene lighting
A low roof rack carries the antennas, a climate unit sized for four people and a rack of electronics working through a summer shift, and scene lights front and rear so the area around the van is usable after dark. Nothing on the roof rises above the rack, which keeps the vehicle within normal height limits and in-motion connectivity rules.
Plug-in point for visiting teams
A weatherproof panel on the rear quarter lets other responders connect without opening the vehicle: professional cameras, laptops and their own network equipment plug straight in. Visiting teams get internet through the van's uplink and their pictures join the shared operational view immediately.
Operator cabin
Four working positions inside: a video operator, a communications operator, a drone pilot and a commander or liaison officer. Each position has its own bank of screens; a large wall display shows the combined picture. Any source can be sent to any screen, to the recorder, or to the crisis centre, with a click.
Drone bay
A slide-out drawer behind the rear doors carries two aircraft: a long-endurance fixed-wing type for wide-area reconnaissance and a compact multirotor for close-up work with thermal imaging. Both are flown from the pilot's seat inside the van, with an observer outside on the vehicle's intercom, under the EASA operational framework.
Silent power
A lithium battery bank runs the whole vehicle in silence for hours, and a quiet diesel generator fed from the vehicle's own fuel tank recharges it for multi-day deployments. Shore power and the engine can top it up as well, so the systems are never waiting for a mains socket.
Live link to command
Every camera, drone and visiting-team feed is streamed live to the remote crisis centre and to the consortium's command platform, and every feed is recorded on board with a time and position stamp. Commanders who are not on site see what the team sees, as it happens.
Inside
A control room on a 3.5-tonne van
The vehicle stays under the weight limit of a standard driving licence, so any trained crew member can drive it. Inside, the layout follows the way an incident is actually run.
Commander
Faces forward at the partition with the overview screens in front and the whole cabin behind. This is where the on-site commander or the liaison officer from a partner organisation sits, with the shared picture and the link to the crisis centre.
Three operator positions
Along the desk: a video operator who routes cameras and feeds, a communications operator who keeps the uplinks, networks and radios running, and the drone pilot with the aircraft controls. Everyone is on a common intercom, with the drone observer outside on the same channel.
Wall display
A large screen above the partition shows all live sources at once, so the crew and any visitor in the doorway share the same situational picture without leaning over a workstation.
Equipment core
A single rack at the rear holds the vehicle's video and network core, placed right behind the external connection panel so that cables stay short. Everything in it can be managed remotely by Revolink engineers, so a fault does not need a technician on site.
Drone drawer & power
The full-width drawer under the rear cabinets slides out through the back doors with both aircraft in foam cut-outs, ready to launch beside the van. The power electronics and battery bank sit low over the rear axle, keeping the vehicle stable and the weight within the 3.5-tonne class.
Concept photos
The van on site
Concept renderings of the vehicle in use, from arrival to the picture reaching the crisis centre. Click any photo to open it full size with its explanation.
Arriving at the staging area
The van drives in already connected: the flat Starlink panels on the roof are online on the move, so the crew receives the tasking and the first pictures from the scene before the wheels stop. The roof stays low and clean, with only the panels, the climate unit, the antennas and the light bars, so the vehicle passes under any normal barrier and can move again at any moment.
Deployed within minutes of stopping
There is no mast to raise and no tent to pitch. The light bars come on, the satellite and mobile links join into one connection, and the cabin is ready to work. Everything that would normally take a crew half an hour to set up is built into the vehicle.
Visiting teams plug in from outside
A weatherproof panel on the rear quarter accepts professional cameras, laptops and network equipment from fire, police, medical or volunteer teams. Their pictures join the shared view and they get internet through the van's uplink, without anyone entering the cabin.
Four positions, one picture
Video, communications, drone pilot and commander each have their own screens, with a large wall display showing every live source at once. Any feed can be routed to any screen, recorded, or sent to the crisis centre with a click.
Two aircraft in a slide-out drawer
Behind the rear doors, a full-width drawer holds both aircraft in foam cut-outs: a fixed-wing VTOL for wide-area reconnaissance and a folding quadcopter for close-up work. The drawer pulls out over the ground, so launch preparation happens beside the van, not inside it.
Vertical take-off beside the van
The fixed-wing aircraft lifts off vertically from the gravel next to the vehicle, then transitions into forward flight towards the incident. Long endurance means it can stay over a fire front or a search area for hours while the quadcopter handles close-up tasks.
Climbing away
The aircraft carries a stabilised day and thermal camera. Its picture arrives in the cabin, on the wall display and at the crisis centre at the same moment, with position and time stamped for the record.
Flown from inside
The pilot sits at a console with the mission map, live aerial video and the vehicle's shared picture, while an observer outside keeps visual contact under EASA rules. Pilot, observer and commander share one intercom channel, and handheld radios are bridged into it.
The operator desk at work
Maps and thermal video on the desk screens, the multiviewer on the wall, intercom beltpacks at each position and cool accent lighting, so the cabin stays readable through a long night shift with the climate unit running.
Seen from the crisis centre
Everything the van sees reaches the remote command platform live: fixed cameras, visiting teams' feeds, both aircraft and the vehicle's position. Decisions are taken on what is happening now, not on a phone call from the scene.
Working through the night
Battery power runs the vehicle silently for hours and a quiet generator recharges it for multi-day deployments, so the lights, screens and links stay on without a mains socket.
Concept sheets
Five sheets from the design set
The engineering design is complete: vehicle layout, roof, interior, external panel and drone bay are drawn to scale with equipment footprints from the chosen components. These are the public editions of the sheets. Click any sheet to enlarge it.
1 · Side elevation
The vehicle from the kerb side with every external feature numbered: the flat Starlink panels, the roof rack with scene lights, the climate unit, the crew door, the plug-in panel and the drone drawer. Nothing rises above the rack.
2 · Roof plan
Where everything sits on the roof and why: the Starlink panels get the clearest sky view with a keep-clear zone around them, the climate unit sits above the operators, and the antennas are spaced for isolation.
3 · Interior plan
The cabin to scale: four crew positions, the desk with its monitor rail, the wall display over the partition, the equipment rack and power cabinet at the rear, and the full-width drone drawer beneath them.
4 · External connection panel
The face of the plug-in panel for visiting teams: video inputs, guest network ports and indicator lights behind a lockable, weatherproof door at standing height, with the build notes that keep it safe in the rain.
5 · Drone bay and pilot console
How two aircraft travel and launch: the drawer plan with foam cut-outs for the fixed-wing VTOL and the folded quadcopter, the rear-zone stack seen from the doors, and the pilot's console inside the van.
What it changes
From arrival to a shared picture in minutes
See everything
Fixed cameras, visiting teams' pictures and both drones on one wall, routed to any screen and recorded with time and position for the debrief and for evidence.
Connect anyone
Fire, police, medical and volunteer teams plug into the external panel or join the vehicle's wireless network and are part of the operation straight away.
Eyes in the sky
A long-endurance fixed-wing aircraft for the wide area and a multirotor for close work, flown from inside the vehicle under EASA rules.
Share with command
Live feeds and positions reach the remote crisis centre and the consortium's command platform, so decisions are taken on what is happening now.
Work anywhere, quietly
Battery power for silent operation, a quiet generator for multi-day deployments and a climate system for long shifts in a Mediterranean summer.
Project status
Design complete, looking for a pilot
Revolink has completed the system design of the vehicle: video, networking, power and weight budgets, drone integration and crew layout, all on a standard long-wheelbase van. The next step is a build and field pilot with civil-protection, fire-service or research partners.
- Fits Horizon Europe, Civil Protection and cross-border cooperation calls as a demonstrator
- Built from proven, off-the-shelf European components; no custom hardware development risk
- Revolink provides the vehicle integration, the video and connectivity systems and the drone operations
Interested in this project?
Coordinators and end-user organisations preparing a civil-protection or crisis-management proposal: let's talk.