--- title: "Defence and Aerospace | Solutions | SurrealDB" description: "Power real-time situational awareness, on-device multi-modal inference, and mission-critical intelligence analysis for secure and accurate decision-making." url: https://surrealdb.com/solutions/defence-and-aerospace --- # AI-powered mission intelligence at scale Unify structured, unstructured, geospatial, time-series, and semantic data for operational efficiency, secure intelligence processing, and real-time situational awareness. [Start free with SurrealDB](https://studio.surrealdb.com/current/instances/deploy) [Talk to sales](https://surrealdb.com/contact/sales) 1. ![Babcock](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/babcock.lo4rnVg1.svg) 2. ![ING](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/ing.X3I6S3_V.svg) 3. ![British Airways](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/british-airways.KEsZiwV-.svg) 4. ![Nvidia](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/nvidia.DaIEuMil.svg) 5. ![Apple](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/apple.D5pq4flY.svg) 6. ![SpaceX](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/spacex.CQJEk-IL.svg) 7. ![Samsung](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/samsung.CH-vQgnb.svg) 8. ![adidas](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/adidas.DdTC5qhk.svg) 9. ![Tencent](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/tencent.paQmLxyy.svg) 10. ![Alibaba](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/alibaba.B16idgfM.svg) 11. ![PolyAI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/poly-ai.c3w_fAg6.svg) 12. ![Later](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/later.Ds736jFO.svg) 13. ![Verizon](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/verizon.BI7CajdX.svg) 14. ![Liberty Mutual](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/liberty-mutual.B7qOU1pd.svg) 15. ![Walmart](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/walmart.BjDg_Sr8.svg) 16. ![Carrier](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/carrier.D21gC6NX.svg) 17. ![Saks Fifth Avenue](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/saks-fifth-avenue.COIDpLSb.svg) 18. ![San Francisco Compute Company](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/sfcc.B7jlImq4.svg) 19. ![Shield AI](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/shield-ai.pINZ0KJr.svg) 20. ![Wix](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/wix.DvHhmoBi.svg) CAPABILITIES ## Mission-critical advantages SurrealDB capabilities engineered for secure, air-gapped, and high-assurance environments. ### Built in Rust for maximum security A memory-safe systems language trusted by security-critical industries. High concurrency, zero-cost abstractions, and zero tolerance for memory-based vulnerabilities. ### AI-optimised knowledge graphs Model dynamic, multi-domain operational environments from force structures and sensor grids to supply chains and threat actor networks. ### Vector + semantic search for intelligence Hybrid search combining vector similarity, semantic embeddings, and graph traversal over field reports, geospatial data, SIGINT, and OSINT. ### Real-time and historical telemetry Monitor battlefield telemetry, cyber activity, or flight data with native time-series capabilities for both real-time alerting and historical reconstruction. SEE IT IN ACTION ## Fuse sensor data with geospatial queries Combine real-time sensor feeds with geospatial lookups to build unified situational awareness. ``` 1-- Find latest five assets within 50km of a point of interest2-- and join with their latest telemetry data3SELECT4 id, 5 type, 6 position,7 ->(SELECT * FROM telemetry ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 5).{ 8 id, 9 timestamp,10 asset: out 11 } AS latest12 FROM asset13 WHERE geo::distance(position, (-77.0369, 38.9072)) < 50000; ``` USE CASES ## Core use cases for defence and aerospace How defence and aerospace organisations apply SurrealDB to mission-critical systems. ### Proactive cybersecurity and threat detection Graph analytics and time-series data to detect anomalous network activity, map threat actor infrastructure, and uncover lateral movement. ### Sensor fusion and tactical intelligence Combine data from radar, LIDAR, satellite, and UAVs into a live digital twin of the operating environment. Asset relationships, geospatial state, time-series telemetry, and semantic search over reports sit in one engine for rapid response and forensic review. ### Mission planning and route optimisation Deploy ML models directly on native vector database to optimise supply chains, flight paths, or ground operations in real time. ### Geospatial targeting and reconnaissance Geospatial support for all GeoJSON types such as polygons and coordinates, with built-in spatial queries for real-time situational awareness. ### Anomaly detection in maintenance data Analyse time-series telemetry from aircraft, vehicles, or satellites for predictive maintenance and mission readiness. ### [Platform and fleet digital twins](https://surrealdb.com/use-cases/digital-twins) Model aircraft, vehicles, and platforms as living graphs of components, suppliers, sortie history, and maintenance records. Combine engineering documents, telemetry, and sensor data in one engine, with versioned-record queries for mission review and red-team reconstruction. Learn more ### Operational intelligence dashboards Secure, real-time dashboards for commanders and analysts with horizontal scalability and web-ready deployment via WebAssembly. WHY SURREALDB ## Why decision makers choose SurrealDB The technical and operational advantages that set SurrealDB apart in defence and aerospace. ### [Horizontal scalability](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Handle petabyte-scale mission data without manual sharding - from satellite networks to global cyber monitoring. Learn more ### [Flexible deployment](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Run on secure cloud, on-premises, in air-gapped environments, or on the edge using WASM. Learn more ### [Unified data model](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Combine structured, document, graph, vector, time-series, and geospatial into a single secure engine. Learn more ### [Resilient and real-time](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Low-latency, high-availability for ISR systems and autonomous platforms. Learn more ### [Secure data provenance](https://surrealdb.com/surrealdb/features) Historical and forensic queries on past states of the database for auditing, red-teaming, and mission review. Learn more FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ## Defence and aerospace Can SurrealDB operate in disconnected or air-gapped environments? How does SurrealDB support intelligence and situational awareness? Is SurrealDB built with security-critical applications in mind? Can SurrealDB handle real-time sensor fusion and telemetry? Does SurrealDB support data sovereignty and deployment flexibility? Can SurrealDB support digital twins of platforms, fleets, or operating environments? GET STARTED ## Start building with SurrealDB Mission systems, sensor fusion, and on-device inference on one accredited data layer. ![Samsung](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/4c58b81e7b3c9466.C_Hv0eml.svg)![NVIDIA](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/nvidia.DaIEuMil.svg)![Apple](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/f7dc2519e0d212bc.Cn8MYAK7.svg)![Verizon](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/18b99996c689000f.B5PQ-nI9.svg)![Tencent](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/401d8346058682c8.DqM87mst.svg) SOC 2 Type 2 GDPR Cyber Essentials Plus ISO 27001 [Start free with SurrealDB](https://studio.surrealdb.com/current/instances/deploy) [View documentation](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealdb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","name":"SurrealDB","url":"https://surrealdb.com","logo":"https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/logo.BG7_TG2b.svg","description":"SurrealDB is the unified data layer for AI. 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