AI-powered autonomous systems protecting the critical infrastructure that powers Africa's fastest-growing economies — built from within the region they serve.
Militant groups aligned with ISIS and al-Qaeda have expanded systematically across the Sahel, targeting the mines, pipelines, dams, and telecoms that underpin economic growth. The attacks are not opportunistic — they are strategic.
The current market response is foreign-made, expensive, poorly supported locally, and carries data sovereignty risks that neither African governments nor international operators can accept. A system designed in Paris or Shenzhen does not understand Harmattan dust, Lake Chad flooding cycles, or the operational realities of the field.
Lannes Systems was built to close this gap — an indigenous defense technology company, designed in the Sahel, for the Sahel.
Africa is industrializing faster than any other region on earth. None of that progress is secure without the infrastructure to protect it.
The Lannes system operates as a unified intelligence environment. Every asset — aerial, ground, and fixed — feeds into MERIDIAN, creating a persistent real-time operational picture across any number of sites simultaneously.
Solar-powered sentry towers and long-range UAVs maintain continuous coverage across remote sites — pipelines, mines, border corridors, dams, and water infrastructure. Day and night operations using thermal, visual, and radar sensing.
On-device AI classifies detected objects in real time — distinguishing between people, vehicles, boats, and wildlife. False alert rates cut by over 80%. Every classification logged with GPS coordinates, timestamp, and confidence score.
When a threat is confirmed, tactical UAVs and unmanned ground vehicles deploy immediately. GUÉPARD provides aerial response and swarm reconnaissance. TAUREAU provides ground presence with modular attachments for surveillance, deterrence, or EOD.
MERIDIAN ties every asset into a single operational dashboard. Live positions, video feeds, alert logs, and incident replay — accessible from any device, anywhere, with full role-based access control and end-to-end encryption. On-premise available for data sovereignty requirements.
Every Lannes product is engineered for Sahel operating conditions — 50°C heat, Harmattan dust, flash flooding, no grid power, intermittent connectivity. Built to operate where other systems fail.
Lake Chad spans four countries — Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Cameroon. Its shores contain critical fishing infrastructure, military outposts, NGO operations, and border crossing points. ISWAP has used its islands and waterways as staging grounds for over a decade.
No persistent water surveillance system exists anywhere on Lake Chad. Lannes is building the first.
The Aquatic Kit transforms the standard Watchman tower into a floating deployment — mounted on HDPE pontoons with mushroom anchors, solar array, and marine-grade sealed electronics. Deployable by two people from a truck or a pirogue.
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