Engineered Around Your Requirements
Custom Engineering and Payloads
M2 Custom Payload
150 MP Camera
M1 With Large Lens & Custom Sensor
B1
Custom Payload
M2 Custom Payload
Hydra
M2 Custom Payload
150 MP Camera
M1 With Large Lens & Custom Sensor
B1
Custom Payload
M2 Custom Payload
Hydra
FROM PAYLOAD TO PLATFORM
Stabilized imaging built around your requirements
Every imaging challenge starts with a different set of requirements. SHOTOVER works with customers, sensor manufacturers, and system integrators to bring custom cameras, lenses, and specialist payloads onto a stabilized platform. Our experience spans cinematic imaging, public safety, infrastructure inspection, and research applications.
Whether you need to integrate your own payload, adapt an existing SHOTOVER system, or explore a dedicated gimbal development program, our engineering team can help define a practical solution around the imagery you need to capture and the platform you operate.
Custom payload integration
SHOTOVER platforms provide options for a wide range of payload sizes and imaging workflows. The M1, F1, and K1 families can accommodate customer-supplied cameras and equipment, while the M2 supports closely integrated sensor, processing, and mission software configurations. We work with you to assess available volume, payload mass, balance, and the interfaces needed for your application.
Projects can include daylight and low-light cameras, thermal infrared sensors, high-resolution still imaging, long focal length lenses, and experimental imaging technologies. Sensor selection and compatibility are evaluated for each project, with an emphasis on making the complete system work together.
Engineering the complete solution
Mechanical design and stabilization
Image quality depends on more than fitting a camera inside a gimbal. We help address optical bench rigidity, center of gravity, mounting, packaging, cable routing, and servo control requirements. STEP models and mechanical interface drawings can support collaborative design with your team. Where an existing platform needs changes, we evaluate the engineering and testing required before defining the scope.
Electrical and sensor interfaces
Our team can assist with power requirements, electrical connections, sensor control, and the path your data takes through the gimbal. Depending on the platform and configuration, this can include fiber optic data transfer, Ethernet connectivity, and integration with onboard processing. Interfaces are selected around the bandwidth, timing, and control needs of your payload.
Software, processing, and mission workflows
SHOTOVER brings stabilization and mission software expertise together. We can help integrate sensor control and display, image processing, time-aligned metadata, recording, and video transmission. For applications that need geospatial context, AIRSCAPE mission software and EARTHSCAPE video workflows can form part of the solution. We work with your team to define how imagery is captured, controlled, shared, and used.
From concept to integration and testing
01.
Define
Requirements & feasibility
02.
Design
Mechanical, electrical & software
03.
Integrate
Payload & platform
04.
Test
Evaluate & refine
We begin by understanding your application and reviewing the payload and operating requirements. Together, we identify a suitable platform, assess technical feasibility, and agree on engineering responsibilities, deliverables, budget, and milestones. The development effort can then cover design, fabrication, integration, and testing as required.
Bench testing and, where appropriate, flight evaluation help establish how the integrated system performs under representative conditions. SHOTOVER has company-operated gimbals and an aircraft in Boulder, Colorado that can support agreed integration, demonstration, and research programs. Test arrangements and equipment availability are defined for each project.
Tell us what you need to capture
You do not need a finished design to start a conversation. A description of your application and the following information will help us assess the best path forward:
Imaging objectives
The detail you need to resolve, working distance, field of view, frame rate, and stabilization or pointing requirements.
Payload
Camera and lens specifications, dimensions, mass, center of gravity, and STEP models or drawings if available.
Host Platform
Mounting location, available space and power, operating speed, motion, and vibration.
Operating Environment
Temperature, altitude, weather exposure, and any required qualification or acceptance tests.
Interfaces and Workflow
Control protocols, data formats, bandwidth, timing, metadata, recording, and connections to other equipment.
Project scope
Target quantities, schedule, budget, and the engineering or integration work your team plans to undertake.
Contact Request
Bring us your requirements, your payload, or the problem you are trying to solve. We will help you evaluate the options and define the next steps toward a custom stabilized imaging solution.