Drone Connect Box

Fly the fleet you own.
Keep the data in Europe.

The Drone Connect Box turns DJI Dock 2 and Dock 3 into European-operated infrastructure - inspection data routed through encrypted infrastructure you control, into software governed under EU law.

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Compatible
DJI Dock 2 and Dock 3, no hardware replacement
Data Path
Encrypted VPN into your Korial environment
Certified
ISO/IEC 27001 vendor, GDPR-aligned
Deployed
Live at major European industrial sites

The European Shift

Your drone flies over your site. Your data may not stay there.

On most dock deployments, inspection data leaves over the aircraft's own cellular link and lands in the manufacturer's cloud - frequently outside Europe - before your team ever sees it.

Nobody decided this. It shipped that way. But European operators are now accountable for it: the EU Data Act gives you an enforceable right to the data your connected products generate, and NIS2 makes the security of your supply chain - vendors and clouds included - your responsibility to manage and evidence.

The practical consequence is simple. When an auditor asks where your drone data goes and who can reach it, the answer has to come from you, not from a vendor's documentation.

Operate under European governance

Missions, data, and access controls run on software built and governed in Europe, with a documented path from the aircraft to your systems.

Without replacing the fleet

The docks and aircraft you have already commissioned stay in service. One component changes: where the data goes and who controls the route.

The data path
Same drone. Same dock. Same mission.
One component decides where the data goes - and whether you can prove it.
Drone inspection data path, without and with the Drone Connect Box Two comparison rows using the same four positions. Without the Drone Connect Box, data leaves the drone over the aircraft's own cellular link into the manufacturer's cloud outside the EU, and only a partial copy returns to the operator on the vendor's terms. With the Drone Connect Box, data is captured at the dock and sent through an encrypted VPN into the operator's Korial environment and on into their own systems. WITHOUT THE DRONE CONNECT BOX The data leaves before you see it YOUR SITE Drone + dock on your site Onboard 4G manufacturer link LEAVES THE EU Manufacturer cloud jurisdiction and access set by the vendor VENDOR'S TERMS Your team partial, vendor format WITH THE DRONE CONNECT BOX The data lands with you first YOUR SITE Drone + dock on your site Drone Connect Box edge compute, firewalled ENCRYPTED VPN Your Korial environment role-based access, encrypted storage YOUR TERMS Your systems ERP, EAM, IT/OT SAME DRONE · SAME DOCK · SAME MISSION — ONE DIFFERENT DATA PATH Drone inspection data path, without and with the Drone Connect Box The same comparison shown as two vertical sequences. Without the Drone Connect Box, data passes from the drone and dock to the onboard cellular link, leaves the EU into the manufacturer's cloud, and returns only in part on the vendor's terms. With the Drone Connect Box, data passes from the drone and dock into the box on site, through an encrypted VPN into the operator's Korial environment, and on into their own systems on their terms. WITHOUT THE DRONE CONNECT BOX The data leaves before you see it YOUR SITE Drone + dock on your site Onboard 4G manufacturer link LEAVES THE EU Manufacturer cloud jurisdiction and access set by the vendor VENDOR'S TERMS Your team partial, vendor format WITH THE DRONE CONNECT BOX The data lands with you first YOUR SITE Drone + dock on your site Drone Connect Box edge compute, firewalled ENCRYPTED VPN Your Korial environment role-based access, encrypted storage YOUR TERMS Your systems ERP, EAM, IT/OT SAME DRONE · SAME DOCK · SAME MISSION
Encrypted VPN tunnel, no vendor-cloud dependency
Strict firewall isolation for dock and aircraft
Role-based access and managed credentials
An auditable, documented route for every mission
How it works
One component between the dock and everything beyond it
01

Built for the docks you already fly

The Drone Connect Box installs alongside DJI Dock 2 and Dock 3 as a compact enclosure. Onboarding runs through the DJI tools your crews already use plus the Korial interface - a standardised, repeatable process rather than a bespoke integration per site.

  • DJI Dock 2 and Dock 3 supported
  • Guided installation and onboarding
  • Redundant 4G/5G and Ethernet connectivity
  • Standardised hardware for multi-site rollout
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Intelligence at the edge

On-site compute processes imagery where it is captured. Bandwidth drops, turnaround shortens, and a mission becomes a scheduled measurement of asset condition rather than a folder of images waiting for review.

Pick a skill, then run it on the frame — everything below is processed on site.

Aerial inspection frame of a floating-roof storage tank. Thermal version of the same frame, showing standing water on the tank roof.
Pressure gauge on plant pipework.
Pipe manifold with three lever ball valves and one handwheel valve.

Processed on site · no upload required

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One platform, aerial and ground

The Drone Connect Box installs alongside DJI Dock 2 and Dock 3 as a compact enclosure. Onboarding runs through the DJI tools your crews already use plus the Korial interface - a standardised, repeatable process rather than a bespoke integration per site.

  • DJI Dock 2 and Dock 3 supported
  • Standardised hardware for multi-site rollout
  • Standardised, automated reporting
  • Scales across sites without per-site rework
Regulatory timeline
The clock started in September 2025
Three dates shape how European operators will be expected to account for drone data. The first has already passed.
Access rights live
The EU Data Act gives users the right to the data their connected products generate, free of charge and in real time where technically feasible. The obligation sits with the manufacturer, wherever they are based.
12 SEP 2025
In force
Access by design
Connected products placed on the EU market after this date must be built so users can reach their data directly, without routing through the manufacturer's processes.
12 SEP 2026
Upcoming
Switching charges end
Cloud providers can no longer charge for switching - the anti-lock-in provision that makes portability a commercial reality rather than a stated right.
12 JAN 2027
Upcoming
Under NIS2, operators in energy, chemicals, water and transport must manage and evidence supply-chain security, including software vendors and cloud services.
Privacy by Design

Faces blurred before the data leaves your site

Aerial footage of a working site captures people, which makes it personal data under GDPR - and the operator's responsibility to justify wherever it travels. The Drone Connect Box blurs faces at the edge, as part of the same on-site processing that reads your gauges and flags anomalies. No identifiable data crosses the boundary, so there is no transfer to explain.

Compatibility
Certified against the docks in the field today
Both current-generation DJI docks are supported through the same standardised installation, so multi-site fleets stay on one deployment process.
DJI Dock 2
Compact deployments and distributed sites. Full mission control, edge processing and encrypted data routing through the Drone Connect Box.
DJI Dock 3

Extended-range operations across larger or more distributed sites. Same installation process, same data architecture.

Security & compliance
Engineered for regulated, data-sensitive operations
Korial is built to meet the demands of hazardous and regulated environments - keeping missions safe, compliant and under enterprise control.
ISO/IEC 27001
Certified information security management. Vendor security reviews get shorter, not longer.
GDPR-aligned
Privacy by design and by default across data capture, storage and transfer.
Data Act ready
The technical means to exercise access, portability and control over the data your fleet generates.
Shell company logo in red and yellow colors.
We are proud to have put a mixed fleet of autonomous inspection robots and a drone into operation. The different models give us the flexibility we need to inspect a large number of inspection points automatically.
Thomas Klein
Digital Innovation Lead | Shell
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Walk through your current dock deployment with our team and see exactly where the Drone Connect Box changes the route.
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