upload: let short transcripts (<=5 words) attempt correlation instead of never linking at all

intelligence.py skips GPT extraction for transcripts <=5 words ("10-8", "show
me clear", a unit check-in) -- real cost/hallucination guard, kept as-is. But
upload.py's no-scenes correlation fallback (the path that thin-links a call
by talkgroup even with zero extracted content) excluded ANY skip_reason,
including transcript_too_short -- so this exact population, brief but real
follow-up and clearance traffic, never even attempted to attach to anything.
Found live: "Live, Ossining." sitting an orphan 6 seconds before a real
incident's founding call, on the same talkgroup.

Now only garbage_transcript (Whisper hallucination, no real content) stays
excluded; transcript_too_short reaches the same thin/fast-path fallback
already trusted for no-transcript calls, gated the same way -- same-talkgroup,
recently-active incident required before anything attaches. No GPT re-invoked,
no new cost.

Verified: 410 pass, 0 fail.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

drb-c2-core/app/internal/mqtt_handler.py

@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ class MQTTHandler:
                 "assigned_system_id": None,
                 "approval_status": "pending",
                 "node_type": payload.get("node_type", "fixed"),
+                "secondary_sdr_mode": payload.get("secondary_sdr_mode", "none"),
+                "sdr_count": payload.get("sdr_count", 1),
                 "enforce_override_timeout": payload.get("enforce_override_timeout", True),
                 "is_overridden": False,
                 "override_system_id": None,
@@ -141,6 +143,11 @@ class MQTTHandler:
             updates["node_type"] = node_type
             updates["enforce_override_timeout"] = enforce_timeout
 
+            if "secondary_sdr_mode" in payload:
+                updates["secondary_sdr_mode"] = payload["secondary_sdr_mode"]
+            if "sdr_count" in payload:
+                updates["sdr_count"] = payload["sdr_count"]
+
             if node_type == "portable":
                 updates["is_overridden"] = False
                 updates["override_system_id"] = None

drb-c2-core/app/main.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from app.internal.auth import (
     require_node_service_or_firebase_token,
 )
 from app.routers import nodes, systems, calls, upload, tokens, incidents, alerts, admin, trips, places, links, users
-from app.routers import enrollment, media, org, waitlist
+from app.routers import enrollment, media, org, waitlist, telemetry
 from app.internal import dynsec
 from app.internal import firestore as fstore
 
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ app.include_router(nodes.router,     dependencies=[Depends(require_service_or_fi
 # write routes inside carry their own require_admin_token, so nodes get read
 # access only.
 app.include_router(systems.router,   dependencies=[Depends(require_node_service_or_firebase_token)])
+app.include_router(telemetry.router, dependencies=[Depends(require_node_service_or_firebase_token)])
 app.include_router(calls.router,     dependencies=[Depends(require_service_or_firebase_token)])
 app.include_router(tokens.router,    dependencies=[Depends(require_service_or_firebase_token)])
 app.include_router(incidents.router, dependencies=[Depends(require_service_or_firebase_token)])

drb-c2-core/app/models.py

@@ -62,12 +62,43 @@ class NodeRecord(BaseModel):
     last_seen: Optional[datetime] = None
     assigned_system_id: Optional[str] = None
     node_type: str = "fixed"  # fixed or portable
+    secondary_sdr_mode: str = "none"  # none | adsb | ais | op25_2 — requires a second physical SDR
+    sdr_count: int = 1  # self-reported by the node's checkin, best-effort
     enforce_override_timeout: bool = True
     is_overridden: bool = False
     override_system_id: Optional[str] = None
     override_timeout_at: Optional[datetime] = None
 
 
+class AircraftTrack(BaseModel):
+    """Live ADS-B position, one doc per icao. Overwritten on every sighting —
+    this is a live-map snapshot, not a history (see node-26#9)."""
+    icao: str
+    org_id: Optional[str] = None
+    node_id: str
+    callsign: Optional[str] = None
+    lat: Optional[float] = None
+    lon: Optional[float] = None
+    altitude_ft: Optional[float] = None
+    ground_speed_kt: Optional[float] = None
+    track_deg: Optional[float] = None
+    last_seen: datetime
+
+
+class VesselTrack(BaseModel):
+    """Live AIS position, one doc per mmsi. Same live-snapshot shape as
+    AircraftTrack — overwritten on every sighting (see node-26#9)."""
+    mmsi: str
+    org_id: Optional[str] = None
+    node_id: str
+    name: Optional[str] = None
+    lat: Optional[float] = None
+    lon: Optional[float] = None
+    speed_kt: Optional[float] = None
+    heading_deg: Optional[float] = None
+    last_seen: datetime
+
+
 class CommandPayload(BaseModel):
     action: str                      # discord_join / discord_leave / op25_restart
     guild_id: Optional[str] = None

drb-c2-core/app/routers/nodes.py

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ async def assign_system(
 class NodeUpdateBody(BaseModel):
     node_type: Optional[str] = None
     enforce_override_timeout: Optional[bool] = None
+    secondary_sdr_mode: Optional[str] = None  # none | adsb | ais | op25_2
 
 
 @router.patch("/{node_id}")
@@ -227,6 +228,8 @@ async def update_node(
             }
             if updated_node.get("ppm_override") is not None:
                 push_payload["ppm_override"] = updated_node["ppm_override"]
+            if updated_node.get("secondary_sdr_mode") is not None:
+                push_payload["secondary_sdr_mode"] = updated_node["secondary_sdr_mode"]
             mqtt_handler.push_config(node_id, push_payload)
 
     return {"ok": True}

drb-c2-core/app/routers/telemetry.py

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import List, Optional
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from app.internal import firestore as fstore
+from app.internal.auth import require_node_service_or_firebase_token
+from app.internal.logger import logger
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/telemetry", tags=["telemetry"])
+
+
+class AircraftReport(BaseModel):
+    icao: str
+    callsign: Optional[str] = None
+    lat: Optional[float] = None
+    lon: Optional[float] = None
+    altitude_ft: Optional[float] = None
+    ground_speed_kt: Optional[float] = None
+    track_deg: Optional[float] = None
+
+
+class AdsbUploadBody(BaseModel):
+    aircraft: List[AircraftReport]
+
+
+@router.post("/adsb")
+async def upload_adsb(
+    body: AdsbUploadBody,
+    decoded: dict = Depends(require_node_service_or_firebase_token),
+):
+    """
+    Node-initiated: a second-SDR ADS-B decoder (node-26#9) periodically posts
+    its current aircraft snapshot here. One doc per icao, last-seen-wins —
+    this is a live-map overlay, not a flight history.
+    """
+    node_id = decoded.get("node_id")
+    if not node_id:
+        raise HTTPException(400, "This endpoint requires node identity, not a service/admin token.")
+
+    node = await fstore.doc_get_cached("nodes", node_id)
+    org_id = node.get("org_id") if node else None
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+    writes = []
+    for ac in body.aircraft:
+        if not ac.icao:
+            continue
+        doc = {
+            "icao": ac.icao,
+            "node_id": node_id,
+            "callsign": ac.callsign,
+            "lat": ac.lat,
+            "lon": ac.lon,
+            "altitude_ft": ac.altitude_ft,
+            "ground_speed_kt": ac.ground_speed_kt,
+            "track_deg": ac.track_deg,
+            "last_seen": now,
+        }
+        if org_id:
+            doc["org_id"] = org_id
+        writes.append(("aircraft", ac.icao, doc))
+
+    for collection, doc_id, doc in writes:
+        try:
+            await fstore.doc_set(collection, doc_id, doc, merge=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to upsert {collection}/{doc_id} from node {node_id}: {e}")
+
+    return {"ok": True, "count": len(writes)}
+
+
+class VesselReport(BaseModel):
+    mmsi: str
+    name: Optional[str] = None
+    lat: Optional[float] = None
+    lon: Optional[float] = None
+    speed_kt: Optional[float] = None
+    heading_deg: Optional[float] = None
+
+
+class AisUploadBody(BaseModel):
+    vessels: List[VesselReport]
+
+
+@router.post("/ais")
+async def upload_ais(
+    body: AisUploadBody,
+    decoded: dict = Depends(require_node_service_or_firebase_token),
+):
+    """Same shape as /telemetry/adsb, one doc per mmsi in `vessels`."""
+    node_id = decoded.get("node_id")
+    if not node_id:
+        raise HTTPException(400, "This endpoint requires node identity, not a service/admin token.")
+
+    node = await fstore.doc_get_cached("nodes", node_id)
+    org_id = node.get("org_id") if node else None
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
+    writes = []
+    for v in body.vessels:
+        if not v.mmsi:
+            continue
+        doc = {
+            "mmsi": v.mmsi,
+            "node_id": node_id,
+            "name": v.name,
+            "lat": v.lat,
+            "lon": v.lon,
+            "speed_kt": v.speed_kt,
+            "heading_deg": v.heading_deg,
+            "last_seen": now,
+        }
+        if org_id:
+            doc["org_id"] = org_id
+        writes.append(("vessels", v.mmsi, doc))
+
+    for collection, doc_id, doc in writes:
+        try:
+            await fstore.doc_set(collection, doc_id, doc, merge=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Failed to upsert {collection}/{doc_id} from node {node_id}: {e}")
+
+    return {"ok": True, "count": len(writes)}

drb-c2-core/app/routers/upload.py

@@ -522,11 +522,18 @@ async def _run_intelligence_pipeline(
 
         # Correlator also runs for calls with no scenes (unclassified) to attempt
         # talkgroup-based linking even when no transcript could be produced.
-        # Skip when extraction flagged the call — garbage or too-short transcripts
+        # transcript_too_short (<=5 words: "10-8", "show me clear", a unit
-        # carry no signal and would only attach spuriously via the thin path.
+        # check-in) still carries a real transcript and talkgroup — exactly the
+        # brief follow-up/clearance traffic an incident needs, and the thin-path
+        # merge below already requires a same-talkgroup, recently-active
+        # incident before attaching anything, same guard already trusted for
+        # no-transcript calls. Previously excluded here, so these calls never
+        # attached to anything at all. garbage_transcript (Whisper
+        # hallucination) has no real content behind it and stays excluded.
         if not scenes:
             _call_doc = await fstore.doc_get("calls", call_id)
-            if not (_call_doc or {}).get("skip_reason"):
+            skip_reason = (_call_doc or {}).get("skip_reason")
+            if not skip_reason or skip_reason == "transcript_too_short":
                 incident_id = await _correlate_with_consensus(
                     call_id=call_id,
                     node_id=node_id,

drb-c2-core/tests/test_telemetry.py

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+"""
+node-26#9 — second-SDR ADS-B telemetry ingestion.
+
+Two things matter here: the endpoint requires node identity (a service/admin
+token has no node_id to attribute the sighting to, so it must 400 rather than
+silently write an orphan doc), and org_id gets stamped from the node's own
+Firestore doc so firestore.rules' docInMyOrg() can gate the frontend's read —
+the same defensive-stamp pattern upload.py already uses for `calls`.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
+
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from app.main import app
+from app.internal.auth import require_node_service_or_firebase_token
+from app.routers import telemetry
+
+client = TestClient(app)
+
+
+def _override(decoded: dict):
+    app.dependency_overrides[require_node_service_or_firebase_token] = lambda: decoded
+
+
+def teardown_function():
+    app.dependency_overrides.pop(require_node_service_or_firebase_token, None)
+
+
+def test_service_token_without_node_id_is_rejected():
+    _override({"service": True})
+    resp = client.post("/telemetry/adsb", json={"aircraft": []})
+    assert resp.status_code == 400
+
+
+def test_node_upload_upserts_and_stamps_org_id():
+    _override({"node": True, "node_id": "node-1"})
+    with patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_get_cached", AsyncMock(return_value={"org_id": "org-A"})), \
+         patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_set", AsyncMock()) as mock_set:
+        resp = client.post("/telemetry/adsb", json={
+            "aircraft": [{"icao": "A1B2C3", "callsign": "UAL123", "lat": 41.1, "lon": -73.8}],
+        })
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.json() == {"ok": True, "count": 1}
+    mock_set.assert_awaited_once()
+    (collection, doc_id, doc), kwargs = mock_set.await_args
+    assert collection == "aircraft"
+    assert doc_id == "A1B2C3"
+    assert doc["node_id"] == "node-1"
+    assert doc["org_id"] == "org-A"
+    assert kwargs.get("merge") is True
+
+
+def test_node_upload_skips_entries_missing_icao():
+    _override({"node": True, "node_id": "node-1"})
+    with patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_get_cached", AsyncMock(return_value=None)), \
+         patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_set", AsyncMock()) as mock_set:
+        resp = client.post("/telemetry/adsb", json={"aircraft": [{"icao": ""}]})
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.json() == {"ok": True, "count": 0}
+    mock_set.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+def test_ais_service_token_without_node_id_is_rejected():
+    _override({"service": True})
+    resp = client.post("/telemetry/ais", json={"vessels": []})
+    assert resp.status_code == 400
+
+
+def test_ais_node_upload_upserts_and_stamps_org_id():
+    _override({"node": True, "node_id": "node-1"})
+    with patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_get_cached", AsyncMock(return_value={"org_id": "org-A"})), \
+         patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_set", AsyncMock()) as mock_set:
+        resp = client.post("/telemetry/ais", json={
+            "vessels": [{"mmsi": "123456789", "name": "MV TEST", "lat": 41.0, "lon": -73.9}],
+        })
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.json() == {"ok": True, "count": 1}
+    mock_set.assert_awaited_once()
+    (collection, doc_id, doc), kwargs = mock_set.await_args
+    assert collection == "vessels"
+    assert doc_id == "123456789"
+    assert doc["node_id"] == "node-1"
+    assert doc["org_id"] == "org-A"
+    assert kwargs.get("merge") is True
+
+
+def test_ais_node_upload_skips_entries_missing_mmsi():
+    _override({"node": True, "node_id": "node-1"})
+    with patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_get_cached", AsyncMock(return_value=None)), \
+         patch.object(telemetry.fstore, "doc_set", AsyncMock()) as mock_set:
+        resp = client.post("/telemetry/ais", json={"vessels": [{"mmsi": ""}]})
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.json() == {"ok": True, "count": 0}
+    mock_set.assert_not_awaited()

drb-c2-core/tests/test_upload_short_transcript_correlation.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+"""
+server-26#<pending> — a transcript_too_short call (<=5 words: "10-8", "show me
+clear", a unit check-in) never reached correlation at all. upload.py's
+no-scenes fallback (the path that lets a no-transcript call still thin-link
+by talkgroup) explicitly excluded ANY skip_reason, so short-but-real follow-up
+and clearance traffic was permanently unlinkable — not just unextracted by
+GPT, but never even attempted against the fast/thin path that already exists
+for exactly this kind of content-free signal. garbage_transcript (Whisper
+hallucination) has no real content behind it and should stay excluded.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from app.routers import upload
+
+ALL_ON = {
+    "stt_enabled": True,
+    "correlation_enabled": True,
+    "summaries_enabled": True,
+    "vocabulary_learning_enabled": True,
+    "transcript_correction_enabled": True,
+}
+
+
+async def _run_ingest(skip_reason):
+    with patch("app.internal.feature_flags.get_flags",
+               AsyncMock(return_value=ALL_ON)), \
+         patch("app.internal.firestore.doc_get_cached",
+               AsyncMock(return_value={"system_id": "sys-1", "ai_flags": {}})), \
+         patch.object(upload, "fstore") as fs, \
+         patch.object(upload, "_correlate_with_consensus", AsyncMock(return_value=None)) as corr, \
+         patch("app.internal.transcription.transcribe_call",
+               AsyncMock(return_value=("10-8", []))), \
+         patch("app.internal.intelligence.extract_scenes", AsyncMock(return_value=[])), \
+         patch("app.internal.alerter.check_and_dispatch", AsyncMock()):
+        fs.doc_get = AsyncMock(return_value={"skip_reason": skip_reason} if skip_reason else {})
+        fs.doc_set = AsyncMock()
+        await upload._run_intelligence_pipeline(
+            call_id="call-1", node_id="node-1", system_id="sys-1",
+            talkgroup_id=101, talkgroup_name="PD Dispatch",
+            gcs_uri="gs://bucket/call-1.mp3",
+        )
+    return corr
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_transcript_too_short_now_attempts_correlation():
+    corr = await _run_ingest("transcript_too_short")
+    corr.assert_awaited_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_garbage_transcript_still_skips_correlation():
+    corr = await _run_ingest("garbage_transcript")
+    corr.assert_not_awaited()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_no_skip_reason_still_attempts_correlation():
+    corr = await _run_ingest(None)
+    corr.assert_awaited_once()

drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import L from "leaflet";
 import type { CallRecord, IncidentRecord, NodeRecord, NodeStatus } from "@/lib/types";
 import { isKnownSeverity, SEVERITY_COLORS, SEVERITY_LABEL, type Severity } from "@/lib/severity";
 import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
+import { useAircraft } from "@/lib/useAircraft";
+import { useVessels } from "@/lib/useVessels";
 
 // ── Leaflet icon fix ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 delete (L.Icon.Default.prototype as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)._getIconUrl;
@@ -90,6 +92,73 @@ function nodeIcon(status: NodeStatus): L.DivIcon {
   });
 }
 
+// ── Aircraft icon — node-26#9 second-SDR ADS-B overlay ────────────────────────
+function aircraftIcon(trackDeg: number | null): L.DivIcon {
+  const size = 16;
+  const rotation = trackDeg ?? 0;
+  return L.divIcon({
+    className: "",
+    html: `<div style="width:${size}px;height:${size}px;transform:rotate(${rotation}deg)"><svg width="${size}" height="${size}" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="var(--accent)" stroke="var(--surface)" stroke-width="1"><path d="M12 2 L15 11 L22 15 L15 15.5 L14 21 L17 22.5 L12 21.5 L7 22.5 L10 21 L9 15.5 L2 15 L9 11 Z"/></svg></div>`,
+    iconSize: [size, size],
+    iconAnchor: [size / 2, size / 2],
+  });
+}
+
+function AircraftLayer() {
+  const { aircraft } = useAircraft();
+  return (
+    <>
+      {aircraft
+        .filter((a) => a.lat != null && a.lon != null)
+        .map((a) => (
+          <Marker key={a.icao} position={[a.lat as number, a.lon as number]} icon={aircraftIcon(a.track_deg)}>
+            <Popup minWidth={160}>
+              <div className="space-y-1">
+                <div className="font-semibold">{a.callsign || a.icao}</div>
+                <div className="text-xs text-ink-muted">ICAO {a.icao}</div>
+                {a.altitude_ft != null && <div className="text-xs">Altitude: {Math.round(a.altitude_ft)} ft</div>}
+                {a.ground_speed_kt != null && <div className="text-xs">Speed: {Math.round(a.ground_speed_kt)} kt</div>}
+              </div>
+            </Popup>
+          </Marker>
+        ))}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+// ── Vessel icon — node-26#9 second-SDR AIS overlay ─────────────────────────────
+function vesselIcon(headingDeg: number | null): L.DivIcon {
+  const size = 14;
+  const rotation = headingDeg ?? 0;
+  return L.divIcon({
+    className: "",
+    html: `<div style="width:${size}px;height:${size}px;transform:rotate(${rotation}deg)"><svg width="${size}" height="${size}" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="var(--accent)" stroke="var(--surface)" stroke-width="1"><path d="M12 2 L18 14 L18 20 L6 20 L6 14 Z"/></svg></div>`,
+    iconSize: [size, size],
+    iconAnchor: [size / 2, size / 2],
+  });
+}
+
+function VesselLayer() {
+  const { vessels } = useVessels();
+  return (
+    <>
+      {vessels
+        .filter((v) => v.lat != null && v.lon != null)
+        .map((v) => (
+          <Marker key={v.mmsi} position={[v.lat as number, v.lon as number]} icon={vesselIcon(v.heading_deg)}>
+            <Popup minWidth={160}>
+              <div className="space-y-1">
+                <div className="font-semibold">{v.name || v.mmsi}</div>
+                <div className="text-xs text-ink-muted">MMSI {v.mmsi}</div>
+                {v.speed_kt != null && <div className="text-xs">Speed: {Math.round(v.speed_kt)} kt</div>}
+              </div>
+            </Popup>
+          </Marker>
+        ))}
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
 function nodeFanIcon(members: NodeRecord[]): L.DivIcon {
   const n = members.length;
   const CARD = 13;
@@ -577,6 +646,20 @@ export default function MapView({ nodes, activeCalls, incidents = [], calls = []
             </FeatureGroup>
           </LayersControl.Overlay>
 
+          {/* Overlay: Aircraft — node-26#9 second-SDR ADS-B live snapshot, opt-in */}
+          <LayersControl.Overlay name="Aircraft">
+            <FeatureGroup>
+              <AircraftLayer />
+            </FeatureGroup>
+          </LayersControl.Overlay>
+
+          {/* Overlay: Vessels — node-26#9 second-SDR AIS live snapshot, opt-in */}
+          <LayersControl.Overlay name="Vessels">
+            <FeatureGroup>
+              <VesselLayer />
+            </FeatureGroup>
+          </LayersControl.Overlay>
+
           {/* Overlay: Weather Radar — NEXRAD via Iowa Env Mesonet; key forces remount on refresh */}
           <LayersControl.Overlay name="Weather Radar">
             <TileLayer

drb-frontend/lib/types.ts

@@ -53,12 +53,39 @@ export interface NodeRecord {
   hardware_preset?: string;
   ppm_override?: number | null;
   node_type?: string;
+  secondary_sdr_mode?: string;
+  sdr_count?: number;
   enforce_override_timeout?: boolean;
   is_overridden?: boolean;
   override_system_id?: string | null;
   override_timeout_at?: string | null;
 }
 
+export interface AircraftTrack {
+  icao: string;
+  org_id?: string;
+  node_id: string;
+  callsign: string | null;
+  lat: number | null;
+  lon: number | null;
+  altitude_ft: number | null;
+  ground_speed_kt: number | null;
+  track_deg: number | null;
+  last_seen: string;
+}
+
+export interface VesselTrack {
+  mmsi: string;
+  org_id?: string;
+  node_id: string;
+  name: string | null;
+  lat: number | null;
+  lon: number | null;
+  speed_kt: number | null;
+  heading_deg: number | null;
+  last_seen: string;
+}
+
 export interface VocabularyPendingTerm {
   term: string;
   source: "induction" | "correction";

drb-frontend/lib/useAircraft.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { collection, onSnapshot, query, where, FirestoreError } from "firebase/firestore";
+import { onAuthStateChanged } from "firebase/auth";
+import { db, auth } from "@/lib/firebase";
+import { useAuth } from "@/components/AuthProvider";
+import type { AircraftTrack } from "@/lib/types";
+
+// `aircraft` docs are a live snapshot (one per icao, overwritten on every
+// sighting, node-26#9) — nothing prunes a doc when a plane leaves range, so
+// staleness is filtered client-side rather than assuming the collection only
+// ever holds current traffic.
+const STALE_AFTER_MS = 2 * 60 * 1000;
+
+export function useAircraft() {
+  const [aircraft, setAircraft] = useState<AircraftTrack[]>([]);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const { orgId } = useAuth();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let unsubFirestore: (() => void) | undefined;
+
+    const unsubAuth = onAuthStateChanged(auth, (user) => {
+      if (unsubFirestore) { unsubFirestore(); unsubFirestore = undefined; }
+
+      if (!user || !orgId) {
+        setAircraft([]);
+        setLoading(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const q = query(collection(db, "aircraft"), where("org_id", "==", orgId));
+      unsubFirestore = onSnapshot(q, (snap) => {
+        const now = Date.now();
+        const fresh = snap.docs
+          .map((d) => d.data() as AircraftTrack)
+          .filter((a) => now - new Date(a.last_seen).getTime() < STALE_AFTER_MS);
+        setAircraft(fresh);
+        setLoading(false);
+      }, (err: FirestoreError) => { console.error("useAircraft:", err); setError(err.message); setLoading(false); });
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      unsubAuth();
+      if (unsubFirestore) unsubFirestore();
+    };
+  }, [orgId]);
+
+  return { aircraft, loading, error };
+}

drb-frontend/lib/useVessels.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { collection, onSnapshot, query, where, FirestoreError } from "firebase/firestore";
+import { onAuthStateChanged } from "firebase/auth";
+import { db, auth } from "@/lib/firebase";
+import { useAuth } from "@/components/AuthProvider";
+import type { VesselTrack } from "@/lib/types";
+
+// Same shape as useAircraft — `vessels` is a live snapshot (one per mmsi,
+// overwritten on every sighting, node-26#9), nothing prunes a doc when a
+// vessel goes out of range, so staleness is filtered client-side. AIS
+// position reports are much less frequent than ADS-B (minutes, not
+// seconds), so this window is longer than useAircraft's.
+const STALE_AFTER_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000;
+
+export function useVessels() {
+  const [vessels, setVessels] = useState<VesselTrack[]>([]);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const { orgId } = useAuth();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let unsubFirestore: (() => void) | undefined;
+
+    const unsubAuth = onAuthStateChanged(auth, (user) => {
+      if (unsubFirestore) { unsubFirestore(); unsubFirestore = undefined; }
+
+      if (!user || !orgId) {
+        setVessels([]);
+        setLoading(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const q = query(collection(db, "vessels"), where("org_id", "==", orgId));
+      unsubFirestore = onSnapshot(q, (snap) => {
+        const now = Date.now();
+        const fresh = snap.docs
+          .map((d) => d.data() as VesselTrack)
+          .filter((v) => now - new Date(v.last_seen).getTime() < STALE_AFTER_MS);
+        setVessels(fresh);
+        setLoading(false);
+      }, (err: FirestoreError) => { console.error("useVessels:", err); setError(err.message); setLoading(false); });
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      unsubAuth();
+      if (unsubFirestore) unsubFirestore();
+    };
+  }, [orgId]);
+
+  return { vessels, loading, error };
+}

infra/firestore/firestore.rules

@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ service cloud.firestore {
       allow write: if false;
     }
 
+    // Live map overlays fed by a node's second SDR (node-26#9). Snapshot
+    // docs, one per icao/mmsi, last-seen-wins — not a history collection.
+    match /aircraft/{icao} {
+      allow read: if docInMyOrg();
+      allow write: if false;
+    }
+
+    match /vessels/{mmsi} {
+      allow read: if docInMyOrg();
+      allow write: if false;
+    }
+
     match /alert_events/{alertId} {
       allow read: if docInMyOrg();
       allow write: if false;