Autonomous Aerospace Systems Design

From Concept to Flight-Proven Design Faster.

We deliver autonomous aerospace systems design, flight software, and guidance, navigation and control (GNC) engineering for missiles, UAVs, spacecraft, counter-UAS, and hypersonics working alongside your team from early concept through flight-ready handoff. Our simulation-driven methodology replaces iterative flight tuning, so your team converges on the right design earlier and gets to first flight with confidence. We combine prime-contractor-level rigor with the speed and agility needed to move advanced aerospace programs from concept to flight demonstration faster.

We have helped customers develop, test, and field flight systems across missile, UAV, counter-UAS, space, and hypersonic applications, bringing proven aerospace expertise to every stage of development, from clean-sheet concepts to operational flight demonstrations.

Core Design Capabilities

The Foundation Behind Every Flight-Proven System

Engineering Autonomous Flight Systems

System architecture, requirements development and allocation, aerodynamic trade studies, guidance design, terminal guidance, navigation, autopilot development, flight software engineering, and verification for mission-critical aerospace systems.

The Toolchain That Accelerates Every Stage

FLEX and REVEAL provide a continuous path from concept development through flight test, with the same software running in simulation and on the vehicle. Customers retain the complete development and test environment, enabling long-term independence and rapid future iteration.

Confidence Before Hardware. Integration Without Surprises.

High-fidelity 6-DOF simulation, SIL, CIL, and HWIL testing identify issues early and reduce program risk before costly flight-test events.

Performance Visibility at Every Stage

Automated Monte Carlo analysis and continuous KPP tracking provide quantitative insight into system performance throughout development.

Autonomous Aerospace Applications

Missiles, Loitering Munitions & UAVs

From Concept to Operational Capability

Missiles, loitering munitions, and autonomous UAVs are racing to field the next generation of precision strike capability. We help customers rapidly develop flight-ready systems ranging from autonomous UAVs and reusable strike platforms to swarming systems and advanced missile concepts, taking programs from clean-sheet designs to flight testing on accelerated timelines. Our expertise spans autonomy, swarming, guidance, navigation and control, flight software, mission planning, and vehicle integration, ultimately enabling customers to field capable systems faster while reducing technical and programmatic risk.

Applications:

Tactical and Strategic Missiles
Reusable Mini-bombers
Autonomous UAVs
Swarming Systems

Space & Satellite

Confidence Before Launch

Space systems cannot afford to discover guidance, navigation, control, or flight software issues after launch. There is no iterative flight tuning in orbit, and design decisions made early in development often determine mission success years later. We support spacecraft programs through flight software engineering, GNC design, mission analysis, autonomy development, and mission-assurance testing.

Our team has supported spacecraft, orbital payloads, reusable space vehicles, reentry systems, and proximity operations programs where reliability and mission assurance are paramount. Through software-in-the-loop (SIL), component-in-the-loop (CIL), and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, we identify issues before launch, accelerate integration, and provide confidence that critical systems will perform as expected when mission success is on the line.

Applications:

Satellites
Orbital Payloads
Reusable Spacecraft
Reentry Vehicles
Proximity Operations
Rendezvous & Docking Systems
On-Orbit Autonomy

Kinetic Counter-UAS

Flight-Proven Autonomous Intercepts

Low-cost drone threats continue to evolve faster than traditional defense systems can adapt. We specialize in autonomous kinetic counter-UAS solutions, integrating guidance, navigation, control, flight software, and engagement autonomy into operational interceptor systems. Our team has supported multiple successful flight-test campaigns demonstrating autonomous intercepts against both Group 3 UAS-class targets and smaller, multi-rotor drone threats using ground-launched interceptor platforms.

From guidance laws and flight software to engagement autonomy and system integration, we bring deep experience in developing technologies required to overcome increasingly sophisticated aerial threats. We apply the same systems engineering discipline, verification rigor, and mission assurance standards used on major aerospace and defense programs, tailored for the speed, agility, and affordability required by modern counter-UAS systems. The result is proven capability, delivered on accelerated schedules, and within budgets that traditional development approaches struggle to match.

Applications:

Ground-launched interceptors
Fixed-wing interceptors
Multi-rotor interceptors
Autonomous counter-UAS systems
Swarming defense systems
Group 1–3 UAS defeat systems

Hypersonics

High-Speed Flight Expertise

Hypersonic systems push aerodynamic, thermal, and control challenges to their limits. Our expertise supports advanced high-speed flight programs through aerodynamic analysis, configuration trade studies, autopilot development, flight software engineering, and guidance, navigation and control design. Our experience spans reusable space systems, autonomous high-speed aircraft, reentry vehicles, hypersonic flight systems, and next-generation technology development and flight demonstration efforts, supporting programs from early concept exploration through flight-test execution. We help customers understand vehicle performance early, make informed design decisions, and retire risk before critical test events.

Applications:

Hypersonic cruise missiles
Hypersonic glide vehicles
Reentry vehicles
Reusable spaceplanes
Autonomous high-speed aircraft
Flight-test vehicles