Drone flight software development, from flight controller to mission.
We build the software that makes an unmanned aircraft do something useful on purpose — reliably, repeatably, and in a way your team can maintain after we leave.
What "flight software" means to us
Most drone programs stall in the gap between a flight controller that keeps the aircraft level and a mission that needs it to do more. That gap is where we work. It spans three places code can live:
- On the flight controller — custom flight modes, control tuning, failsafes, mixers, and sensor drivers inside PX4 or ArduPilot.
- On a companion computer — autonomy, planning, perception hand-off, and mission logic talking to the autopilot over MAVLink or uXRCE-DDS.
- Across multiple aircraft — coordination and task allocation when several UAS must act as one, including when the link between them is degraded or gone.
Capabilities
- Custom flight mode development for PX4 and ArduPilot (ArduCopter, ArduPlane, TradHeli)
- MAVLink and MAVSDK integration; custom MAVLink message dialects
- Companion-computer software on Linux SBCs and embedded GPU boards
- Path planning, geofencing, and mission execution logic
- Sensor fusion support: EKF configuration, external estimator inputs, GPS-denied navigation hand-offs
- Multi-UAS coordination and decentralized task allocation
- Failsafe design, flight termination logic, and fault-injection testing
- Telemetry pipelines, logging, and post-flight analysis tooling
What we don't do
We don't manufacture airframes, sell flight controllers, or recommend a platform because it pays us to. We don't build perception models from scratch unless that's the actual project. And we don't ship code we haven't flown in simulation first.
- Feasibility
- 2–4 weeks. Can this airframe and stack do the mission? Answered with a sim.
- Feature
- 4–12 weeks. One well-defined behavior, proven and handed off.
- Program
- 3–12 months. Embedded engineering capacity for a flight-software roadmap.
- Rescue
- Variable. Inherited code that nobody on your team can explain.
Flight software FAQ
Can you write a custom flight mode for PX4 or ArduPilot?
Yes. Custom flight modes are the most common request we get. We implement them inside the stack (C++ in PX4 modules or ArduPilot libraries) or as external modes over the offboard interface, depending on latency and certification needs, and we explain the trade-off before choosing.
Do you work on GPS-denied navigation?
We integrate external position estimates (visual-inertial odometry, UWB, motion capture) into the autopilot's estimator and design the hand-off logic between sources. We're candid about what's proven and what's still research.
Can multiple drones coordinate without a network link?
This is an active area of our work. We design decentralized allocation schemes that degrade gracefully as the link fails, including approaches where each aircraft infers what its peers are doing from observed behavior alone.
Which companion computers do you support?
Anything that runs Linux and talks MAVLink — common choices include Raspberry Pi class boards, NVIDIA Jetson modules and x86 SBCs. We'll tell you if the board you've picked can't meet your compute budget.
Is the work done in the United States?
All of it. Every developer is US-based, and builds, simulation and repositories run on infrastructure we administer domestically.
Describe the behavior you need.
We'll tell you whether it belongs in the autopilot, the companion, or neither.
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