Defense and unmanned systems electronics
Airworthy electronics for unmanned systems — designed in the EU, on a screened supply chain, by an engineer who has done it recently.
Evidence
What we can substantiate
Everything below is work we have actually done, described at a level that respects the client’s confidentiality. If you need detail, ask under NDA.
- Fixed-wing tube-launched UAV avionics Carrier board design for a European unmanned systems OEM
- Flight controller re-implementation Component-level teardown and clean-room redesign, Cube Orange+ class
- Autopilot ecosystem CubePilot and Pixhawk standards, ArduPilot, PX4, MAVLink
- Maritime autonomy USV edge-compute architecture, AIS and GNSS integration
- Precision navigation Survey-grade GNSS with RTK, sited clear of competing radiators
- Ruggedised power Graceful shutdown, hot-plug survivability, launch-load tolerance
- EMC hardening Shielded harness design, 360° shield termination
- Redundant sensing Dual-source IMU footprints, second-source architecture
Common questions
Straight answers
What does "ITAR-free" actually mean here?
The designs contain no US-origin controlled content, so they carry no ITAR or EAR obligations that would restrict where you can sell or who you can employ on the program. For European primes building sovereign capability, that removes an entire category of licensing friction. It is a design constraint applied from part selection onward, not a label added afterwards.
Can you screen the BOM for supply-chain risk?
Yes, and it is a standing capability rather than a special request. Component selection can be filtered on country of origin, ownership, and specific vendors your program has excluded — we already design to client-imposed exclusion lists. The output is a BOM with the screening basis documented, plus second sources for anything that becomes a single point of failure.
Why is the client not named?
Because they have not given permission, and in this sector discretion is a qualification rather than an inconvenience. Work is described generically — "fixed-wing UAV avionics carrier board for a European unmanned systems OEM" — and system parameters stay off the public internet entirely. You can expect the same treatment.
Are you set up for classified or export-controlled work?
We do unclassified design work, and we are not currently registered for the transfer of controlled technical data. Where a program falls under EU Regulation 2021/821, licensing has to be in place before controlled specifications change hands — tell us early and we will get our position confirmed rather than discover it mid-project. If you need cleared facilities or personnel, we will say so on the first call rather than three weeks in.
Projects
Work in this sector
Flight-controller carrier for a tube-launched UAV
Teardown, clean-room re-implementation, and a rigid-flex carrier that fits inside a launch tube.
Edge-compute architecture for an unmanned surface vessel
Three architectures compared on real bandwidth budgets, so the platform decision was made on evidence rather than TOPS figures.
Got a board to design — or one that won’t boot?
You talk to the engineer who would do the work. Reply within one business day, and we’ll sign your NDA before you go into detail.