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Cut the link.Keep the mission.

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Control-link jammingis changing the battlefield.

10,000 drones a month lost by Ukraine, mostly to electronic warfare. RUSI, Meatgrinder, 19 May 2023
LinkGPS
-40 dBm-60-80-100 915 MHz1575 MHz2.44 GHz5.8 GHz ControlGPS L1ControlVideo
Control linkConnected
GPSFix
Remote commandsAccepted
Illustration

The commander writes the list.The aircraft picks from it.

Jammer, estimated Landing site VehicleVehicle Operating areaBaseAircraft
LinkGPS
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  1. ○Continue the mission
  2. ○Continue on visual and inertial navigation
  3. ○Climb to re-establish the link
  4. ○Loiter
  5. ○Return to base on the planned route
  6. ○Return to base on the alternate routeChosen
  7. ○Land at a safe site

Others sell autonomy that keeps flying when jammed.This is autonomy a commander bounds before flight and audits after.

CapabilityOursTerminal lockFailsafe
Keeps the mission after the link drops✓✓ Final approach only✕ Hover, return or land
Commander sets what it may do, before flight✓ Pre-authorized actions✕ Operator locks on in flight–
Can only choose approved actions✓ Checked in code––
Every decision recorded for review✓ Full decision record–✕
Runs on the aircraft's own computer✓ No cloud, no link✓✓
Works across makers' aircraftPlanned MAVLink autopilots–✓

No link. No data center.The decision happens on the aircraft.

BEFORE FLIGHTCOMMANDER APPROVES
  • Area modelMap and imagery of the operating area
  • Pre-authorized actionsThe only moves the aircraft may make
  • LimitsEnergy, area, hold time, authorization window
IN FLIGHTONBOARD · NO LINK
  1. 01LocalizeOursCamera against the area model
  2. 02DetectOff the shelfOff-the-shelf detectors
  3. 03MaskOursDrops actions outside the limits
  4. 04ChooseOursOne pass over what is left
  5. 05CheckOursRuntime assurance: monitor and fallback
  6. 06ActAutopilotThe autopilot's existing modes
Fallback chainIf the check fails: the next safe action, down to land at a safe site
RecordEvery decision, for the after-action review

Built in simulation.Run against the real autopilot.

  1. BuiltDecision engine and action filterChooses only from the approved set
  2. BuiltRun in ArduPilot software-in-the-loopThe real autopilot, simulated aircraft
  3. BuiltSigned aircraft-to-aircraft meshOptional; the mission runs without it
  4. BuiltVehicle detection on rendered imageryPretrained off-the-shelf detector
  5. NextMeasured on the reference computerNVIDIA Jetson Orin NX
  6. LaterFlight trialsUS range
PROVEN
  • ArduPilot
  • MAVLink
PLANNED
  • PX4
  • ROS 2
  • Cursor-on-Target
MACHINES
Now
Unmanned aircraft
Next
Ground robots, surface and undersea vessels

Bounded before flight.Auditable after.

DECISION RECORDSORTIE 07 · LINK LOST
  1. 01Control link lost · GPS no fix
  2. 02Position from camera · road, wood edge, power line
  3. 03Detected · 2 vehicles near the landing site
  4. 04Limits applied · 7 pre-authorized actions
  5. 05✕ Continue the missionenergy reserve
  6. 06✕ Visual and inertial navigationenergy reserve
  7. 07✕ Climb to re-establish the linkhold cap
  8. 08✕ Loiterhold cap
  9. 09✕ Planned route homeinside jammer range
  10. 10✕ Land at a safe sitevehicles near site
  11. 11✓ Alternate route homechosen
  12. 12Output check passed · handed to the autopilot
Illustration
  • 01Engagement limits in codeArea, time window, no-strike list; commanders can only narrow them
  • 02Decision recordEvery choice, its inputs and what was struck out, for after-action review
  • 03DoD Directive 3000.09Records built to serve as evidence in autonomous-weapon review
  • 04Export controlITAR / EAR classification; no technical data to foreign persons until licensed
  • 05Captured aircraftWeights encrypted at rest; the approved set bounds the damage

Every flight is recorded.Every release is re-tested against the record.

Revenue
Recurring subscription for model updates
First sale
Terminal engagement after the link is cut
Buyers
Program offices; drone makers as integrators
Funding routes
SBIR, Defense Innovation Unit, AFWERX, other transaction agreements
Markets
United States first; allies and Ukraine after the export license
Expansion
The full mission after link loss, then every unmanned machine

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TEAM
  • Jack MazacFounder · engineeringBuilt the decision engine, simulator and mesh
  • Ben LindenbaumDefense and governmentFormer Pallas Advisors fellow, defense-tech strategy
  • OttoMarketMarket and manufacturer relationships