CAPTAIN AUTONOMOUS PILOT SYSTEM
Airworthy Up to the Highest Certification Standards
SAFE UNCREWED MISSIONS IN THE COMPLEX WORLD REQUIRE MORE THAN LEGACY AUTOMATION
Systems must execute missions, perceive and avoid external hazards, and detect and manage risks, even when internal systems, GPS, or comms fail.
THE COMPLETE AERIAL AUTONOMY SOLUTION FOR YOUR AIRCRAFT
The autonomous pilot system for safety-critical flight. Captain executes missions, manages aircraft behavior, and responds to contingencies with reduced or no onboard crew.
PILOTED BY
Fly autonomously with safety-critical DAL A certified Captain Core, configurable capabilities, and defined interfaces to efficiently extend across aircraft and missions.
BENEFITS & FEATURES
Fly autonomously with safety-critical DAL A certified Captain Core, configurable capabilities, and defined interfaces to efficiently extend across aircraft and missions.
SAFE
Internal vehicle health monitoring and environmental perception for fault and hazard sensing and mission and contingency management.
CONSISTENT
Aviation must be predictable, but autonomy and perception systems are generally non-deterministic. Captain's deterministic Captain Core executes safety-critical flight logic and isolates non-deterministic systems, supporting the integration and certification of traditional avionics and autonomy.
AIRWORTHY
Allows autonomous capabilities to be added, customized, or updated, without compromising airworthiness or recertifying the entire system.
MISSION-READY
Captain autonomy is extendable across aircraft types, sizes, and missions.
CAPTAIN CORE IS CAPTAIN'S DETERMINISTIC OPERATING LAYER
DIGITAL BACKBONE
Maintain integrity throughout the lifecycle: managed baselines, regression testing, revalidation, and documented updates preserve the intended configuration after fielding.
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Build traceable evidence for mission readiness, airworthiness, and qualification: Validate connects requirements to simulation, laboratory testing, flight testing, safety analysis, and documented results.
Captain Core executes safety-critical flight logic and enforcing strict isolations between systems.
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Supports certification of traditional and autonomous systems across Design Assurance Levels.
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Enables autonomous updates without compromising airworthiness or recertifying the entire system.
TAKEOFF & LANDING
Flight system that detects hazards
and avoids obstacles for safe takeoff
and landing in complex areas.
TRAFFIC DETECTION
Awareness system that detects
nearby aircraft for safe
deconfliction in mixed airspace.
Examples across aircraft types, sizes, and requirements.
OVER A DECADE OF AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTER DEVELOPMENT
Experience proven by 11,000+ autonomous flights and integrations across 60+ aircraft types, including rotorcraft from Airbus, Bell, Boeing, Kaman, Leonardo, and Sikorsky.
