Program
Modular FPV UAS
- Status
- In development
- Program type
- Internal development
- Program context
- Being built. Not available to order. Our own program, built because we judged it was needed.
Rapidly deployable, modular, field-serviceable systems built around U.S. supply-chain priorities.
An Ascendant program. Team experience, including work delivered through Guinn Partners and prior companies, is on the Our Work page.
Challenge
Why customers come to us for this
FPV aircraft have proven their use in the field, but many available systems lean on non-compliant parts, fragile supply chains, thin documentation and uneven build quality. Government and defense-adjacent buyers need aircraft they can build, support, modify and document inside channels they trust.
Drone ProductsWork performed
- Tactical training and field operations
- Modular payload and mission configuration
- Rapid iteration on operator feedback
- Domestic assembly and repair
- Component substitution as supply-chain rules change
- Product architecture of its own, which may prove patent relevant
- MoonTower for telemetry, fleet management, device records and field data
- Ascendant’s role
- Ours end to end: the requirement, the design and the build plan.
- Evidence, attribution and permissions
- In development, so there is no delivered unit to point at. The target specification and the design intent are available under an agreement.
Outcome
What we are building toward
From an engineering program to a kit that can be bought: prototype pilots first, then low-rate production, training packages and mission-specific variants.
The other programs
DfM and LRIP support, with DZYNE Technologies
Design for manufacturing and low-rate initial production on Blitz: helping a drone program move from engineering intent toward production readiness.
MoonTower for Drones
The software and connected-device layer under drone operations: telemetry, fleet and device management, over-the-air updates, support and reporting.
Toward an NDAA-compliant radio link and controller
Reliable video, telemetry and control links to replace systems that depend on a foreign supply chain.