DefenseConceptReconnaissance drone

Kestrel

Eyes beyond the next hill, feeding data straight into the platform.

Concept drawing. Renders coming soon.

Status
Concept, not yet built
Stage
01 · Concept and validation
Type
Hardware feeding NTX Core

The problem.

Small units need to see what's ahead before they move. Today that often means sending people forward, or waiting for assets that are slow, scarce and easy to jam.

The idea.

A compact quadcopter that folds into a backpack, flies its patrol on its own and uses on-board AI to detect activity. Everything it sees flows into NTX Core and the operational picture.

Minimum viable product

What the first MVP will do.

  1. 01Foldable quadcopter airframe built from proven components
  2. 02Day and thermal camera with on-board detection
  3. 03Autonomous waypoint patrol with automatic return
  4. 04Encrypted link to the ground station and NTX Core
  5. 05Navigation tests with degraded or denied GPS

What we're looking for.

Partners for requirements and field testing, and engineers in autonomy and embedded systems.

Next concept: Vanta

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