The drone flies.
The payload thinks.
The data is safe.
An open-architecture, field-repairable platform with a defined payload interface standard. Not a consumer drone — infrastructure you own completely. Every design file, every component choice, every decision: publicly documented.
The gap nobody filled¶
| Platform | What it is | What's wrong |
|---|---|---|
| DJI | Extraordinary hardware | Closed software. Data pipeline owned by manufacturer. Chinese supply chain. |
| Academic | Open research platforms | €10,000–€50,000. Requires institutional procurement. Not field-repairable. |
| Racing FPV | Fast and cheap | Zero payload concept. Built to crash, not to carry. |
| Commercial enterprise | Feature-rich | Closed ecosystems. NDA-gated interfaces. €800 to enter the developer programme. |
| libdrone | €200–€700 per frame · €16 in filament | Open source. Field-repairable. EU-origin. Payload interface: open standard. |
Five variants. One interface standard.¶
Learn by building. Schools, workshops, curriculum integration.
Researchers, agencies, data collection.
What paintball is to Navy Seals. Understand the threat by flying one.
Sensitive environments. Acoustically hard to detect. Long endurance.
Wildlife, forestry, long-range survey. ArduPilot.
The drone is the carrier. The sensor is the point.¶
Sensor swap in 60 seconds. No rewiring. No tools. One payload = demo. Two = coincidence. Three = a standard anyone can build to.
Air quality
PM2.5, CO₂, NOx, VOC, RH. GPS-tagged, real-time OSD overlay. Neighbourhood-scale environmental mapping in one flight.
Thermal + optical
FLIR Lepton 3.5 thermal live to goggles. Mapping camera trigger via FC GPIO. Two use cases, one payload module.
Open SDK
Dual GX12-7 standard. Build anything using the open hardware and software API. No NDA. No developer programme fee.
An 18–24 month window¶
Supply chain
DJI effectively radioactive for EU and NATO-adjacent buyers.
Proof of concept
Ukraine demonstrating daily value of modular, repairable small UAS.
Policy
EU drone sovereignty becoming active legislative priority.
Market
No credible open, documented, EU-origin payload platform exists yet.
Where to start¶
If this resonates with you,
you know where to find us.
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