Tycho.AI

Tycho.AI is a developer of scalable autonomy solutions designed to empower UAVs and unmanned systems with cutting-edge capabilities at the tactical edge. Enabling robust and ultra-precise navigation, obstacle avoidance and decision-making, their Voyager system guides warfighters to mission success even under GPS-denied and comms-degraded conditions.

With a founder who runs the autonomy lab at MIT, the agile company boasts an experienced team of academic experts, skilled engineers, industry specialists and military veterans. Tycho.AI’s technology stack is ideal for OEMs, platform developers and systems integrators looking to equip their systems with a proven autonomy enabler for the most demanding of environments.

Voyager

AI-powered edge autonomy stack for contested environments

Voyager is a state-of-the-art hardware and software stack that enables drones, robotic platforms and counter-UAS systems to operate effectively in contested environments even without GPS/GNSS or RF and comms links.

Based around a compact low-SWaP module, it can be easily integrated into virtually any platform and customized to your unique mission requirements. The system’s low-latency AI processing and sophisticated sensor fusion deliver a suite of powerful capabilities that ensure that critical missions can continue even in the face of jamming and spoofing attacks or loss of communications.

Navigation – Voyager autonomously navigates complex terrain with pinpoint precision, providing ultra-reliable obstacle avoidance in dynamic and contested environments. The system can also provide operators with flight path tracking and create 3D models of topography, infrastructure, and objects during the mission.

High-Speed Maneuvers – with smart and rapid trajectory generation, Voyager enables high-speed low-altitude flight and threat evasion. The system delivers reliable autonomy at speeds of up to 200 mph and altitudes as low as 25 ft AGL.

Precision Sensor Fusion – advanced visual-inertial odometry fuses monocular and/or stereo cameras with IMU data for <1% drift error, delivering reliable precision even in GNSS-denied environments.

Voyager offers true edge autonomy, with all processing taking place onboard without the need for a continuous datalink. The system can act as the vehicle’s primary operating mode, or as a backup PNT capability in the event of communications loss.

The versatile technology stack is ideal for a wide range of critical defense and national security missions, including:

• ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance)
• One-way strike UAS & loitering munitions
• Mission planning & terrain mapping
• Drone swarming
• Counter-UAS threat interception & elimination

Learn more: Voyager AI-powered edge autonomy stack

Halley

3D-printed Group 1 sUAS with multi-mission capabilities

Halley is a versatile VTOL sUAS that features an efficient tailsitter design, enabling seamless transitions from hovering to winged cruise or high-speed maneuvers. With the ability to integrate a range of custom payloads, it is ideal for a wide range of mission-critical applications including ISR, strike operations, counter-UAS interception, and drone swarming.

Engineered with 3D-printed components for easy field repair, it can be assembled tool-free and rapidly deployed in under 30 seconds. Optional extended-range wing tips can be snapped on for enhanced flight distances and extended battery life.

Halley is available in two variants – a low-cost FPV platform for scalable and attritable operations, and a fully autonomous version integrated with the Voyager stack.