Technology

Technology

After field validation, this page describes how the ChaserAI Navigation Platform is implemented on the aircraft: compute, sensing interfaces, flight-controller path, and what remains onboard-only.

Onboard stack

What runs on the aircraft in the current reference implementation.

  • 01 Embedded AI computer — reference: NVIDIA Jetson Orin
  • 02 Vision-Inertial Navigation (VIN) engine — navigation software installed on the Embedded AI computer
  • 03 Flight controller — standard Pixhawk-class unit (other compatible FCs possible) with ChaserAI configuration; the aircraft’s sole flight controller, not a second autopilot
  • 04 Cameras and compass — unmodified customer / OEM sensors
  • 05 VINgate — mission / operator interface for the navigation layer

Onboard signal path

  1. 01 Sensing — camera and compass inputs from the airframe
  2. 02 VIN — map-backed global state, computed as software on the Embedded AI computer
  3. 03 Flight controller — Pixhawk-class (or equivalent) with ChaserAI configuration; receives VIN navigation state
  4. 04 Airframe — multirotor, VTOL, fixed-wing, turbojet and other low-altitude platforms

No GNSS and no operator radio are required for the navigation loop.

Integration posture

  • One flight controller on the aircraft: a standard Pixhawk-class unit (other compatible FCs possible) supplied with ChaserAI configuration — not a second autopilot beside another FC.
  • Does not require custom cameras or a continuous datalink for navigation.
  • Does not depend on ground GNSS infrastructure inside the navigation loop.
  • Fielded at AMA community flying fields in Texas — scored sorties are on Independent Validation and Flight Log.

What this page describes — and what it does not

Describes

  • The export-safe implementation surface: Embedded AI compute, VIN software, Pixhawk-class FC with ChaserAI configuration, sensor path, and operator interface.
  • That navigation state is map-backed global state, not runaway dead reckoning.
  • That the navigation loop is fully onboard.

Does not include

  • Architecture white paper and deeper VIN internals — available under L1 / restricted access.
  • Measured competitor comparison — Benchmark.
  • IP filing detail — Company.

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