23 Oct 2026 · First flight tests on OSIRIS 0.5 and Kheops 0.5

Physical intelligence and autonomy, at deployment.

We build OSIRIS, a flight board that puts real-time control and edge-AI compute on the aircraft, and Kheops, mission software that carries one mission unchanged from simulation to the bench to flight.

Kheops · mission plot
ModeFLIGHT
TargetWP2
Hdg000°
Alt AGL30.0 m
GS6.0 m/s
Illustrative waypoint mission. Same mission, three modes, one control.
Platform

Flight hardware and mission software, built as one stack.

OSIRIS runs the full autonomy stack on board. Kheops plans and executes the mission. Together they flew their first tests in October 2026.

OSIRIS v0.5 · flight tested

A single flight board for small uncrewed aircraft. Deterministic vehicle control, sensing, communications and edge-AI inference, with no ground station in the loop.

  • RoleOnboard flight computer
  • ControlReal-time vehicle control, sensing and comms
  • AI computeNVIDIA Jetson Orin, on the aircraft
  • MaturityLab tested (0.3), field tested (0.4), flown with full stack (0.5)
KHEOPS v0.5 · flight tested

Mission planning and execution software. Software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop and flight test live in one workflow, switched with one control.

  • RoleMission planning and execution
  • ModesSITL, HITL and flight test
  • WorkflowOne click moves a mission between modes
  • MaturityPlanned and executed first flight tests (0.5)

One mission, from desk to aircraft

Kheops 0.4 · unified workflow
SITLAt the desk

Software-in-the-loop

The mission runs end to end in simulation.

Since Kheops 0.1 · Jul 2026
HITLOn the bench

Hardware-in-the-loop

The flight computer runs the real stack against a simulated vehicle, so timing and interfaces are tested on the hardware that will fly.

Since Kheops 0.2 · Aug 2026
FLIGHTOn the aircraft

Flight test

The same mission that ran in simulation flies on the aircraft, with nothing else changed.

Since Kheops 0.3 · Sep 2026
Research

Autonomy that works where it is deployed, not only where it is demonstrated.

Platform

One stack that moves across vehicles

An autonomy and coordination stack bound to no single airframe, sensor set or compute module, carrying a mission unchanged from simulation to the bench to flight.

Hardware

Real-time control and AI compute on one board

Deterministic vehicle control, edge-AI inference, redundant sensing and resilient links on a single board, inside the size, weight and power budget of a small vehicle.

Deployment

Systems other people can field

Safety that can be demonstrated rather than asserted, an interface an operator can use without us in the room, and personalization to the mission each user is flying.

Flight logs

Development record

What shipped and what flew, newest first.

  1. KHEOPS 0.4

    All three modes behind one control

    Software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop and flight test integrated into a single workflow. Switching between them is one click, so the same mission moves from desk to bench to aircraft without changing anything else.

  2. KHEOPS 0.3

    Flight test added

    The mission that ran in simulation now flies on the aircraft. Third of the three modes in place.

  3. KHEOPS 0.2

    Hardware-in-the-loop added

    The flight computer runs the real stack against a simulated vehicle, so timing and interfaces are exercised on the hardware that will fly.

  4. KHEOPS 0.1

    First release: software-in-the-loop

    Missions run end to end in software-in-the-loop simulation.

  5. BEFORE 2026
    OSIRIS 0.1–0.4

    OSIRIS board development

    The board reached field-tested function before the Kheops releases above began.

    0.1
    First board, carried as MKII. Real-time vehicle control, sensing and communications, without onboard AI compute.
    0.2
    NVIDIA Jetson Orin brought up, putting edge-AI compute on the aircraft itself.
    0.3
    Function tested in lab environments.
    0.4
    Function tested in the field.
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