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Autonomy Software / AI Pilot
An AI pilot and autonomy layer intended to support supervised flight, mission execution, and coordinated operation across compatible platforms.
The Problem
The PERCH approach
PERCH is being developed as a flight-governance layer under human supervision: the operator sets intent, PERCH is designed to handle flight execution and group coordination, and status flows back over the mission network. STRIX is the first platform designed to fly under PERCH governance.
Designed For
Supervised autonomy: human intent in, governed flight execution out
Mission execution designed to continue through degraded communications
Group coordination across compatible platforms
Designed to integrate with the FORGEMESH network layer
System Relationships
Relationships describe design intent between systems in development, not implemented or fielded integration.
Quantum-Derived Sensor Fusion
A quantum-derived measurement is only mission-relevant after it is fused: weighted against classical sensors, checked for anomaly, and turned into a state estimate with an honest error bar. PERCH is the layer where that fusion is designed to live.
The research vector: state estimation that ingests candidate quantum and atomic references, timing, magnetic, inertial, alongside GNSS and classical INS, weights each by measured confidence, schedules sensors against mission need, and adapts flight behavior when navigation confidence changes.
Future research vector. PERCH’s estimation is classical; no quantum algorithm, quantum computer, or quantum-derived input runs in PERCH today, and none is claimed.
Reference axes and drift envelope, the estimation problem, drawn abstractly. Illustrative motif, not an interface.
System in development. Configurations, capabilities, and imagery shown are developmental, illustrative, or notional and are subject to change. PERCH is supervised autonomy in development; no certification, deployment, or validated performance is claimed.