03.01
Edge AI pilot
Full autonomy on-board. No ground link required. Deployable on Jetson Orin, Qualcomm QRB, x86, and future chipsets.
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POST77 · AETHON
Open autonomy.
Built for the real world.
A sub-$600K autonomous VTOL aircraft for the missions that cannot wait — search & rescue, wildfire response, and wide-area monitoring.
LAT 25.2854° · LON 51.5310° · DOH Scroll
01 / MISSION
Emergencies do not wait.
The answer cannot take a decade.
Post77 builds the autonomous aircraft public agencies need now — open by architecture, ready in days, at one-fifth the cost of legacy systems. A question of timing, not ambition.
— POST77
02 / PLATFORM
The Aethon platform.
AETHON-V3 · REV 2026.04
Medium-range. Long-endurance. VTOL. The middle ground between small multirotors and large fixed-wing platforms — at one-fifth the cost.
Dimensions
- Length
- 2.65m
- Wingspan
- 3.75m
- Height
- 2.62m
Specifications
08 ROWS
- Max takeoff weight 01
- 75 kg
- Payload 02
- 22 kg
- Wingspan 03
- 3.75 m
- Max range 04
- 1974 km
- Max endurance 05
- 16 h
- Cruise speed 06
- 118 km/h
- Top speed 07
- 227 km/h
- Fuel capacity 08
- 29 L
03 / AUTONOMY
The open autonomy stack.
Edge AI pilot. Open SDK. Built to keep flying when GPS or the data link drops.
# Coordinated search — 12 aircraft, coastal sector
from p77.aegis import Mission, Fleet
async def coastal_search():
aircraft = 12
sector = Mission(
env="coastal",
gnss="degraded",
comms="intermittent",
)
fleet = Fleet(aircraft, coop=True)
await fleet.launch(sector)
return fleet.telemetry()
03.02
GPS- & link-independent
Autonomous navigation through sensor fusion — RF, thermal, visual. Continues the mission when the link breaks.
03.03
Open SDK
ROS2 and gRPC. C++, Python, TypeScript. Plug-and-play with PX4, ArduPilot, and existing ground-control systems.
03.04
Cooperative operations
One operator, dozens of aircraft. Up to 50 assets from a single interface.
04 / CAPABILITIES
From detection to response.
03 PROFILES
04.01 Mission profile · Persistent · 16h on-station
Observe
Persistent wide-area observation. On-board detection, tracking, and re-identification.
04.02 Mission profile · Precision · Autonomous airdrop
Deliver
Precision airdrop of rescue buoys and survival kits. Up to 22 kg, released autonomously.
04.03 Mission profile · Cooperative · Up to 50 assets
Coordinate
Cooperative multi-aircraft missions across search, monitoring, and delivery. Resilient mesh, adaptive comms.
05 / DEPLOYED FOR
Built for harsh conditions — and the missions that cannot wait.
[ RSP ] 04
Emergency response
- 01 Search & rescue (SAR)
- 02 Wildfire detection & response
- 03 Disaster-zone monitoring — fire, flood, earthquake
- 04 Airdrop of rescue buoys & survival kits
[ MON ] 04
Monitoring & security
- 01 Counter-narcotics & border security
- 02 EEZ & fisheries monitoring
- 03 Environmental monitoring & oil-spill tracking
- 04 Infrastructure & damage survey
06 / HARDWARE
Renders do not fly. Real airframes do.
Aethon is manufactured on a dedicated line. Every airframe is assembled, calibrated, and flight-tested before shipment.
07 / READY TO FLY
Days, not years.
04 KPI
Production and delivery cycles measured in weeks. Customers activate budget in the same fiscal year — not the next decade.
Time to deploy
01<7 days
Operator-ready
02<4 hours
Cost vs. legacy
031/5
Unit price under
04$600 K
08 / ROADMAP
TRL 6 → TRL 8. This year.
05 MILESTONES
Five quarters from prototype to pre-series. Exported at TRL 8.
- Q4 2025 [ NOW ]
Prototype
Controlled flight testing. Autonomous flight & VTOL validation.
- Q1 2026 02
Validation
GNSS-interference and link-loss stress tests. Operator certification <4h.
- Q2 2026 03
Field trials
Field trials at TRL 6–7 in operational conditions.
- Q3 2026 04
TRL 8
Pre-series production. Ground-control integration. Standards compliance.
- Q4 2026 05
Scale
Scale production. International export. Distribution channels.
09 / CONTACT
Request a demonstration.
For public-safety and environmental agencies. We respond within one business day.