Ornadyne
Ornadyne builds flapping-wing drones for reconnaissance that look, fly, and sound like birds. Today’s drones are easy to detect acoustically, visually, and electronically. As counter-UAS systems improve, traditional quadcopters and fixed-wing UAS systems are becoming increasingly ineffective for close-range surveillance. Flapping-wing aircraft have existed for years, but have lacked the performance, endurance, and control required for real-world deployment. We’re changing that by engineering a h
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yc-company-directory #447Ornadyne builds flapping-wing drones for reconnaissance that look, fly, and sound like birds. Today’s drones are easy to detect acoustically, visually, and electronically. As counter-UAS systems improve, traditional quadcopters and fixed-wing UAS systems are becoming increasingly ineffective for close-range surveillance. Flapping-wing aircraft have existed for years, but have lacked the performance, endurance, and control required for real-world deployment. We’re changing that by engineering a h
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shared extracted concept terms: fixed, wing; shared product terms: wing, drone, today, fixed; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
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shared extracted concept terms: fixed, wing; shared product terms: wing, drone, fixed, range; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
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shared extracted concept terms: counter, uas; shared product terms: drone, detect, counter, uas; same category: AI infrastructure
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shared product terms: range, detect, drone, like; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator
Surtr Defense Systems
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