Current US Air Force and other DoD UAS/SUAS propulsion and power control systems are often unreliable and employ closed, proprietary architectures that lack scalability, leading to lengthy and costly modifications when changes are needed by the warfighter. The problem is caused by application specific design, slow software development practices, and custom hardware. In addition, current UAS/SUAS control systems are often based on hobby hardware and software and tend not to have the ruggedness required in a military or commercially regulated environment. The solution is New Eagleâs commercially proven Raptor⢠model-based development platform of software tools and rugged embedded hardware. Raptor allows an open-architecture control system to be built that can be reused for many applications. In a recent memorandum, the DoD mandated a Modular Open Systems Approach to drive faster capability deployme
