Ceradon Systems · Veteran-owned
Fly the objective before the mission.
KESTREL is a mission-rehearsal simulator for small unmanned aircraft. Build the aircraft from real parts, pick any place on Earth, and fly it first-person on a laptop.
KESTREL · how it works
Pick the place. Build the aircraft. Fly it.
The flight model comes from the parts you fit, so a 5-inch and a 10-inch aircraft fly differently and run out of battery differently. The terrain is the real place, streamed.
- Windows x64 public alpha
- v0.44
- Download from GitHub
- Free
- Releases since July 2026
- 50
KESTREL is alpha software. Its flight model is fitted to published thrust-stand and wind-tunnel data and has not yet been validated against real flights.
More flights
Canyon, city, ridgeline, field.
COTS ARCHITECT
Know what you can build before you build it.
From a lab parts spreadsheet to a validated UxS build, the batteries and spares it needs, an RF check over terrain and a handoff package. Offline Windows app, in private alpha.
- 01Inventory
- 02Build
- 03Mission support
- 04RF check
- 05Handoff
What we build
KESTREL is a free download today.
COTS ARCHITECT and EARSHOT are in alpha.
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01 Rehearse
KESTREL
Build the aircraft from real parts, pick any place on Earth, and fly the mission first-person on a laptop.
Public alpha · v0.44
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02 Build
ARCHITECT
Offline UxS build planning from the parts already in your lab.
Private alpha · Windows
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03 Plan
EARSHOT
Radio coverage and communications planning over real terrain.
Alpha
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04 Find
SCOUT
Federal contract opportunities, scored against your company profile every morning.
Live · free tier
How to buy or ask
What you can get today.
KESTREL
Mission-rehearsal simulator for small unmanned aircraft.
Free downloadUnit licences and trials: talk to us
SCOUT
Federal opportunities scanned and scored for a small business.
Free planPaid plans $49, $99 and $199 per month
COTS ARCHITECT
Offline UxS build planning from the parts in your lab.
Request accessPrivate alpha · Windows
EARSHOT
Radio coverage and communications planning over real terrain.
Request accessAlpha
Intelligent Systems
A connected set of AI agents installed in your business.
From $2,500Scoped on a discovery call
Gear
4S dual-power goggle battery pack. meshwatch is in development.
$150Plus $10 US ground shipping
Bring the problem.
We’ll tell you plainly whether our approach fits. If it doesn’t, you’ll hear that on the first call.