Heron Systems

Heron Systems develops artificial intelligence for flying. Its main project is Hivemind, an AI pilot meant to let drones and aircraft operate on their own, including groups of them flying together as swarms.

The company says its aim is to protect service members and civilians through intelligent systems. It expects AI pilots to change both military aviation and commercial flying.

What Heron Systems offers

• Hivemind AI pilot: software that flies an aircraft or drone in place of a human pilot.
• Swarm operation: coordination of many drones or aircraft acting together autonomously.
• Operation without external links: flight that does not depend on GPS or communications signals.

Customers and markets

The pages point to defence users and to the wider commercial aviation market, though no named clients are given.

Key facts

• Focus: autonomous flight software
• Product: Hivemind