PLATFORM
THE COMMONSPINE.
A modular open systems architecture under every Ferrus product.
STATUS: DEVELOPMENT STAGELINES: 04UTAH, USA
01 / Platform
Most defense programs start from a blank page. At Ferrus, only the first one does. Every product line is engineered on the same avionics, software, interfaces and production methods, so each new system inherits what the last one proved.
02 / MODULAR OPEN SYSTEMS
- AIRFRAMES AND TOOLING: Common structures, and the tooling to make them at rate.
- AVIONICS: One family of flight and mission electronics across every product.
- FLIGHT AND MISSION SOFTWARE: One software base, built to improve with every flight of every product.
- COMMON CANISTER INTERFACE: A standard mechanical and electrical interface for launch and integration.
- UNIFIED TEST-DATA LOOP: Every test feeds one dataset that every product line learns from.
- PRODUCTION AND SUPPORT: One line, one quality system, one support model.
03 / Open by design
OPEN BY DESIGN.
Ferrus follows a modular open systems approach, so customers and partners can integrate, upgrade and sustain our systems without being locked in. Levi Pike, Co-founder and CTO, owns the architecture.
04 / Test-data loop
BUILD. TEST.LEARN. REPEAT.
Every flight, ground test and inspection feeds one dataset. The next design decision is made with all of it.
TEST
LEARN
REPEAT
05 / Digital thread
EVERY PART.EVERY TEST.ON RECORD.
Each part, process step, inspection and test result will be recorded and traceable from drawing to field. When something has to change, we will know exactly what it touches.