I/03 · Defense & dual-use
Field it once. Keep it working.
Axio Intelligence builds the software around defense and dual-use hardware — drones, counter-UAS sensors, radios and SATCOM terminals: integrations with TAK/Cursor on Target and other C2 systems, ground control and operator consoles, fleet health, remote configuration and secure OTA, cellular/SATCOM failover for DDIL conditions, edge AI, and the data pipelines from field to model. Engagements start unclassified.
What we hear
Where these projects get stuck
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“Integrate once, show up everywhere”
Every sensor and effector has to appear in the operator’s common operating picture, through more than one C2 system.
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Fleets outgrow the startup dashboard
After first fielding, health monitoring, configuration and OTA across units becomes the bottleneck.
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Degraded comms are the default
Links drop. Systems need primary/alternate paths and graceful store-and-forward.
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Prototype to program
A contract award turns a demo into a delivery schedule, faster than the software team can grow.
What we build
The layer between your hardware and your customer.
How we engage
Unclassified, fixed-scope integration sprints; subcontracting on SBIR/STTR and prototype awards; and teaming with primes and small businesses. We do not hold a facility clearance, and we say so up front.
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C2 & COP integration
TAK plugins and CoT bridges, and connectors to C2 platforms through their published SDKs and APIs.
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Operator & fleet software
Ground control, mission and operator consoles; fleet health, configuration and after-action data.
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Secure OTA & device lifecycle
Signed updates for embedded Linux and Jetson-class devices, provisioning and depot tooling.
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Resilient comms
Cellular, SATCOM and mesh path selection with failover and message prioritisation.
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Edge AI & data pipelines
Detection and anomaly models on the edge, and the pipeline that gets field data into models.
Standards & interfaces
Protocols and programs in scope
What we design to and integrate with. Named platforms describe scope, not a formal partnership or certification.
C2 & interoperability
- TAK / ATAK plugins
- Cursor on Target (CoT)
- DDS (RTI Connext / Cyclone)
- gRPC / Protobuf
- Cesium / MapLibre mapping
- MOSA-aligned interfaces
Vehicles & autonomy
- MAVLink
- PX4 / ArduPilot
- ROS 2
- NVIDIA Jetson / DeepStream
- MISB KLV / STANAG 4609 video
Comms
- LTE / private LTE
- SATCOM (LEO / GEO)
- Iridium
- PACE / DDIL design
- NATS store-and-forward
Delivery
- Rust / C++ on Yocto Linux
- Air-gapped K8s: RKE2 + Zarf
- Iron Bank hardened images
- FIPS 140-3 validated crypto
- Signed builds, SBOM & SLSA
- NIST SP 800-171-aligned practices
Services used
How we deliver it
Questions
Defense & dual-use: common questions
Can Axio build a TAK plugin or Cursor on Target integration for our system?
Yes. We build TAK plugins and CoT bridges that publish your device’s tracks, status and alerts into the operator’s TAK environment, alongside REST/gRPC connectors for other C2 platforms.
Does Axio hold a security clearance?
No. Axio Intelligence does not hold a facility clearance. Our engagements are unclassified — fleet software, commercial connectivity, test telemetry, integrations and data pipelines — and we are transparent about that in scoping.
Can Axio subcontract on an SBIR or prototype award?
Yes. We work as a software and hardware subcontractor to small businesses on SBIR/STTR and prototype awards, and as a teaming partner for integration work primes don’t want to staff.