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Falx Systems: FX-1

FX-1 in flight test

Project Overview

Falx Systems is my own company, incorporated as a Delaware C corporation in 2026. We build uncrewed aerial systems for the United States and its allies. Our first aircraft, the FX-1, is already built and in flight test.

The FX-1 carries a 20 kg payload at 40 kg MTOW and stays airborne for about two hours. Navigation runs on dual V-SLAM rather than GPS alone, so it keeps flying when the satellites stop talking. A Jetson Orin NX does the thinking on board, an encrypted radio link plus 5G LTE and a satellite channel bring the data home, and the airframe is built to keep working in the rain.

Status: In flight test

Company

Read more at falxsystems.co, the company site I designed and coded myself.

Technologies Used

Dual V-SLAM Navigation Jetson Orin NX Persistent Mapping Encrypted Datalink 5G LTE & Satellite Carbon Fiber Airframe

Key Features

  • 20 kg payload at 40 kg MTOW, roughly two hours of endurance
  • Flies and navigates in GPS-denied conditions
  • Keeps a persistent survey map of everything it has already seen
  • Returns elevation of the ground, buildings and trees underneath it
  • Engineered to Green UAS supply chain and cybersecurity standards, pursuing AUVSI certification

Flight Test