The brief

Analyst view

• Auterion won $50M Pentagon contract for 33,000 Skynode strike kits delivered to Ukraine; largest Western drone deal by unit.
• Raised $130M Series B (2025), including $25M from U.S. Department of Defense; Nemyx swarm-control system launched.
• AuterionOS autopilot runs on any Pixhawk-compatible drone; Nemyx coordinates multi-vendor swarms for AI-targeting.

Technical approach

As reported

AuterionOS

Hardware-agnostic autopilot

Based on PX4 open-source flight control, AuterionOS runs on any drone with Pixhawk-compatible hardware, avoiding vendor lock-in.

Skynode

AI + jamming-resistant comms

Adds encrypted radio resistant to jamming and on-board AI for autonomous target detection and tracking to 1 km range.

Nemyx

Multi-drone swarm engine

Lets drones from different makers running AuterionOS operate as one swarm, enabling simultaneous engagements and formation scaling.