V-Forge · federated command & control · air / land / sea

Every node is a command post.

Remote Sense builds V-Forge: federated, mesh-networked command and control for uncrewed systems in the air, on land and at sea. One Rust kernel, CLAVE, runs on the ground segment, the repeater and the compute aboard every vehicle.

V-Forge ground segment · human on the loop

Many machines. One picture.

Drones, ground vehicles and surface vessels all report into one V-Forge picture. Supervise the whole fleet on the loop, and take direct control the moment a decision needs a person.

01 CLAVE KERNEL

One kernel. Every node.

CLAVE is the Rust engine at the heart of the Remote Sense stack. The same kernel runs on the ground segment, on repeater nodes and on the compute aboard each drone or autonomous vehicle. That means any node can hold the picture, share it and act on it.

FEDERATED
Ground segments federate as peers and share one operating picture. No single point of command.
MESH
CLAVE rides on whatever network you have, from mesh radio to satellite, so data and tasking reach across the force through repeaters and vehicles.
RUST
Memory-safe by construction. Lean enough for a vehicle’s onboard computer, solid enough for the server rack.
FIG. 01 · CLAVE DEPLOYMENT TOPOLOGY AIR · LAND · SEA
GROUND SEGMENTREPEATER NODESVEHICLES · AIR / LAND / SEAFEDERATEDV-FORGE · GS-ALINUX SERVER · HEADLESSCLAVEV-FORGE · GS-BFEDERATED PEERCLAVERLY-01CLAVERLY-02CLAVERLY-03CLAVEUAVCLAVEDARTCLAVEUGVCLAVEUSVCLAVEUAVCLAVEVEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE MESH

02 V-FORGE · GROUND SEGMENT

The operating system for autonomy in the field.

V-Forge is a modular operating system for deploying autonomous systems en masse. It’s built for efficient human-on-the-loop supervision, with human-in-the-loop control the moment a decision needs a person.

Illustrative V-Forge operator console. The interface shows assets across air, land and sea, a hostile small UAS detected by radar and camera, and an intercept proposed by V-Forge awaiting operator approval.

FIG. 02 · V-FORGE OPERATOR INTERFACE (CONCEPT) DATA SHOWN IS ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Sovereign by design

    Runs on your own infrastructure, air-gapped if you need it. No cloud, no vendor dependency and nothing phoning home.

  • Headless core

    V-Forge runs headless on a Linux server. It’s a complete C2 system whether or not a screen is attached.

  • Built to be built on

    An extensive API layer. Our own apps talk to V-Forge the same way yours will. Build tools, workflows and integrations on top.

  • Speaks the field

    Cursor on Target for ATAK and MAVLink for autopilots, plus a way in for radars, cameras and sensor networks.

  • On and in the loop

    Supervise many systems on the loop. Take direct control in the loop when a decision needs a human.

  • Safety by doctrine

    A person approves engagements, and a command to bring a vehicle home or land it is never refused.

03 INTEGRATION

Plug in the sensors you already own.

Connect radars, cameras, sensor networks and intelligence sources to V-Forge. The fused picture then goes out to Remote Sense apps, to ATAK over Cursor on Target, to autopilots over MAVLink and to anything built on the API.

FIG. 03 · SENSOR & PROTOCOL INTEGRATION IN → FUSE → OUT
V-FORGECLAVE KERNELRADARTrack feedsEO / IR CAMERASVideo & metadataSENSOR NETWORKSField & perimeterINTELLIGENCEExternal sourcesDRONESCAPEAirspace · ADS-BREMOTE SENSE APPSOperator & missionATAKCursor on TargetAUTOPILOTSMAVLinkYOUR APPSV-Forge API

IN

  • RADAR Track feeds
  • EO / IR CAMERAS Video & metadata
  • SENSOR NETWORKS Field & perimeter
  • INTELLIGENCE External sources
  • DRONESCAPE Airspace · ADS-B
V-FORGECLAVE KERNEL

OUT

  • REMOTE SENSE APPS Operator & mission
  • ATAK Cursor on Target
  • AUTOPILOTS MAVLink
  • YOUR APPS V-Forge API
GS-01 · SHELL HEADLESS

v-forge up --headless

[clave] kernel online · node gs-01

[mesh] federated with gs-02 · 3 relays reachable

[sensors] rdr-1 · cam-3 · field-net streaming

[dscape] airspace picture current

[cot] ATAK bridge up

[mavlink] dart-1 · dart-2 · uav-4 linked

[api] serving v-forge api

# no display attached, full C2 over the API

ILLUSTRATIVE

04 SYNTHETIC REALITY & SIMULATION

Rehearse it in the sandbox. Run it for real.

Synthetic Reality and Simulation are built into the platform, running on a realtime physics sandbox. Test autonomy in software, prove it on hardware and train operators. You can also run simulation in the loop while commanding real systems.

Software in the loop. Autonomy code, CLAVE and flight software run against simulated vehicles, sensors and physics. Iterate on behaviour before an airframe ever leaves its case.

Hardware in the loop. Real flight controllers and payload compute run inside the simulated world, so the hardware you field is the hardware you tested.

Sim in the loop. Simulated assets and threats run alongside real systems under live command and control. Train and rehearse against scenarios you can’t stage for real.

What is real and what is simulated in this mode
LayerReal or simulated
Operator Commands through V-ForgeREAL
Autopilot & compute Flight control, CLAVE, autonomyREAL
Vehicles & sensors Airframes, payloads, radiosREAL + SIM
Physics & world Terrain, weather, threatsREAL + SIM
FIG. 04 · SYNTHETIC REALITY SOFTWARE IN THE LOOPHARDWARE IN THE LOOPSIM IN THE LOOP · LIVE OPS : Live DART-1 flies its path over wireframe terrain while a simulated threat is injected into the same scene.
PHYSICS
REALTIME
WORLD
REAL + SIM
AUTOPILOT
REAL
OPERATOR
REAL

05 DRONESCAPE · AIRSPACE INTELLIGENCE

Read the sky before you fly it.

Dronescape is Remote Sense’s airspace intelligence engine. Pair it with V-Forge and every plan, tasking and operator works from the same current picture of the sky.

WEATHER
Wind, gusts, cloud base and visibility for the area and altitude you plan to fly.
AIR LAW
The rules that govern your operation, surfaced where you plan it.
NOTAMS
Active and upcoming notices for your area of operation, plotted on the map.
AIRSPACE
Controlled, restricted and danger areas drawn against your mission plan.
ADS-B
Live crewed traffic, fused into the same picture as your fleet.
PAIRS WITH V-FORGE
2 NM4 NM6 NMNESWCONTROLLEDRESTRICTEDNOTAMPLAN · CLEAR7C6DB13,500 FT7C4F201,200 FT7C1A9EFL085
WIND
140° · 14 KT G22
CLOUD BASE
3,200 FT
VISIBILITY
10 KM+
ADS-B
3 IN RANGE
FIG. 05 · DRONESCAPE AIRSPACE PICTURE (ILLUSTRATIVE)

06 DART · UNCREWED SYSTEMS

DART:High-speed VTOL interceptor drone, in two variants.

Studio render of the DART Interceptor, a high-speed VTOL interceptor drone

VARIANT · INTERCEPTOR

DART Interceptor

Configured to intercept incoming hostile drones and protect local airspace. DART Interceptor launches vertically from the site it defends and closes fast on the threat.

Request a DART briefing
ROLE
Counter-drone intercept
LAUNCH & RECOVERY
VTOL · no runway
TASKING
Via V-Forge
TOP SPEED
300 km/h
GUIDANCE
Computer vision + proportional navigation
AIRFRAME
3D-printable, injection-mouldable
DART drone on a workbench in the Remote Sense workshop
FIG. 06 · DART ON THE BENCH DESIGNED AND BUILT IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

07 WORKSHOP · FIELD

Designed and built in Brisbane. Flown in the field.

Our hardware is machined and assembled in our own Brisbane workshop, tested in simulation and then taken outdoors and flown.

  1. 01 Design
  2. 02 Machine
  3. 03 Assemble
  4. 04 Test
  5. 05 Fly
A multirotor drone in flight over a test site, with an operator in high-visibility gear below
FIG. 07A · FLIGHT TEST
A pilot flying a drone over an open field at dusk
FIG. 07B · DUSK FLIGHT
A drone under electromagnetic interference testing in an anechoic chamber
FIG. 07C · EMI CHAMBER
An aluminium part being turned on a lathe in the workshop
FIG. 07D · MACHINING
A drone system packed into a foam-lined hard case
FIG. 07E · CASED FOR TRANSPORT

08 CUSTOM INTEGRATION

Bring your own vehicle.

V-Forge isn’t limited to Remote Sense hardware. Integrate your own drones and autonomous vehicles (fixed-wing, VTOL, multirotor, ground or surface) and command them alongside every other asset on the network.

  1. CONNECT MAVLink autopilots join V-Forge directly. Telemetry, tasking and mission plans flow from the first link-up.
  2. EMBED Run CLAVE on the vehicle’s companion computer and it becomes a full mesh node that can hold the picture, share it and act on it.
  3. REHEARSE Bring the vehicle into Synthetic Reality and prove its behaviour before it goes into the field.
  4. OPERATE Task it on the loop, or take direct control in the loop, in the same operating picture as every other system.

Building something custom? Bring it onto V-Forge, whether it’s one prototype or a whole fleet.

FIG. 08 · YOUR AIRFRAME, ON THE NETWORK INTEGRATION CONCEPT
SPAN · ANYLENGTH · ANYV-FORGEPUSHER1AUTOPILOT · MAVLINK2MESH DATALINK3COMPANION COMPUTE · CLAVE4PAYLOAD · SENSORS5

09 SECTORS

Three sectors. One platform.

The same kernel, the same ground segment and the same Synthetic Reality and Simulation stack serve defence programs, critical infrastructure and resources operations alike.

Defence

Multi-domain operations at the tactical edge.

Command uncrewed fleets across air, land and sea. Defend local airspace against hostile drones and train on the same stack you deploy.

  • Counter-UAS & airspace defence
  • ISR & persistent surveillance
  • ATAK-connected teams
  • Test, training & evaluation
Defence programs

Critical infrastructure

Protect the sites people rely on.

Detect, track and respond to drones around airports, power, water and communications sites, correctional facilities and major events. Bring your existing security sensors into one picture, with a person in charge of every response.

  • Civil counter-drone
  • Drone detection & tracking
  • Airspace awareness at sensitive sites
  • Existing security sensor networks
Critical infrastructure

Resources

Remote operations for remote places.

Run autonomous survey, inspection and site security across mine sites, pipelines, ports and offshore assets. Airspace awareness comes built in.

  • Site security & airspace awareness
  • Survey & asset inspection
  • Remote & offshore operations
  • Existing site sensor networks
Resources operations

Briefings · Demonstrations · API access

Bring every node online.

Working on a defence program, a critical infrastructure site or a resources operation? Talk to the Remote Sense team about V-Forge, CLAVE, Dronescape, DART and custom vehicle integration.

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