About us

optimAero is a UAS design, build, and test house founded in 2018 by a group of doctoral graduates from the Aerospace Engineering department at the Georgia Institute of Technology. With roots in GA and CA, we provide consultation as well as short- and long-term engineering contracting for services including software, design, simulation, and testing, focusing on aerobotic vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicles. We combine our passion for flight with our skills in systems engineering, autonomy, robotics, optimization, controls, dynamics, piloting, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to give our projects the best chance of success. We are FAA Part 107 certified.

• www.optim.aero
• optimAero, LLC
• email: info@optim.aero
• UEI: XJ2SJ1MAGAH8
• CAGE: 83L16
• NAICS: 488190, 488999, 511210 541715 541511
• Small business categorization
• optimAero's LinkedIn

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Core competencies

• Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC), System Identification
• Autopilot and Ground Control Station (GCS) development
• Data- and Model-Driven Solutions: SciML, Model Predictive Control, and Reinforcement Learning
• Modeling and Simulation (flight dynamics, HITL/SITL, avionics)
• UAS sizing and design from the ground up, prototyping, and flight testing primarily VTOL aircraft
• Automation, beyond-waypoint guidance, GPS-denied flight
• Multidisciplinary Optimization (MDO)
• Hardware and Software Architecture
• Systems Engineering (requirements management, integration, verification, and validation)

Capabilities

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• Dev. environments, IDEs: Windows, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Suse), Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, QT, Keil
• Software: CIFER, CONDUIT, MATLAB, Simulink, CATIA, Solidworks, CFD, Ardupilot, PX4, DJI SDK, GIT, SVN, CMake, digital and analog video processing (thermal/EO), ClearQuest, Visual Source Safe, Rational Rose, Eclipse, TOAD, Business Objects XI R2, SSRS, Tableau, ESRI ArcGIS, Subversion, .Net Framework 3.0/3.5
• Languages: C, C++, C#, Python, SQL, HTML, PHP, JSP, Java, XML, XSLT, YAML, VHDL, ASP.NET, Oracle
• Protocols: CAN, ARINC 429, serial, TCP/UDP, PWM, S.BUS, digital/analog IO, MIL-STD-1553
• Targets: ARM, Atmel, Intel, Gumstix, Beaglebone, Raspberry Pi, PowerPC
• System Test (HITL/SITL), real time operating system (RTOS), unit test
• PCB design, in-house fabrication, and population (prototype level)
• Harness design and fabrication (prototype level)
• Rapid prototyping: laser cutting, water jetting, 3D printing, 4-axis CNC milling and routing (prototype level)
• Machining: welding (TIG: Al, mild steel), basic milling, lathing, metal, wood, plastics, composites (prototype level)
• Proposal support: BAA, SBIR, STTR, others
• Thrust stand design and testing including 6 DOF force/moment and electrical data for rotors up to 3.3 m/11 ft in diameter
• Indoor tethered flight testing service for vehicles up to 350 lbs GTOW, 30x30x14'
• Flight test support for manned and unmanned aircraft

Get in touch

We look forward to hearing from you at info@optim.aero or via optimAero's LinkedIn