Arcturus

Certifiable Autonomy Platform

Radiation-tolerant, deterministic, AI-class compute paired with a unified SDK and a pre-certified test suite. Arcturus unifies AI acceleration with deterministic, certifiable flight compute.

Arcturus — Certifiable Autonomy Platform

Arcturus unifies AI-class acceleration with deterministic, certifiable flight compute. With radiation tolerance, bounded-time SDK libraries, and a pre-certified validation harness, teams skip years of qualification, deploy safe autonomy, and compress verification. "Build once, fly anywhere."

Why Now?

1
Prototyping revolution

AI tooling, FPGAs, chiplets, and open EDA collapsed prototyping time and cost.

2
Accessible fabrication

MPWs make first silicon accessible to startups.

3
Real mission demand

On-board autonomy needed now in space, defense, and climate.

4
Regulatory pressure

Regulators push toward platformized certification.

Core Capabilities

Skip years of qualification

Pre-certified modules with reusable compliance evidence.

Safe autonomy out of the box

Deterministic SDK with bounded-time libraries for control, autonomy, and inference.

Faster testing, faster flying

Validation harness integrated into HIL/SIL environments.

Radiation tolerance

Designed for space with robust fault tolerance and error correction.

Deterministic performance

Predictable timing and behavior for mission-critical systems.

Unified SDK

Extends across telemetry, communications, and payload processing.

Architecture at a Glance

Compute substrate

Radiation-tolerant AI-class compute.

Runtime

Deterministic scheduling and isolation.

SDK

Bounded-time libraries with traceability.

Validation harness

HIL/SIL integration with coverage reporting.

Certification & Safety Notes

Designed for certifiability from day one, with reusable evidence and deterministic behavior across the stack.

DO-178C DO-254 ECSS ISO 26262 IEC 62304 IEC 61508 Deterministic runtime Pre-certified modules Traceability HIL/SIL Coverage reports Config baselines

Technical Specifications

Compute

AI-class TOPS with deterministic scheduling support.

Memory

ECC-protected; rad-aware scrubbing.

Power

Flight-computer class envelope; target perf/W > legacy by orders of magnitude.

Radiation

Design goal SEU-tolerant, SEL-immune.

Thermal/Env

Space-qualified temperature range; vib/shock per standard profiles.

Note

Exact numbers post-prototype testing; benchmarks published with devkits.

Development Roadmap

Q4 ’25

FPGA prototype + SDK devkits

  • Dev boards in lab & initial SDK APIs frozen.
  • HIL/SIL harness alpha.
Q1 ’26

Superset IR radiation tests

  • SEE characterization; safety claims narrowed.
  • Beta partner kits shipped.
Q2 ’26

Silicon MPW

  • Tape-in; post-layout timing signoff.
  • SDK runtime lock + docs v1.0.
Q3 ’26

Evaluation boards

  • Bring-up; perf/power public report.
  • Radiation—supplemental validation.
Q4 ’26

Pilot shipments

  • Flight-like env. tests; payload processing proofs.
  • Early flight program MoUs.
Done In progress Planned

Applications

Autonomous spacecraft

Onboard autonomy and navigation.

Earth observation

Onboard image processing and analytics.

Defense & security

Mission-critical autonomy and C2.

Scientific missions

Compute for space science payloads.

Communication systems

Signal processing and inter-satellite links.

Planetary robotics

Autonomy for rovers and landers.

Adjacent: automotive (ISO 26262), medical (IEC 62304), industrial/energy/maritime/mining (IEC 61508/ISO 17757).

Next Steps

Request Technical Brief Apply for Pilot Program