Tempest Droneworx™ has announced the commercial availability of its Corvus MRDR™ (Modular Robotics Development & Reporting) platform, a development environment designed to streamline the testing of autonomous systems. The platform allows engineers to start with simulated vehicles operating in real-world coordinates and progressively replace them with physical aircraft, all while maintaining their existing workflows and intellectual property.
The platform addresses a significant bottleneck in autonomous systems development: the time and expense required to get to the testing phase. Traditionally, developers must contend with aircraft, crews, ranges, travel, weather, and hardware. Corvus MRDR™ changes this equation by enabling engineers to test their own algorithms and control methods at scale in simulation, then gradually introduce real vehicles when they are ready. This approach reduces the risk of damaging expensive hardware and accelerates the development cycle.
Originally created for internal use, the Corvus Platform evolved from years of real-world engineering at Tempest Droneworx™, including work on the FAA BAA 4One-to-Many Command and Control project. The platform now supports PX4 and ArduPilot through distributed Core Robotics Object Simulators (CROS), with additional firmware types in beta. The Robotics Aggregation & Visualization Node (RAVN) combines simulated and physical vehicle telemetry with ADS-B, Remote ID, RADAR, and other data sources in a real-time 3D environment, allowing missions to be recorded and replayed for analysis.
"We're not commercializing our control algorithms. We're commercializing the engineering environment that helped us build them," said Ty Audronis, Chief Technology Officer of Tempest Droneworx™. "Corvus MRDR™ gave us the freedom to try more ideas, fail without breaking expensive hardware, and go to the field when we were ready—not because we needed the field to find out if something worked."
The product line includes the MRDR-1, stackable MRDR-2 Expansion systems, and the eight-display MRDR-187 Enterprise. NDAA-compliant configurations are available. The first MRDR-187 Enterprise has already been delivered to the University of Houston Robotics Department. Dr. Dana Abramovitz, Chief Executive Officer of Tempest Droneworx™, emphasized the collaborative potential: "The next generation of autonomous systems won't be built by any one company working alone. By making Corvus MRDR™ available, we're giving researchers, developers, industry, and government another tool to move faster and advance the next generation of autonomous systems together."
Corvus MRDR™ is available for pre-order now, with commercial deliveries beginning in October 2026. Corvus MRDR™ Defense, which includes additional defense-specific capabilities, is scheduled for December 2026. The Corvus Platform Pipeline Beta Program is also open for early access to features under development. Demonstrations and pre-orders can be arranged through the company's website at www.tempestdroneworx.com.
This announcement is significant for the autonomous systems industry because it lowers the barrier to entry for developers, enabling faster innovation and more robust testing without the high costs associated with physical trials. By preserving customer IP and integrating with existing tools, the platform supports a collaborative ecosystem that could accelerate the development of next-generation autonomous systems across commercial, academic, and defense sectors.
