Sentinel Eagle
Sentinel Eagle builds autonomous UAV systems using visual inertial odometry and vision-based navigation for GPS- and communications-denied defense operations.
Sentinel Eagle builds autonomous UAV systems intended to operate where satellite navigation and radio links are unavailable. Its navigation stack relies on visual inertial odometry and vision-based navigation rather than GPS or continuous communications, a design choice aimed at the contested electronic environments typical of defense operations. The company is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, and works with customers across Europe, Germany and the Baltic regions.
The company's main product is the Crow platform, a family of fully autonomous carrier systems fitted with modular sensor payloads. The stated design goal is to reduce cost-per-flight so that missions need not be rationed; no specific cost figures have been disclosed. The Crow airframe uses a 3D-printed structure whose parts can be reprinted in the field, can be hand launched without a catapult or runway, and carries encrypted communications for secure operation. Applications span mapping, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Technical work at Sentinel Eagle spans embedded systems, flight control, computer vision and mechanical design, alongside additive manufacturing and modular payload integration. The company sells on a long-cycle, customized B2G basis into the defense and military/tactical UAV verticals.
