Elevating the integration of hardware & software

Airborne Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence

Low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) integrated hardware and software computing platforms for automated and semi-automated aircraft and next generation powertrains. Unrivalled performance and ruggedization for the harshest operating environments

Detect & Avoid

✓ ACAS X_U / X_R

✓ Cooperative

✓ Non-cooperative

✓ 4 quadrant interrogator

Hover, Inc and our partner have developed a next generation Detect and Avoid (DAA) system that exceeds the performance of the competition. It includes an extremely low SWaP 4 quadrant interrogator and the Hover, Inc DAA computer which is the only low SWaP computing platform with 16GB SDRAM required to support ACAS X_U / X_R

ARINC 653 Real Time Operating System

For running safety critical and non-safety critical software applications simultaneously and prevents them from interfering with each other

ARINC 615A Dataloader

For uploading and downloading software applications and data quickly without removing the system from the aircraft

Integrated Development Environment

Provides all the tools necessary to certify the system and adhere to stringent FAA and EASA requirements

TSO C153A Approval

The FAA/ EASA approval process for an Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) computing platform. It includes adherence to DO-178C, DO-254, DO-297 and DO-160G standards for certification. Level A is applied to both the single and dual channel computing platforms

For applications that require redundancy

Computing Platform

✓ Dual channel

✓ 650g

✓ 20 watts

Datasheets

For applications that don’t require redundancy

Computing Platform

✓ Single Channel

✓ 350g

✓ 10 watts

Datasheets

For REMOTE I/O AND BATTERY OR FUEL CELL MANAGEMENT

Computing Platform

✓ Single Channel

✓ 250g

✓ 8 watts

Datasheets

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES

The family of computing platforms supports different simplex, duplex, triplex and quadraplex system architectures. Hover, Inc has guided the leading Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) aircraft manufacturers in the development of their system architectures which starts with a safety analysis. We have FAA Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs) on staff. Click on the aircraft for additional information

eVTOL aircraft showing location of Hover, Inc single and dual channel computers

H2.0 Computer

The H2.0’s channel is monitored by a powerful challenge response safety monitor that detects and prevents erroneous behaviour. Use cases include: DAA computer

H1.0 Computer

The H1.0’s channels are monitored by a powerful challenge response safety monitor that detects and prevents erroneous behaviour. Two H1.0s can be combined to enable a quadraplex system architecture which is the preferred choice for Advanced Aerial Mobility (AAM) aircraft. Use cases include: powertrain controller, flight computer, display computer and DAA computer

Single Pilot Operations

Computers can be combined to enable safety critical human functions to be either automated or semi-automated. For example envelope protection, terrain collision avoidance and cooperative and non-cooperative intruder DAA. For aircraft operating under Part 121 or 135, they enable single pilot operations

Control

A version of the computers has the Pulse With Modulation (PWM) output and quadrature decoder and analogue input necessary to support control applications

H3.0 Computer

The H3.0 complements the H1.0 and H2.0. The main difference is that it is not galvanically isolated, so it is optimized for downstream applications such as remote input/ output and battery or fuel cell management