Over the span of 10+ years, our engineers led dozens of spacecraft test campaigns, enhanced military hardware to space-grade and engineered the satellites necessary to demonstrate GHGSat Inc., HawkEye360 and Kepler Communications Inc. were realizable ventures. Our designs, algorithms and qualified hardware power more than 50 satellites orbiting Earth. Today, Astris Space & Defence is built to solve the two hardest problems facing modern hardware teams: delivering on compressed timelines and, building the deep technical foundations to continuously test and sustain it.
Our journey began with a focus on pioneering tactical spacecraft GNC systems. In pursuit of that goal, we understood that the expertise needed couldn’t be found in academia, journals, or research institutions. Instead, trained directly at the European Space Agency (ESA), bringing that knowledge back to build high-performance GNC systems for reconnaissance, communication, and science missions. We are regularly invited back as expert speakers to the ESA GNC Conference, the world’s premier gathering for spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control. In Toronto, we continue to train mid-career professionals serious about engineering advanced GNC platforms.
While we remain involved to our roots, we did not forget the two fundamental truths to delivering real critical hardware. First, legacy test campaigns are inherently slow and arduous. Second, performant hardware is only as reliable as their test campaigns.
Our search to unblock the bottlenecks in hardware test campaigns led us to partnering with US Big Tech leaders to understand how modern AI-powered technology, if applied correctly, can serve as a force multiplier. Over the last decade, we independently proved these methods can speed up qualifications campaigns by 100x. Now, we have returned to accelerate the hardware test campaigns that will define the space and defence technology of tomorrow. Contact Us to find out how we can do the same for you.
