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About MicroPilot

MicroPilot is the world's leading manufacturer of small autopilots for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and micro aerial vehicles (MAV). We serve a variety of clients in numerous markets around the world.

Products and Services

The MP2028 Series Autopilots are the world’s smallest full featured UAV autopilots. Capabilities include airspeed hold, altitude hold, turn coordination, GPS navigation, vertical takeoff and landing(VTOL), plus autonomous operation from launch to recovery.

From our single use autopilot (MP2028^xp) all the way up to our powerful VTOL autopilot (MP2128^HELI) MicroPilot provides a seamless upgrade path. No other autopilot manufacturer offers such adaptable technology or such a range of autopilot options at quantity pricing. Once you have learned how to work with one of our autopilots, you're equipped to use them all. This makes MicroPilot your single-vendor solution for all your autopilot hardware, software and accessories. It also positions you to grow and adapt at a fraction of the cost so that your newly developed UAV's can get in the air faster with better autopilot control.

Included with MicroPilot's autopilot packages is the HORIZON^mp Ground Control Software. It offers a user-friendly point-and-click interface for mission planning, parameter adjustment, flight monitoring and mission simulation.

For versatility, MicroPilot has developed a full complement of autopilot accessories including a Compass Module, Analog to Digital Converter Module, Ultrasonic Altitude Sensor, Configuration Wizard, XTENDER^mp Software Developer’s Kit, and Stabilized Payload Cameras. MicroPilot also offers full technical support and training programs both off site and at the MicroPilot Test Facility.

When test flights are launched at MicroPilot's 40-acre flight test facility, staff announce the occasion with the words, "We are up." To everyone in the on-site office, this is not only word of a test flight in progress, but a celebration of the continued success of MicroPilot's products. With more than 15 developers, a ground-breaking research and development philosophy and a reputation for quality, MicroPilot is unparalleled in the growing miniature UAV autopilot industry. We are up!