Accelerating Drone Innovation

Lantronix delivers the compute intelligence behind today’s most advanced drones. Built on Qualcomm® Snapdragon processors, our Open-Q™ System-on-Module (SOM) platforms give OEMs the AI-driven speed, security and performance capabilities to design, build and deploy next-gen drones or Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAVs) faster and more efficiently.

Lantronix is the only North America-based Qualcomm partner that provides NDAA/TAA-compliant SOM solutions.

• Rapid platform development and seamless integration
• Faster time-to-market with lower engineering costs
• Full NDAA/TAA compliance for defense and government deployment
• Military-grade performance and reliability
• Scalable compute across multiple UAV product lines
• Dev kits that let you hit the ground running, turning ideas into reality

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Next-gen UAV performance depends on tight integration between flight systems, payloads and onboard AI. Lantronix provides the unified Edge AI foundation that ties them together to deliver pre-integrated, validated solutions that help drone OEMs bring products to market faster.

Lantronix SOMs process sensor data locally at the edge, reducing power and bandwidth requirements, delivering:

• Advanced AI performance at single-digit watt levels
• Longer missions with cooler, more reliable operation
• Real-time perception and navigation without cloud dependency

Perfect for search and rescue, perimeter security, reconnaissance and critical infrastructure inspection, the same compute and AI models powering military drones enable new commercial and industrial applications, including:

• First-responder navigation in complex environments
• Real-time fault detection across utilities and infrastructure
• Smart agriculture with multispectral crop analysis
• BVLOS operations supported by emerging FAA Part 108 regulations

Engineered for both commercial and defense-focused OEMs, Lantronix’s Drone Reference Platform provides a clear path toward NDAA/TAA-aligned compute and sensor architectures. At its core is the Lantronix Open-Q™ 8550 series micro-SOM, paired with an Ubuntu-based development environment, validated sensor and flight-control integrations, and complete reference documentation, all in an ultra-compact footprint optimized for airborne AI workloads.

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