Greater Phoenix Area
I built something the defense industry said a two-person startup could not build. PropSwarm is a patent-pending autonomous swarm command and control platform that enables a single pilot to simultaneously command and manage 1,000+ autonomous UAVs from a single worker node at sub-100 millisecond command latencies. I built it from scratch. With my business partner. Over 4 years. With $600,000 of our own money. The problem I solved: Every existing military and commercial UAS ground control station architecture allocates one software process, one operator, and one radio link per aircraft. This makes large-scale autonomous UAS operations operationally and economically impossible. The architecture I invented: Single-Socket Multiplexed MAVLink UDP Protocol Bus -- one event loop manages 1,000+ simultaneous UAVs, eliminating the per-vehicle overhead that limits every existing GCS solution. Future-Based Asynchronous ACK Delivery -- command acknowledgments resolved at network round-trip time with zero polling overhead. Adaptive Token-Bucket Telemetry Scheduler -- per-vehicle 1-10Hz dynamic rate adjustment from a single coroutine. Runtime-Configurable Compliance Engine -- altitude, speed, and geofence enforcement at command dispatch. No pre-programming required. ATAK/CoT Integration -- DoD tactical operators command 1,000+ UAV fleets directly from the military common operating picture. SGP4 Satellite Propagation -- space-domain-aware ISR mission planning built in. Current status: PropSwarm v2.1.3 -- 117/117 compliance tests passing. Active DARPA Direct to Phase II submission (D2D-1122). Active NASA and Army SBIR submissions. AFWERX Open Topic pending. What I am looking for: DAF end users interested in autonomous swarm C2. Defense prime partners for teaming or licensing. Strategic investors who understand defense deep tech and non-dilutive funding pathways. FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certified. SAM.gov registered. CAGE: 1CPX3. Email: [email protected] Company: www.propcultureuas.network
- Sole architect and lead engineer of PropSwarm v2.1.3 -- a patent-pending autonomous swarm command and control platform enabling a single pilot to command 1,000+ simultaneous autonomous UAVs at sub-100ms command latency - Invented the Single-Socket Multiplexed MAVLink Protocol Bus architecture -- eliminates per-vehicle software overhead enabling 100:1 scaling advantage over all existing GCS solutions - Designed and implemented Future-Based Async ACK Delivery, Adaptive Token-Bucket Telemetry Scheduler, Runtime-Configurable Compliance Engine, and ATAK/CoT tactical integration - Led all technical SBIR proposal preparation: DARPA D2D-1122 ($1.65M Direct to Phase II), NASA EXPAND.3.S26B ($225K), NASA INSITU.1.S26B ($225K), Army ARM26BZ01-NV002 ($250K) - Achieved 117/117 compliance tests passing including 16 FIPS 140-2 aligned security compliance tests - Built full-stack platform: Python/asyncio backend, PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB, Docker, JWT auth, gRPC, WebSocket, Redis, NATS JetStream, Leaflet.js, Chart.js, HLS video, ArduPilot SITL integration - Platform deployable from iPhone as PWA -- enables tactical edge operations without desktop workstation infrastructure
- Self-directed mastery of distributed systems engineering, Python/asyncio architecture, MAVLink protocol engineering, and autonomous agent coordination over 4+ years - Developed foundational technology and architecture that became the basis for PropSwarm autonomous swarm C2 platform - Invested $600,000 of personal capital into R&D resulting in two patent-pending inventions - Studied and applied: event-loop architecture, distributed state management, real-time telemetry systems, cryptographic security, GPS navigation systems, and UAS flight control protocols
- Completed comprehensive self-directed curriculum in distributed systems engineering, real-time event-loop architecture, MAVLink UAV protocol, autonomous agent coordination, cryptographic security, and UAS operations - Applied learning directly to development of PropSwarm