Empyrean Aerospace

Energy-independent autonomous flight.

We integrate solar flight technology into the UAV platforms that operators already fly, extending endurance, loiter and off-grid range without redesigning the aircraft.

Two fixed-wing VTOL UAVs in a mountain valley, one airborne with a deployed SkySail array and one on the ground with a roll-out ground array
SkySail concept visualisation: in-flight array (top) and ground array (below).
The problem

Drones are constrained by energy logistics, not by airframes.

Off-grid operations depend on fixed power or battery swaps. That limits mission duration, adds operational risk and stops fleets scaling across defence, infrastructure, agriculture, logistics and emergency response.

Retrofit, not replace

SkySail is an open, retrofittable layer of solar power and lightweight structure. It adds capability, asset security and resilience to systems already in service.

Convergence, not breakthrough

Mature solar materials paired with proven UAV platforms and flight-control software. The science is established. The integration is ours.

OEMs can do their own sums

Significant COTS material content means existing primes can validate the engineering and the unit economics against their own programmes.

Technology

One IP platform. Any airframe.

Solar-augmented flight for fielded platforms

A patented, modular energy-harvesting and power management system that integrates into or retrofits onto fixed-wing, VTOL and hybrid airship platforms. Deployed in the air, it funds the energy budget for hover and charging. Deployed on the ground, it doubles the range of a delivery mission with full asset flyback and recovery.

  • Long-endurance flight and extended loiter
  • Autonomous mid-air and ground recharging
  • Multi-source harvesting: solar, kinetic, piezoelectric
  • Intelligent onboard power management
Fixed-wing VTOL UAV in flight with a SkySail array deployed beneath the fuselage
Intellectual property

Protected across key markets.

Two granted patent portfolios with global coverage, two pending, and more than a hundred vertical derivations. National-security grade core technology with dual-use derivations in machine learning, swarming, energy harvesting and motherships.

Granted

Two patent portfolios covering the USA, UK, EU, Turkey, GCC, India and China.

Pending

Two further portfolios in prosecution, with several more under development.

Commercial model

Right-to-produce licensing with sector and geographic exclusivities, plus recurring royalties on licensee sales.

Working on a UAV programme with an energy problem?

We work with OEMs, primes and sovereign programmes.

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