Industries · Drones & Unmanned Systems
Flight controller firmware, on-board vision and edge AI, verification evidence for DO-178C and STANAG 4671 paths, and ESC, motor drive and power validation for unmanned systems. Engineering led from Bengaluru.
Flight controller firmware, payload and edge AI engineering, and the verification evidence DO-178C, STANAG 4671 and the Drone Rules type certification path ask for.
Drone software sits where real-time control, communication and autonomy meet. The flight controller has to hold deterministic timing for its stabilisation loops while the payload fuses sensors, processes images and streams data. Communication stacks for beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations need fail-safe behaviour when the link drops, and ground control software has to handle telemetry without losing or misreading it. GSAS engineers that software and the hardware tests around it, and produces the verification evidence as the code is written.
In India, the Drone Rules, 2021 set out a type certification process, with DGCA as the regulator. Defence programmes for larger fixed-wing UAVs may work to STANAG 4671 airworthiness requirements, and export programmes to DO-178C. Each path asks for evidence about how the software was built and verified. GSAS produces that evidence: coding-standard enforcement, unit tests with coverage, bench test records and tool documentation. The certificate and the approval stay with the manufacturer and the authority.
Klocwork runs MISRA and security checkers on every change, so findings reach the developer who made them. Arm tools cover the processors: Keil MDK for Cortex-M flight controllers, Arm Development Studio for Cortex-A application processors and Cortex-R real-time processors, and ULINKplus for power measurement while flight algorithms are tuned for endurance. PicoScope oscilloscopes handle ESC characterisation, motor drive validation and bus debugging in the field, and GW Instek power supplies drive controlled bench tests of power distribution boards and battery management units.
UAV payloads increasingly run inference on the aircraft: obstacle detection on Cortex-M55 with Ethos-U, multi-camera perception on AMD Kria SOMs for inspection drones, and target tracking on NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano for defence ISR. The Edge AI and vision capability covers sensor bring-up, model optimisation against the power and thermal envelope, inference deployment, and the update path that keeps a fielded model current.
Each card lights the part of the unmanned system that service touches, from the stabilisation loop on the flight controller to the bench that tests the motor drive.
Board support, real-time scheduling and drivers for the processors that keep the aircraft stable.
Firmware that only runs if it is genuine, and updates that can fail safely.
Detection and tracking on the aircraft, inside its power and thermal budget.
The evidence a DO-178C or STANAG 4671 path asks for, produced alongside the flight code.
What the power stage actually does, measured on the bench and in the field.
Flight software tested the same way on every build, before it is tested in the air.
Each stage leaves something a certification engineer, a customer’s reviewer or the next team can check. Type certification and airworthiness approval stay with the manufacturer and the authorities.
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Rules and tools agreed before the first commit
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Findings reach the developer who made the change
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Evidence packaged for your certification file
Each service above is a full practice at GSAS. These are the pages that describe it in depth.
GSAS is a value added distributor/reseller for these products. We have a dedicated FAE team ready to help you with custom built solutions matching your needs.
Perforce Klocwork Klocwork by Perforce is a scalable SAST tool for C, C++, C#, Rust, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin, built for DevSecOps with incremental analysis, MISRA, CERT, and CWE enforcement, and TUV SUD certified ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 tool qualification. Deployed and supported across India by GSAS. 
Arm Keil MDK A productivity, debugging, and reliability platform for professional Cortex-M development, MDK v6 brings dual IDE workflows, safety-certified compilers, Arm Fixed Virtual Platforms, and subscription licensing. Buy in India from GSAS. 
Arm Arm Development Studio The professional development platform for Cortex-A, Cortex-R, and Neoverse, with safety-certified compilers, system-wide performance analysis, high-bandwidth trace debug, and Fixed Virtual Platforms. Buy in India from GSAS. 
Arm ULINKplus Advanced debug adapter with power measurement, test I/O, and SWV trace for Arm Cortex-M development and testing. Available in India from GSAS with hands-on application engineering and local support. 
Pico Technology PicoScope 6000E High-bandwidth USB oscilloscope spanning 300 MHz to 3 GHz bandwidth, FlexRes 8-to-12-bit resolution, and up to 4 GS deep memory. Authorized India partner, GSAS Micro Systems. 
GW Instek GPP-X323 Series Multi-Output Programmable DC Power Supply GW Instek GPP-X323 programmable DC power supply, a 1 to 4 channel benchtop power supply rated to 217 W total, with built-in CC/CV/CR electronic load on CH1/CH2, ≤350 µVrms ripple, ≤50 µs transient response and 0.1 mV/0.1 mA readback. Buy this multi-output DC power supply in India from GSAS, authorized GW Instek engineering partner for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, with INR pricing, GST invoicing and calibration. A chip shows a published qualification scope where one exists, and the bare standard name where none does.
STANAG 4671 is listed in this page's standards set, but no tool in the table below carries a published qualification against it, and GSAS does not claim one. Whether this applies to a given programme depends on its scope, jurisdiction and certification basis.
| Tool | Applicable Standards |
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| Klocwork (Perforce) | DO-178C via DO-330 tool qualificationMISRA C:2023 |
| Perforce QAC | DO-178C via DO-330 packMISRA C:2023 |
| TESSY (Razorcat) | DO-178C via DO-330 by the applicant |
A first platform, a defence programme or a payload for someone else’s airframe.
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First platform to production
Flight controller firmware, signed updates and power validation for a first platform, with the coding rules and test evidence in place before the type certification file is assembled.
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ISR and surveillance platforms
On-board detection and tracking, secure boot on the flight and payload processors, and the verification evidence a DO-178C or STANAG 4671 path asks for.
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Cameras, ESCs and flight controllers
Camera bring-up and inference for payloads, and ESC, motor drive and battery management validation on the bench for the components that go into other makers’ aircraft.
Tell us the aircraft, the payload and the certification path you are working towards. GSAS replies from Bengaluru with scope and a proposal: firmware, edge AI, verification evidence and power validation.
GSAS provides flight controller firmware, secure boot and signed updates, on-board vision and edge AI, verification evidence for DO-178C and STANAG 4671 paths, ESC, motor drive and power validation, and HIL and SIL test benches. Engineering is led from Bengaluru.
India’s Drone Rules, 2021 set out a type certification process for drones, with DGCA as the regulator. The applicant is the manufacturer or importer of the drone, not an engineering supplier. GSAS produces engineering evidence a certification file can draw on: coding-standard enforcement, unit tests with coverage, bench test records and tool documentation.
GSAS produces verification evidence for both paths: MISRA C:2023 enforcement with deviation records, requirements-based unit tests with MC/DC coverage, and tool classification and qualification documentation. The software level, the plans and the airworthiness approval stay with the applicant and the authority.
Yes. GSAS brings up cameras, synchronises multiple sensors, and deploys inference on AMD Kria SOMs, NVIDIA Jetson modules or Cortex-M55 with Ethos-U, with the model optimised for the aircraft’s power and thermal envelope.
Yes. GSAS characterises ESCs and motor drives on oscilloscopes, bench-tests power distribution boards and battery management units under controlled supplies, and profiles energy across flight and payload modes.
Yes. GSAS is a value added distributor/reseller for the compiler, debug, static analysis and bench instruments on this page, and its engineers use the same tools on customer projects.
