Autonomous Aerial Vehicles
Electronics Engineered
for Intelligent Flight
Lightweight, high-reliability PCB and interconnect solutions for autonomous aircraft, advanced rotorcraft, drones, and next-generation air mobility.
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Built to Rise Above
Advanced Electronics
for Autonomous Flight
Autonomous aircraft must sense, process, communicate, and respond in real time while meeting strict limits for size, weight, power consumption, and thermal performance.
PICA supports flight controls, navigation, propulsion, communications, payloads, and battery systems with flex, rigid, rigid-flex, assembly, and custom interconnect expertise—from prototype development through scalable production.
Applications
Autonomous Aerial Technologies We Support
Drones
Lightweight, rugged interconnects for navigation, sensing, communications, payloads, and autonomous control.
Rotorcraft
Durable electronics for flight controls, avionics, communications, sensing, and electrically intensive rotor systems.
Hybrid Aircraft
High-reliability circuitry for hybrid propulsion, energy management, power conversion, monitoring, and control.
eVTOL
Compact, high-performance electronics for distributed propulsion, battery systems, flight computers, and urban air mobility.
Engineering Fit
Built Around the Demands of Flight
Our capabilities support the weight, motion, signal, thermal, and power requirements of autonomous aircraft—from early flight prototypes through dependable production.
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