◢ Nasch Systems · Autonomous Aerial Defense

Consistent airspace
awareness, without
the human in the loop.

Nasch builds long-endurance autonomous aircraft and the edge-AI mission stack that flies them. Designed for forward operators, hardened for contested environments, fielded with allied forces.

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§ 02 / Capabilities

Built for the operator, not the demo.

01

Onboard Autonomy

Mission planning, target classification, and route adaptation execute on-aircraft. No persistent uplink required, no operator bandwidth consumed.

02

EW-Resilient Datalink

Frequency-hopping mesh radio with cryptographic channel auth. Maintains command integrity across jammed and contested spectrum.

03

Edge Sensor Fusion

EO/IR, SAR, and SIGINT payloads combined in real-time on a 240 TOPS edge module. Track confidence improves with sortie count.

04

Swarm Coordination

Up to 64 airframes operate as a single distributed system. Loss-tolerant — the swarm reorganizes without central authority.

05

Long-Dwell Endurance

Hybrid-electric propulsion delivers 18+ hour station time. Field-swappable energy modules return aircraft to mission in under 90 seconds.

06

Survivable Form-Factor

Composite airframe rated for low-observable signature in EO, IR, and radar bands. Operates from unprepared forward sites.

Range · Combat
1,840 km
+ 12% over Mk-III
Service Ceiling
28,500 ft
FL285 ATC-cleared
Cruise Speed
142 kts
Max sprint 220
Payload Bay
42 kg
Modular MIL-STD-1760
Setup Time
04:30
Two-person crew
Fleet Strength
312
As of 04.30.26
§ 03 / Platforms

Four airframes. One shared stack.

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VIEW · 3/4 ELEV
SCALE · 1:24
SHEET 01/04
CLASSIFIED · UNCL
NASCH SYSTEMS
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Datasheet · KESTREL-X
NS-AAV-04 · Long-Endurance ISR
ClassGroup 3 UAS
Wingspan4.8 m
MTOW186 kg
Endurance18.5 hrs
Payload32 kg / modular
DatalinkMesh + SATCOM
AutonomyTier IV / supervised
LaunchPneumatic / runway
RecoveryNet or skid
StatusBlock II — fielded
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§ 04 / Mission Set

Where Nasch is fielded.

MSN · 01

Forward Reconnaissance

Persistent overwatch for ground operators in contested terrain. Real-time target classification with on-aircraft confidence scoring; no exposure of operator location.

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MSN · 02

Maritime Domain Awareness

Wide-area patrol of EEZ waters. Vessel re-identification and behavior pattern analysis across long-dwell flights. Hand-off to manned assets when escalation required.

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MSN · 03

Border & Critical Infrastructure

Continuous monitoring of fixed installations and linear infrastructure. Anomaly detection trained on local baseline; alerting threshold tunable per site.

Fixed SiteAnomaly DetectionAllied Use
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MSN · 04

Counter-UAS Mesh

Distributed swarm acts as a defensive screen. Detect, classify, track, and (when authorized) intercept hostile small UAS. Decisions occur within the mesh, sub-second.

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§ 05 / Operators

Built by people who have been on the receiving end.

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Eira Ostrowski
Co-founder · CEO
Prev. Director of Autonomy, Lockheed Skunk Works. USAF Test Pilot School.
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Jonas Halvorsen
Co-founder · CTO
Prev. Principal Engineer, Boston Dynamics. PhD Robotics, ETH Zürich.
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Maya Devarajan
VP, Mission Software
Prev. Tech Lead, Anduril Lattice. MIT CSAIL.
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Theo Hwang
VP, Hardware
Prev. Chief Engineer, General Atomics MQ-9B. 19 patents.
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Capt. R. Mendez (USMC, ret.)
Director, Operations
22 years infantry & special operations. Iraq, Afghanistan, INDOPACOM.
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Dr. Lin Yusra
Head of AI Safety
Prev. Senior Researcher, DeepMind. Adversarial robustness.
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Sander Vinge
GC & Compliance
Prev. ITAR/EAR partner, Hogan Lovells. CFIUS specialist.
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Aru Beck
VP, Manufacturing
Prev. Plant Director, SpaceX Hawthorne. Lean composites.
§ 06 / Careers

Open positions.

Don't see your role? Send a note to careers@nasch.in.
§ 07 / Engage

Request a briefing.

Briefings are conducted in person or over secure video. Provide a service or agency contact and a notional mission profile; we'll route to the appropriate program lead.

Programs Office
programs@nasch.in
+1 (775) 555-0142
Press
press@nasch.in
Mailing
4040 Sky Vista Pkwy
Reno, NV 89506
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