Facts

• Segment: Subsystems
• Country: Australia
• Founded: 2019
• Website: https://www.cubepilot.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

CubePilot develops open autopilot hardware and flight-control systems for drones and robotic vehicles. Its Cube flight controllers support ArduPilot and PX4 ecosystems, giving UAV and autonomous-system builders modular control hardware for navigation, sensing and mission execution.

Market context

CubePilot is a core flight-control and navigation supplier for the open autopilot ecosystem. Its Blue UAS-listed autopilots and GNSS modules give drone manufacturers and integrators a compliant component path for U. S. government and defence-adjacent UAV programs. OWNERSHIP\n\nNo proprietary complete drone or robot platform; CubePilot supplies autopilot, navigation and control hardware used inside unmanned systems. \n\nCAPABILITY EXPOSURE\n\nFlight-controller modules for UAV and UxV platforms\nGNSS and navigation peripherals\nCarrier-board and OEM integration ecosystem\nHerelink video, telemetry and control systems\nBlue UAS-listed component supply\n\nSTRATEGIC POSITION\n\nAvionics and control-layer supplier for unmanned systems manufacturers\nOpen-hardware ecosystem anchor for ArduPilot and PX4-based UAV platforms

Products

• Cube Orange+ Flight Controller

Facts

• Website: https://www.cubepilot.com/
• HQ: Geelong, Australia
• Founded: 2019
• Segment: Subsystems

Autopilot module supplier for unmanned systems

CubePilot supplies autopilot modules, carrier boards and related UAV electronics for civilian, commercial and defence unmanned systems.

• Target environment: UAVs, unmanned vehicles, robotics development platforms, drone integrator benches and Blue UAS supply chains.
• Deployment model: Autopilot and embedded hardware supply through Cube modules, documentation, resellers and open unmanned-system ecosystems.
• Customer context: Drone OEMs, UAV integrators, robotics developers, government buyers and unmanned-system engineers.
• Workflow context: Flight control, autopilot integration, GPS and sensor connectivity, UAV electronics and unmanned platform development.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial unmanned-systems component supplier with established Cube autopilot ecosystem and Blue UAS-related product positioning.
• Market position: Autopilot component supplier serving the control hardware layer of drones and unmanned systems.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on integration support, regulatory or defence compliance, firmware ecosystem stability, supply availability and platform qualification.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes drone autopilots, flight controllers, Pixhawk ecosystems, Blue UAS components and UAV electronics.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-03-05 - Product Launch - CubePilot publishes Here 4 high-precision dual-band RTK navigation module documentation - CubePilot published documentation for Here 4, a high-precision dual-band RTK navigation module.
• 2025-09-03 - Product Launch - CubePilot publishes U.S. defence positioning for True Blue Allied and USA-built unmanned-system components - CubePilot published U.S. defence positioning for its unmanned-system component s…
• 2024-11-12 - Product Launch - CubePilot documents Cube Red dual-FMU autopilot module - CubePilot published documentation for Cube Red, a dual flight-management-unit autopilot module for unmanned exploration vehicle oper…
• 2024-07-25 - Market Signal - CubePilot autopilots and GNSS modules added to DIU Blue UAS list - CubePilot said Cube Orange, Cube Orange+, Cube Blue, Cube Blue H7, Here 3 and Here 4 were DIU NDAA verified and listed.
• 2024-07-10 - Product Launch - NW Blue and CubePilot launch Herelink Blue v1.1 manufactured-in-USA bundle - NW Blue and CubePilot launched the Herelink Blue v1.1 Bundle, a manufactured-in-USA HD video transmission system…
• 2021-02-03 - Product Launch - CubePilot releases Here3 GNSS module - CubePilot released Here3 as a GNSS module in the CubePilot ecosystem.
• 2020-04-20 - Capability - CubePilot receives U.S. patent for modular carrier-board autopilot architecture - CubePilot said U.S. Patent No. 10,613,526 B2 was issued on April 7, 2020.
• 2020-01-11 - Product Launch - CubePilot marks Cube Orange 4.0 release as no longer beta - CubePilot announced that Cube Orange 4.0 was no longer in beta.
• 2019-05-07 - Product Launch - CubePilot introduces HerePro high-precision GNSS system - CubePilot introduced HerePro as a high-precision GNSS product for the CubePilot ecosystem.

Team

• Philip Rowse - CEO - Current leadership row for CubePilot's role in drone autopilot hardware, Blue UAS supply and unmanned systems infrastructure.
• Michael Oborne - Mission Planner / CubePilot ecosystem
• Siddharth Purohit - CubePilot ecosystem

Supply chain relationships

• technology_partner - CubePilot has a public integration relationship with NW Blue.

Context tags

• Drone avionics - Stack Layer - CubePilot supplies drone avionics hardware in the flight-control stack.
• UAV autopilots - Stack Layer - CubePilot is tracked as a UAV autopilot and flight-controller supplier.