Facts

• Segment: Autonomy Software
• Country: Spain
• Founded: 2004
• Website: https://www.uavnavigation.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Sources

Summary

UAV Navigation develops guidance, navigation and control systems for unmanned aircraft and autonomous vehicles. The Spanish company supplies autopilots and flight-control software for tactical UAS, VTOL drones, aerial targets, unmanned helicopters and maritime autonomy programs.

Market context

Direct autonomy and GNC layer for drones; its role in heterogeneous swarm programs makes it relevant to defense autonomy and UAV coordination. Guidance, navigation, and control systems for UAV platforms; autopilot and flight-control software; swarm-control and contested-environment autonomy support through defense R&D programs.

Facts

• Website: https://www.uavnavigation.com
• HQ: San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
• Founded: 2004
• Segment: Autonomy Software
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2020-06-07 - Strategic investment - $9M - Grupo Oesia invests EUR 7.5M in UAV Navigation - source: uavnavigation.com

Investors

• Grupo Oesia - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2020-06-07

Guidance, navigation and control for unmanned aircraft

UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesia develops autopilot, flight-control and guidance, navigation and control systems for unmanned aircraft. Public materials describe VECTOR flight-control computers, resilient navigation, GNSS-denied operation, aerial targets, USV applicability and demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming and swarm capabilities.

• Target environment: UAV platforms, aerial targets, defense flight programs, GNSS-contested environments, swarming demonstrations, USV autonomy and unmanned system certification workflows.
• Deployment model: Autonomy-infrastructure model supplying flight-control computers, autopilot software, GNC systems, SDKs and integration support to platform manufacturers and mission programs.
• Customer context: UAV OEMs, defense users, aerial target builders, maritime autonomy teams, aerospace integrators and customers needing certified or rugged flight-control systems.
• Workflow context: Autonomous flight control, navigation, mission execution, swarming, manned-unmanned teaming, GNSS-denied navigation, platform certification and vehicle recovery.
• Commercial maturity: Specialized autonomy supplier for unmanned systems. Robotics relevance is direct in the flight-control and GNC layer rather than finished aircraft ownership.
• Market position: UAV autonomy and flight-control supplier in the unmanned aerial systems stack.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on platform integration, flight safety, certification evidence, sensor compatibility, robustness under jamming, customer test programs and defense procurement cycles.
• Adjacent context: UAV autopilots, guidance-navigation-control, flight-control computers, swarming, manned-unmanned teaming, GNSS-denied navigation and unmanned systems autonomy.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-06-18 - Partnership - Shield AI partners with UAV Navigation - The partnership targeted European customers and lower integration risk for autonomous aircraft.
• 2026-05-30 - Product Launch - UAV Navigation launches VECTOR-300 autopilot for mass-produced UAS - The company introduced VECTOR-300 as a new autopilot designed for mass production of loitering munitions and C-UAS inter…
• 2020-06-07 - Funding - Grupo Oesia invests EUR 7.5M in UAV Navigation - The investment targeted UAV Navigation guidance, navigation and control technology for unmanned aircraft.