UAV design, manufacturing, and flight operations for defense and commercial sectors
Griffon Aerospace designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles and avionics for US DoD, allied militaries, commercial operators, and research institutions. The tech stack reveals a mature aerospace engineering operation—SolidWorks, CATIA, NX, ANSYS, and MATLAB for design; PX4 and ArduPilot for flight control; Gazebo for simulation—paired with enterprise infrastructure (Azure, AWS, Microsoft Project). Active hiring leans engineering-heavy (12 of 21 roles) across prototype development, custom flight software, and test programs, with stated pain points around program complexity and production cost, signaling scaling challenges typical of low-rate defense manufacturing.
Griffon Aerospace has operated since 1995 as a small-business aerospace contractor specializing in unmanned aerial systems. The company designs, manufactures, and operates UAVs and related avionics for government, allied-nation, and commercial customers, with a secondary revenue stream from university research partnerships. Current project focus spans UAV electronics prototyping, custom flight-control software development, HITL/SITL simulation, test procedures, and operator training. The manufacturing footprint includes facility renovation and small-batch production work, reflecting the low-volume, high-complexity nature of defense aerospace contracting.
Griffon uses SolidWorks, CATIA, and NX for design, paired with ANSYS for structural/thermal simulation and Altium and Eagle for electronics layout. KiCAD and SolidWorks Electrical are also in the stack.
Griffon uses PX4 and ArduPilot as primary flight-stack options, with Pixhawk and QGroundControl for mission planning and hardware. PX4 is currently being adopted in new programs.
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