Auterion is a Swiss-American uncrewed vehicle software company. It was founded 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland and later relocated its headquarters to Arlington, Virginia. The majority of its employees and its main research and development center continue to be based in Zurich.
In 2019 Auterion's PX4 Avoidance was awarded third place at the annual XCELLENCE Awards of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) for Detect & Avoid Solutions. [1]
In September 2020, [2] Quantum-Systems partnered with Auterion to introduce the Vector, a tactical drone designed for portability and field deployment. [3]
Drones equipped with Auterion's software have been extensively used in the Russo-Ukrainian War by Ukrainian forces. [4]
In 2024 Auterion began working with Rheinmetall on the developement of standards for drone software and standardized software components. [5] [6]
In March 2025 secured a United States Department of Defense (DoD) attack drone development contract. [7]
In June 2025 Auterion signed a large deal with the Taiwanese National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) to supply drone software. [8] [9] [4] The deal potentially covers millions of drones. [10] [11] Auterion's software has also been integrated with Thunder Tiger's Overkill FPV drone. Thunder Tiger and Auterion's initial agreement covers 25,000 drones for both the Taiwanese and export markets. [12] [13] [14]
In July 2025 Auterion was awarded a 50m contract by the DoD to provide 33,000 artificial intelligence drone guidance kits to Ukraine to be integrated into domestically manufactured drones. [15] [16]