// TACTICAL ROBOTICS // EST. 2025
BUILT BY
OPERATORS.
FIELDED BY OPERATORS.
NDAA-compliant unmanned systems engineered in small-town America. Affordable, rugged, and shaped by real-world special operations experience.
// PLATFORMS
PURPOSE-BUILT UNMANNED SYSTEMS
// PHILOSOPHY
ENGINEERED FROM THE OBJECTIVE BACKWARD
Every CDD platform begins with a tactical problem identified by current or former operators — not a technology looking for an application. We start with the objective, the conditions, and the failure modes of existing solutions, and we work backward into the smallest, simplest system that closes the gap.
The result is hardware that earns its place in the kit because nothing about it was designed in isolation from the mission.
"At Cattle Dog Drones, our engineering is guided by special operations experience at every stage. We consult with both former and current operators so our systems are shaped by real-world requirements from day one."
AUSTIN GLASSCOCK / FOUNDER
FORMER RECON MARINE & SCOUT SNIPER
// UNIFIED STACK
ONE STACK ACROSS THE FLEET.
Every CDD platform runs the same military and enterprise-grade hardware and the same operator interfaces. Train on one aircraft, operate the entire fleet. Standardize spares, standardize procedures, standardize sustainment.
// MISSION CONTROL
AUTERION MISSION CONTROL
The Android ground station interface used to plan, monitor, and execute every CDD mission. Touch-driven waypoint planning, live video, telemetry overlay, and one-button handoff between operators. The same screen on every platform — train once, deploy anywhere.
// FLIGHT STACK
AUTERION SKYNODE X
The flight computer and mission backbone in every CDD aircraft. Enterprise PX4 firmware, Docker-based payload applications, integrated LTE, and native fleet management. The same mission computer fielded across U.S. and allied military programs worldwide.
// DATA LINKS
DOODLE LABS MESH RIDER
Optional AES-256 encrypted mesh networking for missions that require resilient communications. Self-healing topology, hardened-structure penetration, multi-vehicle coordination, and spectrum coverage from civilian ISM to NATO-authorized military bands.
// TACTICAL INTEGRATION
ATAK UAS TOOL
Native integration with the Android Tactical Assault Kit — the situational awareness layer fielded across U.S. and allied formations. CDD vehicles appear as friendly assets on the common operating picture; payload feeds, telemetry, and CoT markers flow into the tactical network operators already use.
The same hardware. The same software. The same operator interface. Across every CDD platform.
// OPERATOR EXPERIENCE
DOCTRINE INFORMS DESIGN
HAHO / HALO
Military freefall integration.
Force Recon CQB
Close-quarters combat doctrine.
Greenside Recon
Patrol-based reconnaissance.
Amphibious & Littoral
Maritime and shoreline ops.
VBSS
Visit, board, search, seizure.
Sniper Operations
Raid · Aerial · Urban.
// CAPABILITIES
VERTICALLY INTEGRATED. AMERICAN-MADE.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
- Prusa XL FleetIndustrial FDM additive manufacturing
- PETG-CF / ASA-CFEngineering polymer feedstock
- Brass Heat-Set InsertsThreaded interface hardware
- In-House FDM ProductionSmall-batch component runs
AVIONICS & AUTONOMY
- Auterion Skynode-XFlight stack and onboard compute
- Doodle Labs Mesh RiderResilient mesh data link
- ePropelledPropulsion motors
- Nexus Battery SystemsEnergy storage
- ARK ElectronicsGPS and peripherals
// INDUSTRY COLLABORATION
// FIELD MEDIA
FROM RANGE, RANCH, AND TEST CARD
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