Project Blackfin
Unmanned Systems. Aerial Intelligence. Emerging Capability.
Project Blackfin is a Sacred Wagon program focused on exploring the future of unmanned aerial systems, remote sensing, and aerial intelligence. The program is being developed to investigate the use of UAS in daily life and most importantly how unmanned systems can support intelligence, situational awareness, reconnaissance, mapping, asset protection, emergency response, and other lawful operational requirements. Project Blackfin brings together research, systems development, technology integration, and operational concepts to explore what the next generation of unmanned capabilities can provide.
Program director
Reserved
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Objective
Sacred Wagon Group is currently developing the program’s technical, operational, and organizational framework. Specific capabilities and services will be introduced as the program progresses through research, testing, evaluation, and development. Blackfin is being built around a simple principle:
“Better visibility creates better decisions”
Through responsible innovation and disciplined development, Sacred Wagon Group aims to build an unmanned systems capability that can provide reliable information from above while supporting the people and organizations operating on the ground.
Precision
Every system, observation, and decision has purpose.
Awareness
Extend visibility beyond the immediate environment.
Adaptability
Evolve with technology, terrain, and mission requirements.
Responsibility
Use unmanned capabilities lawfully, ethically, and with discipline.
Current Development Areas
- Aerial Intelligence & Situational Awareness
- Remote Sensing & Mapping
- Senor & Payload Integration
- Autonomous Systems Research
- Communications & Data Systems
- UAS Training & Operational Concepts
- Assets & Infrastructure Monitoring
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Public Notice
The Program is focused on the future of unmanned aerial systems, remote sensing, aerial intelligence, mapping, situational awareness, and lawful operational applications of unmanned technology. Project Blackfin is seeking individuals with academic, technical, professional, and research backgrounds who are interested in contributing to the development of emerging unmanned-system capabilities.
Get Involved:
Sacred Wagon is particularly interested in individuals with backgrounds in:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Robotics Engineering
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Information Technology
- Cybersecurity
- Data Science
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Geospatial Science
- Remote Sensing
- Aviation Management
- Aviation Science
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems / UAS
- Flight Operations
- Avionics
- Electronics Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Embedded Systems
- Communications Engineering
- Telecommunications
- Network Engineering
- Intelligence Studies
- Emergency Management
- Homeland Security
- Risk Management
- Environmental Science
- Meteorology / Atmospheric Science
- Cartography & Geomatics
- Applied Mathematics
- Physics
Areas Of Interest
Contributors may support research and development involving:
Unmanned Systems
UAS concepts, system integration, flight systems, autonomy, platform development, and emerging unmanned technologies.
Aerial Intelligence & Remote Sensing
Aerial data collection, sensor systems, imagery, remote sensing, and lawful intelligence-support applications.
Geospatial Intelligence
GIS, mapping, terrain analysis, geospatial data management, and visualization.
Command, Control & Communications
Systems architecture, communications, data links, network integration, and C4ISR-supporting technologies.
Data & Artificial Intelligence
Data processing, computer vision, machine learning, predictive analysis, automation, and decision-support systems.
Systems Integration
Integration of aircraft, sensors, communications, software, data systems, and supporting infrastructure.
Aviation & Flight Operations
UAS flight operations, aviation safety, airspace considerations, flight planning, and operational procedures.
Emergency & Public-Safety Applications
Situational awareness, disaster assessment, search-and-rescue support, infrastructure assessment, emergency response, and other lawful applications.
Asset Protection & Situational Awareness
Monitoring, assessment, mapping, and other non-invasive applications designed to improve awareness and protect people, property, and critical assets.
Who Should Apply?
We are interested in:
- Current university students
- Recent graduates
- Engineers and technical professionals
- Aviation professionals
- Researchers
- Developers and programmers
- GIS and geospatial specialists
- Intelligence and analytical professionals
- UAS operators and aviation specialists
- Experienced hobbyists with demonstrable technical capability
- Individuals conducting relevant independent research
- Interdisciplinary professionals interested in emerging unmanned systems
Academic credentials are valuable, but demonstrated capability, technical curiosity, disciplined research, and a willingness to build are equally important. Project Blackfin is being developed as a multidisciplinary effort. Aerospace engineering may provide the foundation for aircraft and platform development, while information systems, computer science, engineering, geospatial sciences, aviation, data science, and other disciplines contribute to the broader ecosystem required to make unmanned systems useful.
Thank you for the support.
The objective is to bring together individuals from different technical disciplines to explore what the next generation of unmanned aerial capability can become — from aircraft and sensors to information systems, data, communications, mapping, and decision support.
All Blackfin activities are intended to remain within applicable laws, regulations, safety requirements, and responsible-use principles.
If you have the education, experience, technical skill, or interest to contribute to the development of Project Blackfin, we want to hear from you.
For more information on how to get involved, please contact Sacred Wagon LLC.