The X-CUBE is a rugged, high-reliability avionics unit that combines high-performance redundant flight control computers, power distribution, data concentration and data storage into a single device. It offers a certification-ready automation solution for managing all safety-critical functions on MALE and HALE UAS, as well as on OPS and AAM aircraft. With dual and triple internal redundancy and supporting COM/MON configurations for dual and triple modular redundancy, the X-CUBE delivers the fault tolerance and system integrity required for certified aircraft systems.

As a core component of the X-KIT, the X-CUBE integrates seamlessly with S-PLANE’s and third-party modular automation and mission systems. The X-KIT delivers a complete set of capabilities for flight control and automation, payload and communications management, and integration with ground control and simulation environments. The X-CUBE is the hardware backbone of this ecosystem, hosting unparalleled I/O diversity, flexibility, and quantity, along with data concentration and the high-performance multi-core RTOS computing power required for comprehensive aircraft automation and fly-by-wire control, including execution of advanced autonomous operations.

The X-CUBE reduces integration complexity while meeting rigorous operational demands. Its rugged design and SWaP optimised configuration make it well-suited for both new builds and upgrades, offering a straightforward and rapid path to evolve a manned or optionally piloted system into a fully autonomous system. The X-CUBE is available as target hardware that supports customer and third-party software, as a complete appliance with S-PLANE’s proven safety-critical software, and as target appliance that supports a combination of S-PLANE’s proven safety-critical software as well customer software, allowing customers to focus on rapid development of their aircraft-specific software.