Test & Evaluation
Measure the System.Validate the Capability.
Structured unmanned systems testing covering requirements, bench checks, controlled flight evaluation, communications, payload performance, endurance, issue tracking, corrective action, and technical documentation.
Test & Evaluation Services
Validate the Complete Unmanned System, Not Just the Airframe.
Testing should confirm that the aircraft, payload, communications, software, ground-control system, operator workflow, documentation, and sustainment approach perform together under the intended conditions.
Requirements & Test Planning
Define objectives, success criteria, configuration, conditions, risks, test sequence, data needs, safety controls, and decision points.
Plan a Test Event →Bench & Ground Testing
Power, controls, propulsion, sensors, firmware, communications, payload, recording, failsafes, and system-integration checks before flight.
Request Bench Testing →Controlled Flight Evaluation
Progressive testing of stability, handling, control response, navigation, communications, payload operation, endurance, and recovery behavior.
Discuss Flight Evaluation →Communications & Link Testing
Control, telemetry, video, antenna, ground-station, interference, link-quality, alerting, and lost-link behavior assessment.
View Ground-Control Support →Payload & Mission Validation
Image quality, recording, data transfer, sensor output, mounting, vibration, operator display, mission workflow, and usable output review.
View Payload Integration →Results & Corrective Action
Document observations, failures, limitations, risks, corrective actions, retest needs, configuration changes, and final recommendations.
Discuss Documentation Support →
Configuration Control
A Test Result Is Meaningless Without Knowing What Was Tested.
Each test should identify the exact hardware, firmware, payload, battery, controller, software, settings, weather, operator, and test conditions.
- Airframe and component configuration
- Firmware, software, and parameter baseline
- Payload and mounting configuration
- Battery type, condition, and state of charge
- Controller, antenna, and ground-station setup
- Environmental and operating conditions
- Operator, observer, and safety responsibilities
Progressive Test Discipline
Increase Risk Only After Lower-Risk Checks Pass.
Testing should move from inspection to power-up, bench checks, restrained operation, low-risk flight, expanded envelope, mission testing, and repeatability verification.
- Visual and mechanical inspection
- Electrical and power-system checks
- Control, mode, and failsafe verification
- Low-altitude and low-risk handling tests
- Communications, navigation, and payload validation
- Endurance, range, or mission-profile testing
- Retest after corrective action or configuration change
Test Process
A Structured Path From Requirement to Supported Decision.
The scope can range from a focused post-repair check to a multi-event prototype or mission-system evaluation.
Define
Establish the question, configuration, success criteria, risks, conditions, and evidence required.
Prepare
Inspect the system, confirm configuration, assign roles, review safety, and ready test equipment.
Execute
Conduct bench, ground, and flight tests according to the planned sequence and stop criteria.
Record
Capture observations, telemetry, logs, media, environmental conditions, failures, and deviations.
Correct
Identify root causes, implement approved changes, document configuration updates, and plan retest.
Report
Summarize results, limitations, residual risks, recommendations, and the supported operational decision.
Government & Industry Growth
Developing for Future Prototype, Field, and Prime-Contractor Test Support.
PPS intends to support future government, public-safety, research, commercial, and defense-industry partners with test planning, field execution, technical documentation, issue tracking, training, and sustainment.
Current Test Support
Commercial and prototype bench testing, controlled flight evaluation, communications checks, payload validation, post-repair verification, issue tracking, and documentation.
Contract-Specific Expansion
Formal developmental or operational test support, government ranges, controlled data, specialized instrumentation, airworthiness coordination, secure programs, and qualified engineering personnel.
Start With the Test Question
Tell Us What Must Be Proven, Measured, or Compared.
Provide the platform, configuration, mission, test objective, success criteria, environment, location, schedule, available data, and desired deliverable. We will assess the most practical test approach.
Testing, travel, range access, instrumentation, aircraft, components, batteries, insurance, documentation, data analysis, retesting, and specialized personnel may be priced separately based on the approved scope.