Tempest Droneworx Unveils Corvus MRDR: Sim-to-Real Autonomy Testing Platform

Autonomous systems development has long been hampered by the high costs and logistical challenges of testing, but Tempest Droneworx™ is changing that with its new Corvus MRDR™ (Modular Robotics Development & Reporting) platform. Designed to let engineers test their own algorithms and control methods in a simulated environment before transitioning to real hardware, Corvus MRDR™ is now available for sale after being refined through years of internal use, including work on the FAA BAA 4 One-to-Many Command and Control project. The platform allows teams to start with 20 simulated aircraft operating in real-world coordinates, then progressively replace simulated vehicles with physical ones without altering their existing workflow or surrendering intellectual property. As Ty Audronis, CTO of Tempest Droneworx™, explains, "We're not commercializing our control algorithms. We're commercializing the engineering environment that helped us build them."

The Corvus MRDR™ platform currently supports PX4 and ArduPilot through distributed Core Robotics Object Simulators (CROS), with additional firmware types in beta. The Robotics Aggregation & Visualization Node (RAVN) integrates simulated and physical vehicle telemetry with ADS-B, Remote ID, RADAR, and other sources in a real-time 3D environment, enabling mission recording and replay for analysis. The product line includes the MRDR-1, stackable MRDR-2 Expansion systems, and the eight-display MRDR-187 Enterprise, with NDAA-compliant configurations available. The first MRDR-187 Enterprise has already been delivered to the University of Houston Robotics Department. Dr. Dana Abramovitz, CEO of Tempest Droneworx™, emphasizes the collaborative potential: "The next generation of autonomous systems won't be built by any one company working alone. By making Corvus MRDR™ available, we're giving researchers, developers, industry, and government another tool to move faster and advance the next generation of autonomous systems together."

Corvus MRDR™ is available for pre-order now, with commercial deliveries beginning in October 2026, and Corvus MRDR™ Defense scheduled for December 2026. The Corvus Platform Pipeline Beta Program is also open for early access to features under development. For demonstrations and pre-orders, visit www.tempestdroneworx.com or contact Email Contact. Tempest Droneworx™, a Houston-based Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), develops platform-agnostic software that turns autonomous systems and sensor data into real-time operational insight for commercial, academic, public safety, government, and defense customers.