We’re Incanta Technologies, a defence software company based in Ottawa, Ontario. Our first project is Aerlattice, a desktop application for planning uncrewed flights and reviewing how they fit into shared airspace.
We started with a practical problem. A route can look straightforward on its own, then become difficult once another flight needs the same space at the same time. Changing the departure time might help. So might a different route. The person reviewing the plan needs to see those options and understand what each one changes.
That’s the work we’re building Aerlattice around.
What we’re building
Aerlattice brings flight requests, airspace checks, route alternatives and review decisions into one workspace. A planner can set a route and its timing, check it against the other information in an exercise, and compare possible changes. A reviewer can then accept or reject the request and record the reason.
The application runs on Windows, with planning and review available offline. It also includes exercises for exploring how plans behave as conditions change.
It’s currently a demonstrator. We can show the application and explain how it works; we still have work ahead to establish how it performs in real operational settings.
Why we’re doing this here
We want to contribute to Canada’s ability to build and maintain its own defence software. For us, that starts with taking responsibility for a product we can improve over time and designing it to work on the user’s own machine.
Being based in Canada doesn’t answer every question about reliability, security or suitability. Those things need evidence. It does give our work a clear home and a reason to keep developing it.
This journal covers the decisions behind that work. The project page is the best place to see Aerlattice’s current capabilities and screenshots.
