Defence & Autonomous
Canopy Observe
Autonomous drone-fleet operations with AI defect detection (YOLOv9 / SAM-2 / DETR), swarm control, and real-time telemetry.
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Operational · Available Q2/Q3 2026
Engineering for the missions that matter.
Northern Edge Software is the engineering partner for defence, autonomous, and AI-native platforms. We design, build, and ship production-grade systems — from contested-network drone command to enterprise SaaS — that stand up under operational load.
Built on production-grade infrastructure
AnthropicAWSCloudflareUnityNVIDIADocker
UAS SWARM // 12 UNITS
CONTESTED MESH · 99.98% PKT
LATENCY <14MS
EDGE TELEMETRY SLO
By the numbers
Operationally proven. Production deployed.
Every system we ship is built to survive contact with the real world — under bandwidth constraints, audit pressure, and operator scrutiny.
99.99%Uptime SLO
50+Projects Shipped
15+Enterprise Clients
24/7Mission Visibility
Capabilities
Six disciplines, one delivery surface.
Most teams pick a lane. We compose them — so a single platform can plan a mission, fuse sensor data, train operators in VR, and stream insights to a board-level dashboard.
Defence & UAS Systems
Command-and-control platforms, counter-drone GCS, and ISR observation systems deployed at sensitive facilities — built for degraded networks and audit-grade traceability.
- Operator command surfaces for multi-vehicle fleets
- Counter-UAS detection & engagement workflows
- Offline-first continuity for contested networks
React / TS
Rust
Python
WebRTC
Mapbox GL
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C2 · Counter-UAS · ISR
VR & Training Simulation
Unity + OpenXR immersive training across 9+ domains and 24+ hazard types. Real-time metrics, instructor controls, and replayable after-action review.
- Cross-platform VR (Quest, Vive, Pico, desktop)
- Instructor consoles with live performance metrics
- Replay capture, scoring & certification pipelines
Unity 6
OpenXR
C# / .NET
HLSL Shaders
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Unity · OpenXR · Hazard Sim
Business Websites & AI Chatbots
From elegant, high-performance corporate marketing sites to intelligent, round-the-clock AI customer service agents that integrate directly with your CRM and operations.
- Custom, responsive web design engineered for conversion
- Integrated 24/7 AI chatbots with retrieval-grounded answers
- E-commerce, booking engines, and dynamic headless CMS
Next.js / SSR
Claude Haiku
Stripe
Postgres
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Web · Chatbots · CMS
AI Product Development
SaaS platforms with LLM orchestration, multi-agent teams, and ML-powered tools — built for teams who need real reliability, not demos.
- Multi-agent workflows with explicit tool boundaries
- RAG with grounded retrieval & citation surfacing
- Eval harnesses, prompt regression tests, observability
Anthropic SDK
FastAPI
pgvector
LangGraph
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LLM · Multi-Agent · RAG
Full-Stack & FinTech Platforms
Production web and mobile, concept to launch — plus financial analytics and AI-enhanced decision tools with the latency, security, and explainability finance demands.
- Multi-tenant SaaS with role-aware controls & billing
- Realtime market & risk dashboards, sub-second updates
- Audit-grade event sourcing for every operator action
Node.js
ClickHouse
Redis
Kafka
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SaaS · Realtime · Audit-Grade
Industry Vertical AI
Automotive diagnostics, marine intelligence, aquaculture, logistics, and field operations. Domain-specific computer vision and decision models embedded into workflows operators already trust.
- Computer vision pipelines (detection, classification, OCR)
- Edge inference on Jetson, Coral, and custom field hardware
- Field-data capture apps with robust offline-first sync
PyTorch
TensorRT
YOLOv9 / SAM-2
Jetson
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Vision · Edge · Verticals
Autonomous systems
Built for the field, not the demo.
From contested-network drone command to live ISR and sensor fusion — our platforms are engineered to hold up under real operational load, on degraded networks, far from the data centre.
Featured work
Products we've built, shipped, and run.
A live portfolio spanning defence & autonomous systems, public-safety command, VR training, and AI-native SaaS — every one designed, engineered, and deployed in-house.
Public Safety
FireCommand Pro
Unified fire-service platform live for Humberside Fire & Rescue — 22 modules replacing 30+ legacy systems.
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Vortova
All-in-one AI fitness platform — adaptive coaching, real-time pose-detection form analysis, and budget-aware nutrition.
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AI & Aquaculture
FinHarv
Operational-intelligence platform for commercial aquaculture — AI root-cause analysis, photo diagnostics across 53 pathogens, and compliance docs.
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Mobile App & Wellness
Magnetic Mindset
Wellness and mindset coaching mobile app delivering daily insights, meditations, and AI-driven journaling prompts.
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Autonomous Flight
MissionCraftAI
Drone flight-control platform with automated missions, 3D mission previews, mapping patterns, and 30+ hardware protocols.
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Canopy VR
Multi-tenant photorealistic VR training for fire, rescue, and defence — Unity 6, live on Meta Quest 3 and pixel-streamed browser.
Explore the portfolioMarketplace
Canopy Trade
Emergency trades marketplace dispatching licence-verified tradies in under 15 minutes, with milestone payment held in escrow.
Explore the portfolioHow we build
From discovery to deployment in four disciplined stages.
The process is transparent and auditable — clear deliverables at every gate, no hand-waving, no vendor lock-in.
01
Discovery & Architecture
Outcome mapping, constraint analysis, and a system blueprint your stakeholders can sign off on.
02
Prototype & Validate
A working slice through the riskiest path — operator UI, telemetry, model, or integration — with real data.
03
Build & Harden
Full implementation with CI/CD, observability, security review, and load testing at production thresholds.
04
Deploy & Operate
Multi-region rollout, runbooks, and an operational handoff with on-call coverage as long as you need it.
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