AI-assisted drone mission workspace

Plan the mission.
Make the call.

From the brief to waypoints and review.
Built around fixed-wing missions.

Windows previewFixed-wing waypointsOperator approval
Inside NORM

It starts with a sentence.

Drone missions often start with a simple request: “Take a look over this area.” Then preparation begins, and so do the questions: Where exactly? Which points should the route pass through? What constraints must stay in view? Do the changes still match the request? Can someone else make sense of the plan?

Windows preview · Mission preparation. This capture shows the application, not a completed flight.
From requirements to review

The brief.
The route.
The review.

The technology isn’t always the hard part. The information is scattered: requirements live in a chat, locations on a map, and waypoints in another tool. The reason for a change stays in the head of whoever made it.

How the workflow fits together
Mission drafts · The supplied capture has no saved drafts. Saving a draft does not send it to a device.

A plan you can work with.

NORM aims to make mission preparation less of a grind. It is an AI-assisted drone mission workspace that brings requirements, waypoints, maps, reviews, and records into one place. A mission starts as an idea and becomes a plan you can inspect, edit, discuss, and confirm.

01 / Software

Windows preview

The project reports a packaged application for demonstrations and engineering evaluation, with task and draft-management workflows tested.

02 / Hardware

Validation in progress

Some serial connection and initialization checks are complete. Full mission reading, independent upload verification, and limited control have not all passed acceptance.

Read the development status
One mission workspace

Work through the plan.

Requirements, drafts, review, and records. Each has a place.

NORM mission preparation screen
NORM waypoints & drafts screen
NORM observations & records screen

Actual software captures. The observation views show no live vehicles; they do not establish flight or device-control acceptance.

The mission workflow

From a brief
to a reviewed plan.

One thing matters to us: the original requirements must not get lost along the way. AI helps organize, interpret, and suggest. People still check conditions on the ground and approve actions involving a device.

Illustrated workflow · 01

Start with the task.

Bring the mission requirements into the workspace so the proposed plan can be reviewed against the original request.

The mission workflow

From a brief to a reviewed plan.

One thing matters to us: the original requirements must not get lost along the way. AI helps organize, interpret, and suggest. People still check conditions on the ground and approve actions involving a device.

01 / Mission brief

Start with the task.

Bring the mission requirements into the workspace so the proposed plan can be reviewed against the original request.

02 / AI-assisted planning

Turn the brief into a proposal.

AI helps interpret the request and propose a mission plan. The proposal remains a draft for the operator to examine.

03 / Waypoint editing

Review the route in detail.

Review and edit the proposed waypoints before deciding whether the plan is ready for approval.

04 / Operator approval

Keep the decision with the operator.

Actions involving a vehicle require human approval. Approval is separate from the AI’s suggestion and from verification of the device result.

05 / Mission records

Keep the task and its records together.

Keep device mission records alongside the planning workflow. Full real-device transfer, verification, and limited control are still undergoing acceptance testing.

NORM for Windows

Your next mission
starts with a plan.

Available as a Windows technical preview for product discussions and engineering evaluation.

Try organizing requirements, drafting waypoints, working with maps, and reviewing plans. Uploads to real flight controllers and the control loop are still being validated. The preview is not intended for real flights, unattended operation, or production use.

Get NORM
Talk to NORM

Let’s talk about your next mission.

Bring a mission, and see if the next round of preparation can be a little clearer.

hello@normautonomy.com

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