ARK Electronics

ARK Electronics designs and builds drone and robotics electronics in the United States. The company was founded in 2018. It says every product is designed, made and tested in the US. Its parts are NDAA compliant, and many are listed on the Blue UAS Framework. Customers include professional, commercial and defense programs.

Flight controllers

The online store lists 17 flight controllers and carrier boards. Examples are:

• ARKV6X: a flight controller, also sold in an extended range version and as an extended range bundle.
• ARKV6X-RT and ARKV6S: two more flight controllers in the same family.
• ARK FPV and ARK FPV 32X: flight controllers for FPV builds.
• ARK Pixhawk Autopilot Bus Carrier: a carrier board for Pixhawk standard modules.
• ARK Jetson PAB: carrier boards for NVIDIA Jetson computers, sold with NDAA bundles that use the Jetson Orin NX 8 GB.
• ARK Pi6X and ARK Pi6X Flow: boards that pair a flight controller with a Raspberry Pi style computer.
• ARK VOXL2 RTK PAB Carrier: a carrier board for the ModalAI VOXL 2.

Other products

The company also makes GPS modules, optical flow and distance sensors, rangefinders, power modules, inertial measurement units, speed controllers and embedded computers.

Open source work

ARK says it backs the open source community and contributes to PX4, ArduPilot and Betaflight. It is a Dronecode member, an ArduPilot partner and a member of 47G, the Utah aerospace and defense group. It works with developers around the world so its hardware fits the main software and hardware platforms. The company says it is driven by a passion for drones, unmanned systems and robotics, and it keeps adding new products.

Who it suits

Buyers who need American made parts, such as government programs and defense suppliers, will find the NDAA and Blue UAS claims useful. Check the exact status of each part before you order.