Water stress is escalating
Water scarcity, salinization, and agricultural volatility are accelerating across continents. Intermittent imagery misses crucial changes, leaving operators blind to rapidly evolving conditions.
Continuous aerial intelligence for water-stressed regions everywhere.
Horus Engineering delivers the Gas-filled Compact Flying Apparatus (GCFA): a modern blimp platform that stays aloft for days, collecting multispectral insights where satellites and drones fall short. We empower governments and enterprises to monitor resources, infrastructure, and climate risk in real time.
Problem & Opportunity
Rapidly expanding water stress, climate volatility, and infrastructure demands require persistent aerial data that current solutions simply cannot sustain.
Massive market acceleration
Global aerial imaging spend is on track to triple by 2032 across infrastructure, agriculture, energy, and environmental sectors, creating worldwide demand for persistent coverage solutions.
Our solution: Gas-filled Compact Flying Apparatus
GCFA bridges the gap between satellites, planes, and drones by pairing long-endurance flight with high-fidelity sensing and autonomous control.
Persistent coverage
Gas-filled Compact Flying Apparatus (GCFA) floats for days, providing continuous mid-altitude imaging absent from satellites, manned flights, or drones.
Advanced envelope
Proprietary composite film keeps helium permeability under 20 cc/m²·24h·1atm while remaining under 100 gsm, outperforming consumer films.
Autonomous operations
Hybrid AI control stack fuses multiple sensors to maintain robust path following and navigation even in degraded GNSS/GPS environments.
Composite film advantage
Our proprietary envelope material delivers sub-20 cc/m²·24h helium permeability and under 100 gsm weight, dramatically outperforming consumer-grade films and aluminized mylar. The result: longer missions and lower operating costs.
Autonomous control schema
A hybrid AI controller fuses sensor inputs to maintain course in challenging wind profiles. Redundant navigation keeps the GCFA mission-ready when GNSS/GPS signals fade, unlocking fully autonomous operations.
Go-to-market roadmap
A two-stage commercialization strategy balances early recurring revenue with scalable hardware delivery.
2025-2026
Prototype & validation
Develop composite envelope, train flight models, and complete prototype manufacturing and testing with strategic pilot partners.
2027
Stage 1 launch
Deploy GCFA as a service: subscription aerial coverage, data analytics, and precision reporting for government and enterprise clients.
2029
Stage 2 scale
Introduce direct apparatus sales, maintenance programs, and regional franchise agreements to expand global footprint.
Committed to research & development
Dedicated teams across research, science, engineering, and software are driving a 12–24 month roadmap of tightly integrated milestones.
- Composite envelope engineering and gas permeability testing
- Flight model training with deep learning and hybrid controllers
- Connectivity research and resilient telemetry
- Integrated flight stack development
- Prototype build, testing, and iteration
Leadership team
Interdisciplinary experts combining deep learning, material science, avionics, and long-term R&D leadership.
Jan Akhremchik
Founder & Deep Learning Lead
BSc/MSc Applied Math & Control Processes, 8 years building AI systems.
View profile ↗Valeriy Akhremchik
Hardware Engineer
Physics MSc, specializes in structural analysis, hardware and material analysis.
Nikita Podkhvatov
Embedded Systems Lead
Applied Math MSc, 6 years of embedded development.
View profile ↗Sergei Salishev
Software & Research Advisor
PhD Mathematics & Mechanics, 25 years in software research and academia; senior lecturer at SPSU.
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We’re engaging with government agencies, utilities, and corporations seeking persistent monitoring of water, infrastructure, and climate risk.
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