FLARE AEROSPACE

INSIGHT
FROM EARTH
TO US.

OBSERVE / UNDERSTAND / NAVIGATE / ACT

We develop visual localization and mission-autonomy systems for UAVs operating where GNSS cannot be relied on.

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RESEARCH FOOTAGE / 3× PLAYBACK

01 / Observe

THE WORLD
IS INFORMATION.

Read the world.

Overhead view of a school campus and its playing field.
Electronics and a cylindrical research prototype on a workbench.
Close-up of a quadrotor frame and its onboard electronics.
Drone and laptop prepared for a test on a playing field.
An overhead campus view with buildings and an athletics field.
FIELD ARCHIVE / 09Observation. Experiment. Flight.

Products / Two connected families

02 / Understand

A REFERENCE. EXTENDED.

Localization & Anchor System

HANSEL and GRETEL: research and reference-extension architectureIllustrative architecture: observations are compared with maps to evaluate position hypotheses. The intended reference-extension path connects to ground anchors from left to right. A shared dome illustrates proposed local coverage. HANSEL is a research prototype; GRETEL is under development, not field-validated.HANSELLOCALIZEENVIRONMENTSEMANTICSMAP ALIGNMENTGLOBAL POSITIONTRUSTED REFERENCEGRETELEXTENDGROUND ANCHORSLOCAL POSITIONING AREA

Illustrative: Reference found. Reference extended.

RESEARCH FOOTAGE / 3× PLAYBACKDrone footage over a school campus.Experimental archive. Not a product demonstration.

HANSEL

LOCALIZE

Research prototype

Localization research for map-referenced position hypotheses.

GRETEL

EXTEND

Under development

A reference-extension architecture using deployable UWB anchors.

03 / Navigate

INTENT BECOMES ACTION.

Agentic Autonomous UAV System

Mission input

Search this area and find black vehicles.

PROSPERO and ARIEL: a conceptual closed-loop missionHuman intent becomes area, target and task in sequence, then takeoff, transit, search, detect and report. The plan continues into flight. A vehicle observation returns to PROSPERO, replaces Search B with Search C, and ARIEL executes the revised route. Illustrative conceptual sequence, not live mission data or evidence of flight-controller integration.PROSPERODECIDEAREASEARCH REGIONSEARCH ATARGETBLACK VEHICLESDETECTTASKFIND / COUNTSEARCH BSEARCH CREPLANNEDTAKEOFFTRANSITREPORTDECOMPOSEPLAN / ALLOCATEMISSION PLANARIELACTABCBLACK VEHICLES / 01MISSION COMPLETE

PROSPERO / Receive

Receiving the search request.

Illustrative mission sequence. Not live telemetry.

RESEARCH ARCHIVE / PREPARATIONCanSat launch preparation. Separate research experiment.Experimental archive. Not a product demonstration.

PROSPERO

DECIDE

In development

Mission intelligence being developed to structure operator intent.

ARIEL

ACT

Execution architecture

An intended execution layer for flight, observation, and feedback.

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Research / Evidence

TESTED. MEASURED.
WITH LIMITS.

Research evidence informs the stack. It is not a specification for every current product.

Predecessor research was evaluated across nine recorded real-flight trials at two physical sites. Reported horizontal localization errors ranged from 3.8 to 8.6 m, with a mean of approximately 5.5 m.

Limited predecessor field evaluation; not a universal performance specification or a current HANSEL performance guarantee.

Research approach

04 / Act

INSIGHT.
IN THE REAL WORLD.

Illustrative application concept: an operator and ground system overlooking a red-lit horizon.
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Flare Aerospace / 01 Origin

FROM ROCKETS
TO AUTONOMY.

Flare's roots lie in hands-on rocket experimentation and rocket education.

A rocket-education business was registered in 2022. Early work included modular educational rocket kits and launches.

The work gradually moved from building vehicles to a harder question: how can an autonomous system understand where it is and what it should do next?

Today, Flare's R&D focuses on GNSS-independent localization and autonomous aerial systems.

02 / Research Lineage

THE WORK
BEHIND THE SYSTEM.

  1. Rocket experimentation
  2. Rocket education
  3. GNSS-challenged CanSat localization
  4. UAV semantic mapping
  5. Real-flight localization research
  6. HANSEL / GRETEL + PROSPERO / ARIEL

03 / Current Flare Focus

WHAT WE ARE
BUILDING NOW.

Flare is developing two connected technology families: map-referenced localization and reference extension, and mission intelligence and autonomous execution.

HANSEL + GRETELPROSPERO + ARIEL

04 / Founder

JEONGWOO KIM

Jeongwoo Kim leads Flare's technical development. His research spans UAV hardware, computer vision, semantic localization, and autonomous navigation.

  • 2025

    CanSat competition — team leader, top award in a two-person team.

  • 2026

    KSEF — Gold Award, individual research.

  • 2026

    Regeneron ISEF — Korea representative finalist.

Individual and team achievements, not Flare company awards.

R&D note: A Korean patent application related to GNSS-independent localization was filed in 2026. An application, not a granted patent.

A New Understanding

AEROSPACE

INSIGHT FROM EARTH TO US.

Get in touch
Research and technical collaboration inquiries.kjw@flareaerospace.com