UAS Nexus
"The most scalable and interoperable group 1 UAS platform"
US drone manufacturer and members-only Syndicate marketplace offering NDAA-compliant UAS components and its own Platform One modular attritable drone ecosystem.
UAS Nexus is a U.S.-based unmanned aerial systems manufacturer and distributor headquartered in the Western United States (Salt Lake City, Utah area), founded by Bobby Sakaki, a leading sUAS technology expert with prior roles at Ascent AeroSystems, Autel Robotics, and WhiteFox Defense Technologies, as well as consulting experience with Fortune 500 companies and U.S. federal agencies through his firm Lyterate.
The company operates two integrated business lines: its own drone hardware engineering (Platform One) and the UAS Nexus Syndicate, a members-only marketplace for NDAA-compliant and BlueUAS-certified drone components and systems.
Platform One is UAS Nexus's signature in-house engineered Group 1 UAS ecosystem. It features a modular, attritable airframe combined with interoperable payloads, standardized radios, and multiple autopilot options. The platform supports ArduPilot, PX4, iNav, Betaflight, and VOXL-based autonomy stacks. Radio options include Doodle Labs ISM and Helix mesh radios, DTC BlueSDR, and Silvus 5200 MIMO radios. Camera payload options include the FLIR Hadron 640R thermal/EO and IMX412 low-light EO. Pre-built configurations are available starting at approximately $2,100 (basic analog FPV) up to approximately $10,000 (Silvus MIMO with FLIR Hadron + compute module). The platform is Blue UAS aligned and uses NDAA-compliant components.
The Syndicate marketplace provides vetted end users with curated access to BlueUAS-listed components (antennas, batteries, cameras, flight controllers, GPS, ESCs, motors, radios, software, transmitters) under a membership request model that verifies compliance suitability. The vetting process reflects the sensitive supply-chain nature of the components.
Additional services include BlueUAS compliance consulting, custom engineering, market access/GTM support, regulatory guidance, and operator training. UAS Nexus also partnered with Rogue Cortex in 2026 to launch a modular FPV developer kit combining Platform One with Rogue Cortex's SDK and developer program. Website redirects to syndicate.uasnexus.com.
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- UAS Nexus
- UAS
- NDAA
- BlueUAS
- Platform One
- modular
- marketplace
- Group 1
- NDAA compliant drone
- Group 1 UAS
- attritable drone
- FPV drone
- drone components
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- Drone/eVTOL
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