# AeroVironment AVACORE, brain

AeroVironment's open autonomy software architecture: a behavior-tree-based, airframe-decoupled stack paired with the Autonomy Retrofit Kit (ARK) edge-compute payload and SPOTR-Edge perception. Designed to be cross-platform; it underpins the Red Dragon one-way-attack UAS and is a named retrofit for the Puma family.

- **Slug:** avacore
- **Type:** Framework
- **Maturity (DEPLOY ladder):** Production
- **Open source:** no

## Developed by (1)

- [AeroVironment](/companies/aerovironment.md)


## Powers (1)

- [AeroVironment Puma](/models/aerovironment-puma.md) (AeroVironment)


## Sources (3)

1. **AVACORE open autonomy software architecture (official product page)** · https://www.avinc.com/solution/avacore/
2. **AeroVironment unveils AVACORE and the ARK autonomy kit (2024)** · https://investor.avinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/av-unveils-new-ai-capability-and-autonomy-kit-unmanned-systems
3. **Red Dragon built on AV's AVACORE shared software architecture (May 6, 2025)** · https://www.avinc.com/2025/05/06/av-unleashes-red-dragon-a-new-breed-of-fully-autonomous-capable-gps-denied-one-way-attack-unmanned-aircraft-systems/


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