EASA flight operations platform
The compliance system of record for regulated UAV operations.
A UAV operation is not just flights. It is a regulated business process — from first customer contact, through SORA-compliant risk assessment and checklist-gated execution, to signed deliverables and invoicing.
KestrelWorks captures every step of it, offline, on hardware you own, under a licence you keep.
structured tables in one unified operational data model
generated report types, each with a required-signature slot
operational roles, enforced at UI, session and database layer
bars of signal required to fly a full mission in the field
Three reasons operators move
Built for the part of the job that is not flying.
01 — Ownership
Own it forever
A perpetual local licence, not a subscription. Support and updates are an optional annual plan. Stop paying and the software keeps running — you will use this system for a decade, and it stays yours, with your data, on your server.
02 — Regulation
A real SORA engine
Not a form that stores your conclusions. OPEN-category screening, STS/PDRA matching, computed Ground and Air Risk Class, SAIL determination and the full OSO checklist — generated from the mission's own parameters and kept as a reportable record.
03 — Continuity
One unbroken thread
Enquiry, quote, contract, work order, risk assessment, checklist, flight log, debrief, signed deliverable, billing proposal. One record chain, no re-keying between a CRM, a logbook spreadsheet and an accounting package.
The operational thread
From first contact to signed deliverable.
Stage 01
Sell
Kanban pipeline, customers, contacts and sites with GPS and hazard notes. Versioned quotes and contracts from a priced catalogue.
Stage 02
Assess
SORA and dynamic risk assessment, airspace and geozone check, weather scored against your own limits: GO, CAUTION or NO-GO.
Stage 03
Dispatch
Crew, aircraft and equipment booked against one calendar. A grounded airframe cannot be assigned — the gate is enforced, not advisory.
Stage 04
Fly
Eight-phase digital checklist on the tablet, signed IMSAFE declaration, Go/No-Go per leg, flight logs captured offline.
Stage 05
Close
Flight Director review, signed report package to the customer, billing proposal to your accounting software. Hours and cycles accrue automatically.
Office and field, paired
One workstation and one tablet. Or a hundred.
The Windows workstation is the office system of record, connected directly to your own PostgreSQL database. Each Android tablet runs fully offline against its own local database and is paired to its pilot's workstation by a one-time QR exchange — after that the two reconcile by themselves whenever they share a network.
That pairing is the whole scaling model. A solo operator runs one PC and one tablet. A larger operation adds pilots and tablets, and the sales, governance, safety and operations roles alongside them, against the same database — with no practical ceiling and no change in how any of it works.
Coming after the first release: macOS and iOS clients, and customer-managed cloud deployments for operators who would rather not run a server themselves.
Design-partner programme
A small number of operators shape the first release.
Free for the duration of the beta, with a locked-in launch discount on the perpetual licence. Benelux, the Nordics and Germany first. English-only during beta; language packs follow at general release.
Apply for the beta