Tempest Droneworx, a Houston-based real-time intelligence technology company, has been selected to present at Venture Atlanta 2026, one of the nation's premier venture capital conferences. The event, scheduled for October 14-15 at the Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, brings together the Southeast's fastest-growing technology companies with top-tier investors, corporate innovation leaders, and strategic partners from across the country. Tempest Droneworx was chosen after a highly competitive application process, positioning it as one of the region's most promising tech firms.
The company's flagship Harbinger platform aggregates, controls, analyzes, and disseminates information from unmanned systems, security cameras, LiDAR, thermal and RGB sensors, RADAR, satellite data, and other sources into a real-time 3D common operating picture. This technology is designed to prevent issues from becoming serious problems through immediate insight. It is platform-, sensor-, communications-, AI/ML-, and presentation-agnostic, enabling customers to integrate existing and future systems without being locked into a single hardware or software ecosystem. The company has demonstrated its capabilities through programs with the Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Air Force, including simultaneous control of heterogeneous unmanned aircraft and the development of airspace deconfliction and real-time 3D common operating picture capabilities.
In addition to Harbinger, Tempest Droneworx is bringing Corvus MRDR (Modular Robotics Development & Reporting) to market. This engineering platform allows researchers and developers to build and test robotics, autonomy, cooperative control, and multi-vehicle technologies using combinations of virtual and physical systems in the same environment. Corvus MRDR enables teams to move incrementally from simulation to real hardware without rebuilding the test environment around their code, while capturing telemetry for analysis and playback.
The selection to present at Venture Atlanta 2026 is significant because it provides Tempest Droneworx with exposure to hundreds of investors and influential leaders. Venture Atlanta has helped launch more than 1,000 companies, facilitating more than $8.8 billion in capital raised and $22 billion in successful exits. For a company serving defense, government, public safety, research, agriculture, infrastructure, and commercial markets, this opportunity could accelerate growth and adoption of its real-time intelligence solutions. As an SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Tempest Droneworx's participation also highlights the role of veteran-led innovation in the tech ecosystem.
The implications extend beyond the company itself. Tempest Droneworx's technology addresses critical needs in situational awareness and multi-domain operations, areas that are increasingly important for both national security and commercial applications. By presenting at Venture Atlanta, the company may attract investment that speeds up the deployment of its platforms, potentially benefiting industries that rely on real-time data fusion and autonomous systems. For more information about Venture Atlanta, visit https://www.ventureatlanta.org.
