Where we're going.
How we get there.

Emrys is building the sovereign UK technology stack for defence, marine, and scientific platforms — from chip-level networking and sensing through to complete autonomous systems — entirely designed, built, and operated in the United Kingdom.

The UK's defence and maritime industries depend on foreign technology at every layer of the stack. US-origin networking. Swiss GNSS. French IMUs. American SatCom with ITAR restrictions that complicate classified programmes. Ukraine exposed how fragile these dependencies are. Every product Emrys makes replaces a foreign dependency with a UK-sovereign equivalent — and every product is better than what it replaces.

Seed capital is focused on four products with the clearest path to revenue or grant funding. Everything else is funded by grants and Series A — not seed burn.

PAR (Project Aegis)	Mesh-networked personal area radar. Six-year operational prototype. Every soldier becomes a sensor node — no identified competitor at the individual soldier mesh level. DASA application within 3 months of incorporation. v2 prototype by Month 9.
X-Plex	Patented electrical-level network switch fabric. No identified worldwide competitor. First enterprise customer targeted within 9 months. GBP 20,000–35,000 per unit.
Project Argus	AI-powered autonomous surveillance drone. Follows a soldier unit without a dedicated operator. Integrates directly with PAR mesh — detections relay silently to every soldier's haptic brace. Onboard edge AI: no cloud, no latency, no data exfiltration. DASA co-submission alongside PAR. Whitepaper Month 6, hardware demonstrator Year 1.
PowerFi	300W sovereign smart power supply with WiFi dashboard. Consumer crowdfunding launch plus defence and scientific field deployment. Prototype operational. Commercial launch Year 1–2.
SonaSphere / SensaSphere	Air-deployed spherical AUV platform — dual-use defence and scientific variants. Plymouth Marine Laboratory pilot partner. Whitepaper Month 6. UKRI/Innovate UK funding route alongside DASA.

PAR and Project Argus are designed as a single integrated system, not two separate products. PAR gives every soldier a ground-level radar picture. Argus gives the unit an overhead AI eye. Together they create a 360° persistent threat awareness system — ground contacts via PAR, aerial and long-range contacts via Argus — all delivered silently to every soldier's haptic brace simultaneously. No screens. No radio calls. No operator removed from the fight. This combined capability is co-submitted to DASA and will be presented to MOD as a unified platform.

Emrys Sensor Suite	Sovereign UK SatCom, GNSS, and IMU. Removes ITAR dependency from every Emrys platform. Year 2.
HALE Drone	Sovereign affordable HALE UAV for UK MOD and NATO allies. Addresses the ISR gap exposed by Ukraine. Year 2–3.
Project Firkin	Jet-powered autonomous USV. Royal Navy actively buying in this space (Project Beehive, 2026). Year 2–3.
Emrys Forge	Plymouth Science Park fabrication facility — SC-cleared electronics manufacturing and R&D enclave. Year 1–2.

Emrys is structured as a long-term sovereign technology group, not a single-product startup. The roadmap below outlines the planned expansion from the seed-stage core into a fully diversified sovereign deep technology company.

2026–2027	Seed stage. PAR + Argus DASA submissions. X-Plex first customer. PowerFi to market. SonaSphere / SensaSphere whitepaper + PML MOU. Emrys Forge established. Seed round closes GBP 2.5M–5M. Series A targets set.
2027–2028	Series A. HALE Drone development begins. Project Firkin begins. Emrys Sensor Suite built. SonaSphere / SensaSphere prototype demonstrated to Royal Navy and PML. Series A closes GBP 5M–8M. Team scales to 12–16.
2028–2030	Platform revenues. HALE Drone first MOD/NATO demonstration. Project Firkin first Royal Navy trial. Emrys Sensor Suite first defence customer. PCB fabrication operational. Emrys Robotics division groundwork begins.
2029–2031	Division launches. Emrys Commercial launches — X-Plex and PowerFi into civilian industrial channels. Emrys Scientific launches — SensaSphere commercial routes, oceanographic SaaS platform. Series B planning begins.
2030–2032	Autonomous systems and aerospace. Emrys Robotics launches — sovereign ground, maritime, and aerial autonomous platforms. Emrys Aerospace launches — extending HALE into stratospheric and satellite capability. Emrys Health groundwork begins.
2031–2034	Health and further diversification. Emrys Health launches — ruggedised diagnostics, wearable biosensors, sovereign medical hardware for defence and civilian healthcare. Full SC-cleared manufacturing operational.
2032–2036	Long-term horizon. Emrys Agritech launches — autonomous field drones, AI crop monitoring, soil sensing networks. Target: UK's foremost sovereign deep technology group across defence, maritime, aerospace, scientific, commercial, health, and agritech. Headcount 100–200+.

Emrys Robotics	Sovereign ground, maritime, and aerial autonomous platforms. Built on Argus, SonaSphere, and Project Firkin capability. Launch 2030–2036.
Emrys Scientific	SensaSphere commercial routes, oceanographic SaaS, scientific sensor networks. Plymouth Marine Laboratory is the foundation. Launch 2028–2033.
Emrys Aerospace	Extending HALE Drone into stratospheric platforms, small satellites, and aerospace-grade electronics. Launch 2030–2036.
Emrys Commercial	X-Plex and PowerFi into civilian industrial, energy, and infrastructure markets. Launch 2029–2034.
Emrys Health	Ruggedised diagnostics, wearable biosensors, and sovereign medical hardware for defence and civilian healthcare. Launch 2031–2036.
Emrys Agritech	Autonomous field drones, AI-powered crop monitoring, soil sensing networks. SensaSphere and edge AI as technical foundations. Launch 2032–2036.

Emrys operates a consultancy division from day one, generating immediate cash flow before product revenues materialise. Services are delivered by the founding team at senior engineer rates.

Electronics Engineering	Circuit design, PCB layout, signal integrity, analogue/digital/mixed-signal, and prototype bring-up.
PCB Design	Multi-layer PCB design to Gerber. High-speed, RF, power electronics, and densely-packed layouts with DFM review.
Antenna Design	Custom antenna design, simulation, and characterisation — patches, dipoles, helical, conformal, and phased arrays.
Software & Firmware	Embedded C/C++, RTOS, bare-metal firmware, bootloader, drivers, and Python/web tooling for monitoring and control.
Communications & Networking	RF link design, mesh network architecture, and protocol stack integration (CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I²C, UART, USB).
Power Electronics	DC-DC converters, motor drives, BMS, power distribution architectures, and energy harvesting circuits.
Aerospace & UAV	UAV system architecture, autopilot integration, avionics electronics, and small turbine engine consultation.
Naval Architecture & Maritime	Vessel design, structural analysis, maritime electrical systems, and autonomous vessel platform engineering.
Year 1 Target	GBP 50,000 conservative · GBP 100,000 upside · Day rate GBP 800–1,500 · Fixed projects GBP 5,000–150,000+

Alongside the hardware product stack, Emrys develops a suite of web-based engineering software tools generating recurring subscription revenue at low marginal cost.

Emrys MX	Web-based antenna design and simulation platform. Currently live. Subscription model — individual / team / enterprise.
Emrys NavArch Designer	Naval architecture and vessel design web application. Hull form analysis, stability calculations, structural modelling.
Emrys Power Designer	Power systems modelling tool. DC power budget analysis, converter efficiency, battery sizing, thermal analysis.
Strategic value	Software users become hardware customers. An engineer using Emrys Power Designer is a natural X-Plex or PowerFi customer. Software builds brand awareness and product pipeline at scale.

Seed round	GBP 2,500,000 – 5,000,000 · PAR + Argus DASA submissions · X-Plex first customer · PowerFi to market · SonaSphere / SensaSphere prototype begins · Emrys Forge established
Series A	GBP 5,000,000 – 8,000,000 · Year 2 · Post seed milestones · HALE Drone · Project Firkin · Emrys Sensor Suite · Robotics groundwork
Grant layer	GBP 500,000 – 2,000,000 · DASA · Innovate UK · NATO DIANA · UKRI · Parallel to equity rounds
Profitability target	End of Year 2 (base case). SEIS/EIS eligible.

Plymouth is not a compromise — it is a strategic asset. HMNB Devonport is the Royal Navy's largest operational base. Babcock International, Princess Yachts, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the University of Plymouth, and Plymouth Science Park are all within ten minutes. No other UK city offers this combination for a company working across defence, maritime, and scientific sectors.

Dr Wesley Andrews — CEO	PhD Electronics & Communications Engineering. SC Cleared. 15 years across maritime electronics, aerospace, RF, power, UAV, and JetCat turbine systems. Inventor of X-Plex (Cyber-SHIP patent).
Mr William Bridgman — COO	Naval Architect & Defence Procurement Lead. SC Cleared. 10 years MOD maritime and naval architecture. Deep defence procurement knowledge and prime contractor network. Leads DASA strategy.
Mr Nicholas Hosgood — CTO	Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Lead. 15 years at Princess Yachts — electrical system architecture, mechanical design, and full vessel integration at production level. Hardware design from concept to manufacture.