Filanda Inc. is a technology company dedicated to developing advanced applications that can leverage its proprietary aircraft navigation technology and vehicular hardware.

The company specializes in software and hardware solutions for navigation, data recording, and other aeronautical applications. In addition to existing products, we offer custom development for your own specific needs and projects.

Filanda commenced operations in 1993 and is comprised of a small team of highly skilled engineering and flying personnel who have worked together for more than 10 years. The Company's core technology platform comprises rugged miniature helicopter and airplane computer systems and DGPS Navigation software. Specific applications have been developed in the following areas:

  • Oil & Gas Industry: seismic data acquisition (bag deployment)
  • Photogrammetry: inertial/dgps navigation & camera control
  • Forestry: 3D Photo Aerial Inventory & spraying (forestry package)
  • Agriculture: spraying (agricultural package)

These applications are marketed under the SoftNav® registered Trademark.



Through on-going investment in R&D, Filanda's goal is to continually improve its technology and provide its customers with a comprehensive line of state-of-the-art, rugged products and applications unparalleled in the industry.

In addition to the standard products offered by the company, Filanda also designs and manufactures custom variations to meet specific customer needs.

Filanda's vision is to stay at the forefront of this industry, pushing performance levels while reducing time to market through experience and knowledge in design, development and manufacturing of complex systems.

All products are designed using a modular building concept. The Company offers the ability to upgrade systems through technology insertion while maintaining backward and forward compatibility, virtually eliminating obsolescence. More important, this concept allows users to continually keep pace with the ever-evolving advances in the commercial computing field and life cycle costs are minimized.

By using industry-standard hardware and software platforms, we are able to provide you with exceptional performance and expandability for a reasonable cost.