Dronecode Foundation

Dronecode Foundation (also known as Dronecode Project) is a US-based vendor-neutral foundation for open-source drone projects. It is a non-profit organization under the Linux Foundation.

Mission and goals
Dronecode's mission is to enable organizations to build and run safe and scalable drone applications.

At the core of Dronecode's strategy are:
 * flight controller software (i.e., PX4)
 * mission planners (i.e., QGroundControl)
 * communication protocols (i.e., MAVLink)
 * declarative APIs
 * open reference hardware (i.e., Pixhawk).

Dronecode aims to allow developers to test and deploy drone applications "from their desk".

Projects

 * PX4 Autopilot – flight controller firmware for drones
 * QGroundControl – mission planner
 * MAVLink – communication protocol for drones and components
 * MAVSDK – set of libraries providing a high-level API to MAVLink
 * Pixhawk – open-hardware flight controller

Key people

 * Lorenz Meier (Auterion) — Board Chairman
 * Daniel Agar (PX4 Maintainer) — Technical Steering Committee (TSC) Chairman

Members
As of 2021, key members of the Dronecode Foundation are:
 * Auterion (Platinum member)
 * Microsoft (Gold member)
 * NXP (Gold member)
 * 96Boards (Gold member)