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AEye Apollo

About

About AEye Apollo

AEye Apollo uses software-defined scanning to adjust field of view, point density, resolution and range through software. The compact 1550-nanometre lidar provides a maximum 120-degree field of view, up to 6.4 million points per second and detection distances reaching one kilometre.

Its low-profile package supports windshield, roof, grille and infrastructure installations. OPTIS perception software classifies hazards from Apollo point clouds, with NVIDIA DRIVE AGX providing a supported compute environment. AEye and manufacturing partner LITEON are preparing the sensor for production customer programmes.

Operations

  • Reported Output

    first Apollo units from new manufacturing line - 2025-05-07 - LiDAR manufacturing - AEye and LITEON confirmed production of first Apollo units from a new manufacturing line.

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Timeline

  • AEye Apollo selected for Lunar Outpost Pegasus vehicle

    2026-09-01 - Contract Award - Pegasus is being developed to transport Artemis astronauts across the lunar surface under NASA's Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services programme. Apollo is intended to support terrain perception, obstacle detection and autonomous navigation in lunar operating conditions. The award extends AEye's commercial lidar work beyond automotive, defence and industrial applications into space mobility.

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  • AEye expands to 25 revenue-generating customers as Q2 revenue rises nine-fold

    2026-08-06 - Market Signal - The customer count increased 19% from Q1, while total commercial engagements grew 25% and active quotations increased by roughly 40%. Defence engagements doubled quarter over quarter and AEye's lead defence customer placed a third consecutive paid order. The company is evaluating Apollo lidar across uncrewed aerial and ground vehicles and counter-UAS applications.

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  • AEye Apollo lidar validated on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor

    2026-08-05 - Capability - Validation confirms sensor-to-compute interoperability through NVIDIA DRIVE OS. Pre-qualified status places Apollo within the Hyperion autonomous-driving development ecosystem. The milestone follows AEye’s January 2026 showcase of Apollo integrated with Thor and is a distinct formal validation step.

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Context

Market context

Apollo is AEye's 1550 nm software-defined LiDAR sensor in the 4Sight Flex family for configurable long-range perception across automotive and non-automotive autonomy.

  • Target environment: Automated vehicles, logistics systems, smart infrastructure, industrial machines, and high-speed autonomy platforms.
  • Workflow context: Long-range LiDAR perception, region-of-interest sensing, object detection, sensor fusion, and configurable autonomy perception.
  • Customer context: Autonomy developers, automotive programs, infrastructure integrators, and robotics teams needing software-configurable LiDAR output.
  • Deployment model: Sensor integration into customer perception stacks with application-specific configuration, calibration, compute, and fusion software.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product announcement with public specifications and AEye positioning around 4Sight Flex sensing.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on perception software, cost, mounting geometry, sensor-fusion architecture, validation cycles, and performance in target operating conditions.
  • Market position: Configurable LiDAR component for autonomy systems that need application-specific long-range sensing.
  • Adjacent products: Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR, Mid-360S LiDAR Sensor, Phoenix Perception Radar

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