diff --git a/src/send_setpoints/CMakeLists.txt b/src/send_setpoints/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/src/send_setpoints/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+project(send_setpoints)
+
+# Default to C99
+if(NOT CMAKE_C_STANDARD)
+  set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
+endif()
+
+# Default to C++14
+if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+  add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic)
+endif()
+
+# find dependencies
+find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
+# uncomment the following section in order to fill in
+# further dependencies manually.
+# find_package(<dependency> REQUIRED)
+find_package(rclcpp REQUIRED)
+find_package(px4_ros_com REQUIRED)
+
+if(BUILD_TESTING)
+  find_package(ament_lint_auto REQUIRED)
+  # the following line skips the linter which checks for copyrights
+  # uncomment the line when a copyright and license is not present in all source files
+  #set(ament_cmake_copyright_FOUND TRUE)
+  # the following line skips cpplint (only works in a git repo)
+  # uncomment the line when this package is not in a git repo
+  #set(ament_cmake_cpplint_FOUND TRUE)
+  ament_lint_auto_find_test_dependencies()
+endif()
+
+ament_package()
diff --git a/src/send_setpoints/package.xml b/src/send_setpoints/package.xml
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+++ b/src/send_setpoints/package.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
+<package format="3">
+  <name>send_setpoints</name>
+  <version>0.0.0</version>
+  <description>package to send attitude setpoints to pixhawk so it can be armed</description>
+  <maintainer email="semmer99@gmail.com">ubuntu</maintainer>
+  <license>Apache License 2.0</license>
+
+  <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
+
+  <test_depend>ament_lint_auto</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>ament_lint_common</test_depend>
+
+  <export>
+    <build_type>ament_cmake</build_type>
+  </export>
+</package>