Stryx developed and flew at ‘rapid pace’ – BAE Systems

A team of BAE Systems Australia engineers have successfully flown the company’s Australian developed and manufactured Strix Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system. The craft takes off vertically before moving to forward flight – reversing the manouvre to land. The Managing Director of BAE Systems Australia’s Defence Delivery business unit Andrew Gresham said…

Swinburne takes hydrogen to the skies

Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology has successfully completed the first flight of an Australian-developed hydrogen fuel cell electric powered VTOL drone. The flight occurring last week in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley was the first of its type in Australia. This flight was the first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL), hydrogen-powered uncrewed aerial system (UAS) flight.…