The agreement will see NIOA provide a range of technical components to SYPAQ’s Corvo Strike Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System platform.
The aircraft successfully demonstrated autonomous taxi, take-off, flight, landing, and response to commands from the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System MD-5 Ground Control Station during the two-hour flight.
The decade-long investment is aimed at strengthening Australia’s ability to detect and defeat increasingly sophisticated uncrewed aerial threats, both at home and in deployed operations overseas.
The two publications, produced by Australian Army Battle Lab, were announced earlier this week to inform Army units about drone integration and safety.
Vornik, who joined the C-UAS company in 2015, said “it has been an experience of a lifetime to serve as DroneShield’s CEO”. He will continue with the company for the next three months as an adviser to support the transition.
The 25-year-old South Australian Army Reservist has been charged with breaching Defence legislation after allegedly fighting in Ukraine and allegedly working for a foreign military without authorisation, and was scheduled to face Adelaide Magistrates Court on 7 April.