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Australian tilt-body VTOL demonstrator, with electric prototype flights preceding development of the intended hybrid propulsion system.

Country / region
Australia
Programme status
Development / trials
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
Development / trialsDevelopment / trials
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
BAE Systems Australia / Innovaero
Origin / production countries
Australia
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Full-scale electric flight-test prototype; Intended hybrid-electric configuration: development
Operators / programme customers
Not confirmed in the reviewed public sources

Evidence & current status

Flight testing is documented by the developer. Hybrid performance objectives and military service have not been established by these trials.

Role & capabilities

  • Multirole aircraft

Specifications in context

Airframe
Tilt-body uncrewed aircraft demonstrator

Published source figure; applicability depends on the cited configuration.

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Launch / recovery
Autonomous VTOL demonstrated in prototype testing

Published source figure; applicability depends on the cited configuration.

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Propulsion
Electric prototype; hybrid-electric system under development

Electric trial aircraft must not be confused with the intended later hybrid configuration.

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Dimensions
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Mass
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Endurance
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Range
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Speed
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Altitude
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Payload
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Sensors
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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