STRIX
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
- 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.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Autonomous VTOL demonstrated in prototype testing
Published source figure; applicability depends on the cited configuration.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Electric prototype; hybrid-electric system under development
Electric trial aircraft must not be confused with the intended later hybrid configuration.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Mass
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
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