Parent
Evolved Aerospace
- More than 30 years of rotary wing autonomous flight
- Platform design, certification and flight test heritage
- International research, development and partner network
Capability Overview
Mission systems for land, air and sea
Persistent awareness, extended reach and coordinated effect, delivered as complete mission systems and built in country with our partners.
Track record
Three decades proven
A continuous progression in vertical autonomous flight. Every generation is a deliberate evolution of the one before it.
- 30+
- Years of rotary wing autonomous development
- 7
- Platform generations fielded since 1997
- 3
- Operating domains: land, air and sea
1997
APID MK3
2002
APID 50
2008
NRL Vantage
2015
APID 60
2020
APID One
2025
M200
International
Development and operations worldwide
Not a single site exporter. Engineering, flight test and field operations sit across several countries and continents, under one shared technological foundation.
Development
- Northern Europe
- Origin of the rotary wing autonomy work, grown out of university research and national defense research programs. Platform engineering and flight test since 1996.
- United Kingdom
- Group holding and commercial base coordinating international programs and the partner network.
- Eastern Europe
- Engineering group developing and refining systems continuously against live operational requirements.
Operations and programs
- Nordic region
- Ship based and land based trial campaigns conducted with national defense procurement authorities.
- North America
- Program delivery and engineering collaboration, including work with national research institutions.
- Gulf region
- Platform lineage contracted for border surveillance by a regional defense agency.
1996
First platforms flying
3
Continents of activity
30+
Years of continuous development
Capability transfer into a new country is a repeatable process for the group, not a first attempt.
The group
One group, three roles
Evolved Mission Systems operates inside the Evolved Aerospace group. Platform heritage, engineering depth and regional delivery sit under a single technological foundation.
Mission Systems Arm
Evolved Mission Systems
- Sensors, autonomy, effectors and system integration
- Engineering group with continuous field development
- Complete systems rather than standalone platforms
In Country
Regional Delivery
- Local assembly, integration and sustainment
- Technology registration and continued development
- Training, spares and lifecycle support
The systems fielded today are built on accumulated flight and engineering knowledge, not on rediscovered lessons.
The challenge
Scale outpaces presence
Borders, coastlines and economic zones are too large to hold with rotational assets. The gap is not intent. It is persistence.
Vast theatres
Exclusive economic zones, long land borders and air corridors are too large to secure with localized patrols. Coverage becomes periodic rather than continuous.
The persistence deficit
Crewed platforms are limited by loiter time, crew fatigue and readiness cycles. Tempo passes to whoever can stay on station.
Unsustainable cost
Personnel, maintenance and logistics force flight hours to be rationed, so coverage gaps become normalized.
Detection and response lag
Ground radar sees low flying targets late. Late detection cascades into delayed decisions and ineffective response.
A domain owned on paper is not a domain enforced in practice.
Portfolio
Four capability lines
Sensing, protection, effect and sustainment. Deployed together or integrated into what is already in service.
Persistent ISR and relay
Uncrewed rotary and fixed wing systems delivering continuous sensing, communications relay and a shared operating picture across land and sea.
SkyRanger / SkyHunter / SkySentinel
Counter UAS and air defense
Airborne interceptors, ground based radar and launcher systems that detect, track and defeat small and medium unmanned threats.
SkyTrap / Air defense systems
Precision effects
Loitering and interceptor systems for stationary and moving targets, operating in denied navigation environments.
Loitering systems / Interceptors
Electronic warfare
Vehicle mounted and fixed jamming, direction finding and video interception, network ready for command and control integration.
Protective dome / Detect and defeat
Coverage
Complete across all three domains
Every domain is addressed at every layer. Sensing, protection, effect and control are delivered as one architecture rather than assembled from separate suppliers.
| Air | Land | Sea | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sense | SkySentinel distributed early warning SkyRanger and SkyHunter persistent ISR | Skydarix 360 degree airspace radar Radiotrex portable direction finding | Shipborne SkyRanger beyond the horizon Scout surface craft with thermal optics |
| Protect | SkyTrap airborne interceptor carriers Interceptor family V9 and V10 | Protective dome and directional jamming Streamhunter video interception | Coastal air defense installations Approach and corridor overwatch |
| Effect | Athena, Deimos and Deimos Plus Long range decoy and effects platform | Air defense with laser guided rockets Remote weapon ground platforms | Long range autonomous surface platforms Modular mission equipment |
| Control | Relay aircraft beyond line of sight Carrier launch and control of interceptors | Ground control complex and masts Encrypted multi channel networks | Satellite communications to shore Remote operation from protected distance |
Domains
One connected architecture
Air
From wide area warning down to terminal defeat, operating as one connected architecture rather than four separate procurements.
- 1
Wide area warning
SkySentinelDistributed airborne early warning extending detection from the 20 to 30 km of ground radar out to 200 to 500 km.
- 2
Persistent surveillance
SkyRanger / SkyHunterUncrewed rotary wing sensing and communications relay on station for hours, launched without runways or aircrew.
- 3
Counter air
SkyTrap / V9 and V10Carriers position inside the predicted threat corridor and release interceptors before the terminal phase of an attack.
- 4
Precision effect
Athena / Deimos / Deimos PlusFixed wing loitering systems reaching to 120 km against stationary and moving targets, operating without satellite navigation.
Land
Detection, suppression, defeat and maneuver delivered on a light tactical vehicle footprint that moves with the force.
- 1
Detection
Skydarix / Radiotrex360 degree airspace radar detecting fixed wing systems to 20 km and small systems to 5 km, with portable direction finding to 3 degrees.
- 2
Suppression
Protective dome / DirectionalVehicle mounted protected volume of 50 to 500 m against control channels and radio initiated devices, with directional jamming to 5 km.
- 3
Defeat
Air defense systemsRadar, laser designation and 70 mm laser guided rockets integrated onto a single vehicle for base and installation protection.
- 4
Maneuver and effect
Remote platforms / LoiteringRemote driving, surveillance and weapon control from a protected distance over encrypted multi channel networks.
Sea
Coverage from the exclusive economic zone to the approaches, and out to offshore infrastructure, without adding crewed hulls.
- 1
Domain awareness
SkySentinel / SkyRangerAirborne sensing launched from patrol vessels without hangars or aircrew, extending detection well beyond the radar horizon.
- 2
Approach surveillance
Scout surface craftLow signature craft for close approach reconnaissance with thermal and general view optics in cluttered littoral environments.
- 3
Persistent surface presence
Long range platformsAutonomous 8 m hulls with 1400 to 1600 km range on satellite communications, accepting modular mission equipment.
- 4
Coastal defense
Air defense / SkyTrapThe same integrated air defense and interceptor architecture applied to coastal approaches and offshore assets.
Systems
Selected platforms
Persistent ISR
SkyRanger
An uncrewed rotary wing family that links dispersed teams, vessels and decision makers into a single operating picture, launched from ships without hangars or aircrew and from austere land sites.
| Platform | Max weight | Useful load | Payload | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M200 | 210 kg | 95 kg | 30 to 40 kg | 500 km |
| M400 | 400 kg | 195 kg | 50 to 100 kg | Extended |
Four M200 airframes ship in a single 20 foot container. Vertical launch and recovery removes the runway from the requirement.
Counter UAS
SkyTrap
Ground radar predicts the threat corridor. An airborne carrier positions inside it and launches a lightweight interceptor before the threat reaches its terminal phase.
- 1DetectGround radar network establishes track
- 2PredictIntercept corridor calculated and passed
- 3PositionCarrier moves onto the predicted path
- 4DefeatInterceptor launched on operator authority
Applications
- Critical infrastructure and energy assets
- Base and installation protection
- Coastal surveillance and approaches
- Diplomatic and high value site defense
Early warning
SkySentinel
Large airborne early warning aircraft remain essential and remain few, conspicuous and costly to protect. A distributed architecture spreads the same function across many low signature nodes, removing the concentration risk without giving up coverage.
Ground radar only
20 to 30 km
Detection range against low flying targets
Airborne early warning
200 to 500 km
Detection range from an airborne layer
Warning time moves from roughly three minutes to thirty or more. That is the difference between observing an event and preventing one.
Precision effects
Loitering systems
Fixed wing systems for stationary and moving ground targets, operating where satellite navigation is denied and recoverable when a mission is cancelled.
Athena
- Operational range
- 50 km
- Endurance
- 55 min
- Takeoff weight
- 6.7 kg
- Navigation
- Radio beacon
Operates without satellite navigation using radio beacons. Automatic guidance to visual identification range, then operator control or automatic target lock.
Deimos
- Operational range
- 40 km
- Endurance
- 120 min
- Takeoff weight
- 4.7 kg
- Role
- Relay and strike
A ground control station, a relay aircraft and strike elements operating as one system, with six selectable video channels for contested spectrum.
Deimos Plus
- Operational range
- 120 km
- Cruise speed
- 90 km/h
- Takeoff weight
- 10 kg
- Comms
- Satellite
Extended range variant with satellite communications, day and night interchangeable camera modules and an automatic target homing module.
Configurations, payload options and integration are defined against the operational requirement.
Layered defense
Interceptors and carriers
A long endurance carrier extends short range interceptors far beyond their own reach and relays control and video where satellite navigation is unavailable.
A carrier carries six to eight interceptors, launches and controls them remotely, and relays control signals and video without satellite navigation. Endurance of six hours at full payload, cruising at 100 to 120 km/h.
| V9 | V10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Range | 10 to 12 km | 15 km |
| Cruise speed | 260 km/h | 170 km/h |
| Maximum speed | 350 km/h | 270 km/h |
| Endurance | 20 min | 20 min |
| Total weight | 3.2 kg | 3.9 kg |
Maritime
Unmanned surface systems
Long range autonomous surface platforms for coastal patrol, approach monitoring and distributed maritime presence.
1400 to 1600 km
Operating range
8 m
Hull length
Starlink
Communications
Modular
Mission payload
A smaller scout variant supports close approach reconnaissance with thermal and general view optics. Larger platforms accept modular mission equipment against the requirement.
Electronic warfare
Detect and defeat
Protective dome
Vehicle mounted suppression creating a 360 degree protected volume of 50 to 500 m, blocking control channels and radio initiated devices. Seven to ten bands from 300 MHz to 5.8 GHz.
Directional suppression
High power directional jamming across 250 MHz to 6.0 GHz, operator managed, with omnidirectional coverage to 1.5 km and directional coverage to 5 km.
Detection and direction finding
Video interception across 800 MHz to 6 GHz with sub second detection, portable direction finding to 3 degrees accuracy, and 360 degree airspace radar detecting fixed wing systems to 20 km.
Network ready for integration into command and control systems with multi sensor data fusion.
Ground systems
Air defense and remote platforms
Proven components integrated into a single system, compact enough to mount on a light tactical vehicle for base protection or coastal defense.
- Radar
- Detection beyond 20 km across a 360 degree field of view
- Launcher
- Ground launcher using 70 mm laser guided rockets, single or dual configuration
- Designation
- Laser designator with integrated camera system
- Integration
- Vibration isolated mounts, ammunition storage and software integration
Partnership model
Built with you, not just sold to you
The group already develops and operates across several countries. Capability is transferred, produced and sustained in country rather than imported indefinitely.
- 1
Assess
Requirement definition against the operational picture, terrain and existing order of battle.
- 2
Demonstrate
Proving of the specified capability under the customer's own conditions before commitment.
- 3
Localize
Assembly, integration and registration of technology in country, with engineering staff on the ground.
- 4
Sustain
Training, spares, continued development and lifecycle support under local ownership.
The outcome is sovereign capability. Production, technology and sustainment sit inside the country, positioning the partner as a regional producer rather than a permanent importer.
Engage
The next step is a working session
A working session against your operational requirement, followed by demonstration of the specified capability under your own conditions.