Praetorian Aeronautics

Praetorian Aeronautics is an Australian defence technology company forging advanced autonomous unmanned aerial systems and next-generation AI-enabled technologies to defeat autonomy with autonomy. Praetorian develops integrated, mission-ready capabilities designed to counter the rapid proliferation of drone swarms, loitering munitions, and other classes of unmanned systems.

An integrated hardware-software company, Praetorian delivers an open-architecture ecosystem of autonomous interceptors, mothership platforms, advanced command and control systems, and a world-first dedicated counter-swarm AI. By embedding autonomy at the core of every platform, Praetorian enables accelerated decision cycles, higher precision engagements, and allows operators to better detect, track, and defeat complex autonomous threats across domains.

Praetorian systems are built for a new era of modern defence manufacturing: low-cost, sovereign, and built for scale. Modular, capital-light production lines leveraging frontier methods in additive manufacturing and industrial automation enable rapid iteration cycles and agile scale up to deliver the deep magazines of systems required to outpace the threats of today and tomorrow.

Specialised Drone Services

Specialised Drone services deliver advanced drone and remote inspection services across marine, offshore, mining and industrial environments. We specialises in high-risk, complex data acquisition where conventional access methods introduce unnecessary exposure.

Operations are conducted under a CASA ReOC, with experienced pilots and marine surveyors integrating UAV technology into marine surveying, infrastructure inspection, and environmental monitoring programs. The business routinely supports oil and gas, mining, ports, and renewable energy sectors, providing accurate, repeatable datasets for engineering, compliance, and asset integrity decisions.

The company’s approach is underpinned by ISO-aligned quality and safety systems, with a clear focus on reducing risk, improving efficiency, and delivering defensible, high-quality outputs.

SYPAQ Systems

SYPAQ Systems is an Australian-owned engineering and advanced manufacturing company based in Melbourne, delivering sovereign capabilities to Defence, Government and industry. Privately held and veteran-founded, SYPAQ specialises in scalable UAS and mission-critical technologies.

SYPAQ is recognised for its Corvo Family of Autonomous Systems, including Corvo X, a next-generation tactical ISR platform that has been successfully delivered to the Australian Army under DEF129, Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS), a low-cost, disposable UAS that is optimised for the covert delivery of small volume payloads and has been exported globally as well as Corvo Strike, a precision optically guided CsUAS and loitering munition capable of attacking Aerial, Ground, Littoral and Riverine threats.

The SYPAQ’s end-to-end UAS capability spans design, avionics, software, testing and certified flight operations, supported by established UAS flight accreditations and regulatory compliance under CASA and DASA and is complimented by an advanced manufacturing facility enabling rapid prototyping and high-volume production on battle prover solutions.

The Vertical Co

The Vertical Co is a Melbourne based RPAS operator delivering complex operations across agriculture, environmental monitoring, infrastructure and security applications. We conduct large-scale BVLOS operations across extensive areas, supporting long-range and repeatable drone deployments in complex and remote environments.

Our work includes advanced scientific thermal surveying for wildlife, feral animal monitoring, asset security monitoring and asset inspections, with extensive experience  in both daytime and night-time operations. We use high-resolution thermal and RGB payloads alongside repeatable flight methodologies to generate consistent datasets for monitoring and analysis.

Ours operations are delivered using a combination of drone-in-a-box systems and manually deployed platforms, depending on the application and environment. This supports flexible deployment across large areas and remote sites.

We also work with partners to incorporate AI-assisted detection and analysis workflows where required, supporting efficient processing of large datasets and integration of data with GIS platforms.