NIOA Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-05 - Production Milestone - Hydrix delivers benchtop counter-UAS payload prototype to NIOA - The work supports the SYPAQ CORVO interceptor programme under ASCA Mission SYRACUSE. Hydrix’s Power & Interface Controller handles telemetry, payload interfaces, safety interlocks and fuzing logic. The delivered platform supports early software and subsystem… - source: asx.api.cmfyapp.com
• 2026-05-14 - Contract Award - Hydrix and NIOA sign counter-UAS payload development contract - Hydrix signed a binding contract with NIOA Group for design, development and integration of a telemetry-capable inert proximity fuze and kinetic effector payload package. The payload is intended for small uncrewed aerial systems used in counter-UAS missions.… - source: defenseadvancement.com
• 2026-04-27 - Partnership - NIOA joins SYPAQ counter-drone interceptor program - NIOA will deliver and integrate an inert proximity fuze and kinetic effector payload package. The work supports SYPAQ Corvo Strike under the ASCA Mission Syracuse counter-drone effort. The announcement positioned the collaboration as a sovereign Australian… - source: nioa.com.au
• 2026-04-16 - Partnership - NIOA and Innovaero partner on loitering-munition payload systems - The collaboration covers modular warheads, launch boosters and tube-launch systems for loitering munitions. Work is structured through staged design, qualification and production readiness. NIOA contributes payload, warhead and launch-system capabilities… - source: nioa.com.au
• 2020-10-27 - Partnership - NIOA and Skyborne join forces on Cerberus GL UCAV programme - The Cerberus GL programme paired NIOA with Skyborne Technologies on a man-pack unmanned combat aircraft. NIOA supported weapon design, munitions and components. The programme combined a compact uncrewed aircraft with an integrated weapon system. - source: defence.nioa.com.au