NIOA and Innovaero partner on loitering-munition payload systems
NIOA and Innovaero partnered to develop and manufacture modular warheads, launch boosters and tube-launch systems for loitering munitions.

Evidence notes
- 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 while Innovaero develops the associated uncrewed platforms.
Company context
NIOA is an Australian defence group involved in counter-UAS payload development through its contract with Hydrix. In this robotics context, the company is the defence customer and munitions-side counterparty for small-UAS defeat payloads.