Wynyard Autonomous Vehicles
Transforming legacy aircrafts into mission-ready Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
The Wynyard Group specialises in converting obsolete, aged aircrafts – small, medium and large airframes – into modern Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that are aimed at supporting security, reconnaissance and monitoring operations.
Governments across the world face a pressing challenge: Whether to give up decades-old aircrafts that are no longer in use, and which required millions of dollars to build, or continue keeping them in hangars at a significant cost. Long-term storage not only takes valuable infrastructure, but also causes environmental concerns related to hazardous waste.
Simultaneously, building a new UAV platform from the scratch requires enormous investment, expertise and years of development before it’s finally deployed. This raises a relevant question: Why throw away airframes when they can be transformed into mission-ready platforms?
At the Wynyard Group, we provide a cost-effective and sustainable alternative.
By integrating existing aircraft with cutting-edge autonomous flight systems, sensors, secure communication systems, we extend the operational life of these assets. There is also a significant reduction in development costs and timeline for deployment. Flexible and scalable, these systems can be customised to meet the specific requirements of security agencies and critical infrastructure operators.
Key features:
Real-time aerial inspection
Live video monitoring for enhanced visibility and quick decision-making
Night vision operations
Advanced night-vision technology ensures effective round-the-clock monitoring.
Thermal imaging
Detect heat signatures and identify potential threat beyond the visible range.
GPS tracking
Precise positioning and tracking of both the aircraft and the assets it’s monitoring.
Customisable payloads
Configurable with a variety of cameras, sensors and specific equipments.
Automated route monitoring
Pre-programmed flight paths ensure continuous coverage of locations and infrastructure.
Explore our range of platforms:
1. Hawk WA P160 E2
This is an enduring Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) UAV that is specially designed for difficult Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions. It combines exceptional range with VTOL capability and offers operational flexibility across challenging terrains and remote environments where conventional aircraft access may be limited.
Designed for long-range mapping, surveying, border monitoring and security operations, the Hawk WA P160 E2 can cover distances of up to 840 km while carrying payloads of up to 160 kg and a flying time of two hours. This heavy-lift capability allows it to fit in a variety of mission-specific equipments, making it tailored for defense, disaster management and environment monitoring agencies. It is built to integrate customised payload that may be defined by the user. The endurance capability of Hawk is seven hours with a payload of 20 kgs.
This platform has already demonstrated its capability in real-world operations, supporting critical missions, ranging from public safety and emergency response to suppression of bushfire, where it successfully deployed up to 150 kg of fire retardant. Its proven reliability, endurance and multi-role capabilities make it a force multiplier for organisations that require continuous aerial coverage and rapid deployment.
Key structures:
– Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) UAV
– Long-range operations of up to 840 kms
– Payload capacity of 160 kgs with 2 hours endurance air time
– 7 hour endurance with 20 kgs payload
2. Albatross WA P250 E20
The Albatross WA P250 E20 is a long-range, heavy-lift Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that is designed for demanding surveillance, border surveillance and special operations. As part of its border surveillance capability, the Albatross provides real-time aerial intelligence, eliminates blind spots across difficult terrain and ensures continuous monitoring without risking human lives. Its endurance to stay in the air for long hours allows it to capture continuous unfolding of events, also allowing it to cover long distances along the border region. The UAV is equipped with an advanced electro-optical camera featuring thermal imaging capabilities and delivers reliable intelligence and situational awareness in all types of weather and low-visibility conditions.
Albatross can integrate tailor-made payload as per the requirements of the users.
With a range of 2, 220 kms and a substantial 200 kg payload capacity, the platform is engineered to support extended, long missions that requires superior endurance, adaptability and high payload integration capability.
Key structures
– Advanced EO/IR camera with thermal imaging capability
– Long-range operations of up to 2, 220 kms
– Heavy payload capacity of up to 200 kgs
– Endurance 20 + hours
3. Pelican WA P45 E5
Pelican WA P45 E5 is designed for long-range transport and delivery missions. It is a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that has the ability to work in areas with limited or no runway infrastructure. With a payload capacity of 15 kgs and a range of 350 kms, it offers a reliable solution for logistics, emergency response and supply of critical deliveries.
It has been proven in challenging environments and has successfully supported the transportation of essential medical supplies to remote and challenging locations, thereby demonstrating its value as a dependable platform for life-saving operations.
Key features
– Payload capacity of 15 kgs
– Endurance 5 hours
– Operational range of 350 kms
– VTOL capability for flexible deployment
– Ideal for long-range delivery and transport missions
4. Interceptor drones WG 500 (Counter-UAV)
The explosion in the number and use of cost-effective unmanned aerial vehicles has been changing the global security scenario. Hostile drones are increasingly being used to conduct surveillance, deliver payloads or target critical infrastructures. Wynyard’s interceptor drones provides governments, security agencies and critical infrastructure operators with a layer of protection against unathorised aerial threats.
Our interceptor drone is designed to detect, track and engage hostile UAVs. It has a range of 15 kms and speed of up to 400 kms that matches newer jet threats. It has a payload capacity of 1.2 kgs. The WG 500 interceptor can carry a maximum weight of 5 kgs.
The process to intercept is co-ordinated through a command-and-control framework. It can be deployed following detection and classification by radar, RF detection systems or other surveillance technologies. Once an aerial threat is confirmed, the interceptor drone can autonomously or remotely hunt the target and neutralize the danger. This creates a layered defensive capability in which detection, identification, tracking, decision-making and finally, interception, work in tandem to offer protection to critical infrastructure and civil society.
Governments across the South East Asia region are confronting the ever-growing threat of safeguarding airports, ports, energy facilities, military installations, border areas and densely-populated civilian areas from sophisticated UAV threats. Integrating our interceptor into a comprehensive counter-UAV strategy can potentially provide a responsive defensive option that can help security agencies from merely detecting unauthorised drones to neutralising threats before they can cause harm.
5. Anti-jamming UAVs/ Counter Drones
The functioning of contemporary drones are taking place in an atmosphere where communications, navigation and control systems can potentially be interrupted through electronic warfare and the jamming of signals.
Anti-jamming UAVs are intended to operate with greater resilience in electromagnetic environments that helps keep command and control when traditional communication and navigation signals are disrupted. This capability is especially important for defense, border surveillance, protection of critical infrastructure, reconnaissance and other related missions where loss of connectivity can adversely affect effectiveness of operations.
They are designed with electronic resilience, where Wynyard’s anti-jamming UAVs can integrate robust communication links, adaptive radio technologies, interference-resistant data transmission and navigation capabilities.
Conditional on configuration, our platform can support real-time payload data transmission, autonomous or assisted flight operations, secure command-and-control links and adaptation to changing electromagnetic conditions. By combining our platform with technologies designed to lessen the effects of intentional interference, our platforms provide operators with dependable solution for situational awareness in complex environments.
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