NR-2 · Long-endurance ISR · Production
Nyx
Persistent eyes over land and sea, for days at a time.
A hybrid-electric, long-endurance surveillance aircraft that keeps a multi-sensor payload on station for more than a day with a two-person ground crew.
Specifications
- Class
- Group 3 UAS
- Propulsion
- Hybrid-electric
- Endurance
- 30+ hours
- Service ceiling
- 7,500 m
- Payload
- 60 kg, multi-sensor
- Launch and recovery
- Short semi-prepared strip
Figures are design targets and subject to configuration.
Overview
Nyx is a medium-altitude, long-endurance aircraft built for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. A hybrid-electric powertrain gives it a quiet, efficient cruise and the endurance to cover a maritime patrol area or a stretch of border through an entire night and the day that follows.
Nyx carries a stabilised electro-optical and infrared turret, a maritime surveillance radar and a signals intelligence package at the same time. Onboard processing fuses those feeds into tracks that are pushed to operators as they form, not as raw video.
Nyx is designed for austere operations. It launches and recovers from short semi-prepared strips, and its ground control station runs on ruggedised laptops that fit in the back of a light vehicle.
Capabilities
What Nyx does
01
Multi-day persistence
A hybrid powertrain and high-aspect-ratio wing keep Nyx on station long enough that a pair of aircraft can cover an area continuously.
02
Onboard sensor fusion
Radar, EO/IR and RF detections are correlated on the aircraft so operators receive tracks and alerts rather than raw feeds.
03
Wide-area maritime search
A maritime surveillance radar and automatic vessel identification give Nyx the reach to patrol an exclusive economic zone.
04
Small footprint
Two people and one vehicle are enough to deploy, fly and sustain Nyx from a forward location.