Developing uncrewed vehicles for air, land, and sea domains

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on uncrewed vehicles for military applications with Sam Vye of SYOS Aerospace.

In this episode, Grant McHerron talks with Sam Vye, founder and CEO of SYOS Aerospace, about its recent contract with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to supply uncrewed vehicles across air, land, and sea domains. We explore SYOS’s history and the benefits of contracting to a sovereign provider, then delve into how these systems are designed for experimentation in current conflict environments. Our discussion also examines the importance of operational testing versus simulation, highlighting real world lessons from deployments like those in Ukraine. We wrap up by assessing SYOS's role as a sovereign capability provider to the NZDF and their involvement with the UK's Project NYX which will pair autonomous uncrewed systems with the Army's Apache helicopters. Links: New Zealand awards SYOS multi-domain autonomous vehicle contract www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/new-zealand-awards-syos-multi-domain-autonomous-vehicle-contract UK's Project NYX: www.gov.uk/government/news/futuristic-helicopter-drones-programme-advances-as-british-based-companies-selected-to-develop-prototypes ------------------ The ADM Podcast is produced by Southern Skies Media on behalf of Australian…

People in this episode

Host: Grant McHerron

Guest: Sam Vye

Topics covered

• uncrewed vehicles
• defense technology
• sovereign capability
• military contracts
• operational testing
• autonomous systems

Keywords

• uncrewed vehicles
• SYOS Aerospace
• New Zealand Defence Force
• autonomous systems
• military technology
• operational testing
• Project NYX

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SYOS Aerospace, New Zealand Defence Force, UK's Project NYX

Places: New Zealand, Ukraine

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