AVEXE held a press conference today to explain its products. The picture shows AEVEX Senior Vice President of Growth Strategy Craig Anders (left), AEVEX Chief Growth Officer Murali Krishnan (middle), and Chairman of China Optoelectronics Intelligent Robotics Wu Xiuhui (right).
AEVEX Aerospaces, a company that supports Ukraine's "Phoenix Ghost" suicide drone and is famous for its actual combat achievements on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, came to Taiwan to hold a press conference today and will actively enter the Taiwan market. In addition to displaying the VANDAL and Onyx drones developed in cooperation with China Optoelectronics Intelligent Robotics (CiRC), the company also stated that it has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and will further explore the Taiwan market. Wu Xiuhui, chairman of China Optoelectronics Intelligent Robotics, said that the two parties are technology transfer partners and will jointly export to the global market.
AEVEX pointed out that the VANDAL and Onyx drones developed in cooperation with China Optoelectronics have also been actually put into use in the Ukrainian battlefield. Both products are manufactured by 3D printing lamination and can be mass-produced in a short time. AEVEX believes that the characteristics of these two drones are most likely to be purchased by the national army.
Among them, the VANDAL drone, according to on-site data, has a combat range of 270 kilometers, an operation time of more than 2.8 hours, and a payload of 13.6 kilograms, and can be used as a suicide drone; the VANDAL drone is positioned in ISR surveillance and can also be used as a suicide drone, with a combat range of 486 kilometers, an operation time of more than 3.5 hours, and a payload of 4.5 kilograms.
The two products on the left in the picture are drones jointly developed by AVEXE and China Optoelectronics.
The picture shows the difference in performance between AVEXE products (top half) and products from other brands.
Wu Xiuhui said that AEVEX’s amazing capabilities are not only its system performance, but also innovation and execution capabilities, as well as innovative design and manufacturing processes such as 3D printing technology. This is also reflected in AEVEX’s rapid growth in a short period of time, and it was successfully listed in New York in April this year, becoming a leader in unmanned systems companies in the United States.
Wu Xiuhui then pointed out that China Optoelectronics successfully delivered 3,000 drones to the government in just one year. The optical payload system of the drones was independently developed and manufactured by China Optoelectronics, which was actually deployed in Taiwan and provided support for national military operations. Therefore, the significance of the cooperation between the two parties is not only scientific and technological cooperation, but also a new model of industrial cooperation between Taiwan and the United States. It combines American innovation with Taiwan's industrial manufacturing capabilities to jointly develop products and promote next-generation autonomous systems to the global market.
Wu Xiuhui added that China Optoelectronics has not only become AEVEX's supply chain, the relationship between the two is more like a partner. Both parties can use each other's strengths to actively sell to the global market. For example, AEVEX is interested in China Optoelectronics' optical system payload design. It can be said that China Optoelectronics' payload design has reached international standards, and once it is mass-produced, it can be exported to AEVEX. In cooperation with AEVEX, relevant technologies have also passed U.S. export control regulations and completed technology transfer. China Optoelectronics' public statement this time also means that the product has been prepared and the cooperation with AEVEX has a clear goal. It is expected to participate in the national military bidding project and global customers.
