DRONE DIVISION
Defence & Public-Safety UAV
Cybotix is a New Zealand sovereign drone manufacturer — UAVs designed, built and programmed in-house for defence, emergency-services and public-safety operators. Encrypted communications, BVLOS-capable endurance and mission payloads, backed by a supply chain you can audit and control.
- Sovereign NZ design & manufacture
- AES-256 encrypted communications
- EO/IR & thermal ISR payloads
- BVLOS-capable endurance
- Auditable supply chain
What we deliver
Sovereign Manufacturing
Designed and built in New Zealand end to end — no dependence on imported consumer platforms, with a transparent, auditable supply chain.
Secure Communications
AES-256 encrypted telemetry and video, FHSS radio and LTE/5G fallback for resilient links in contested or remote environments.
ISR & Mission Payloads
EO/IR, thermal and custom sensor payloads for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and situational awareness.
BVLOS Endurance
Long-range, beyond-visual-line-of-sight-capable platforms for patrol, overwatch and wide-area search.
Why partner with Cybotix
Sovereign & auditable
NZ-controlled design, build and supply chain for procurement that demands provenance.
Encrypted by design
Security built into the communications and data architecture, not bolted on.
Built to mission
Platforms and payloads engineered to the operational requirement, not off-the-shelf compromises.
NZ-based support & training
Local pilot training, deployment support and maintenance for operational readiness.
Applications
- Defence & force protection
- Police & law enforcement
- Search & rescue
- Border & maritime patrol
- Emergency management & civil defence
- Critical-infrastructure protection
- Wide-area overwatch
Frequently asked questions
Yes. We design, manufacture and program our UAVs in-house in New Zealand — from PCB and airframe to firmware and ground control — giving government buyers a sovereign, auditable supply chain.
Links use AES-256 encryption with FHSS radio and LTE/5G fallback, and data handling is controlled end to end for sensitive operations.
Yes. Our platforms are BVLOS-capable for long-range patrol, overwatch and wide-area search, operated under a CAA Part 102 certification pathway (with a CASA ReOC pathway for Australian operations).
Yes. Because design and manufacture are in-house in New Zealand, we can provide the provenance and supply-chain transparency that defence and public-safety procurement require.
Discuss a defence or public-safety requirement
Talk to us about your mission, payload and security requirements — every platform is scoped and built to specification.