Ongoing
projects

Notes from the workshop, the flight line and the people building it all.

[ 01 ] In development

Current programmes.

Three platforms are in active development across air, ground and surface. The figures below are the headline numbers — full specifications sit on the platforms page.

01 / Air

MZ-KESTREL

3D-printed VTOL UAV: fixed-wing endurance with vertical take-off, no runway required.

60 km range3,000 m AMSLVTOL → cruise

02 / Ground

SCOUT UGV

Modular unmanned ground vehicle for payload transport and autonomous operation across terrain.

50 km range200 kg payloadAll terrain

03 / Surface

MARINER USV

Unmanned surface vessel for hydrographic survey, inspection and patrol tasking.

25 km rangeSea state 3Sonar payload

[ 02 ] From the workshop

Built here.
Not rendered.

Photographs from the bench, the print room and the flight line. Click any print to lift it out of the stack.

Large-format printing — Airframe section on the print bed

Fuselage shell — Full-size shell off the tooling, on the trestle

Finishing bench — Printed sections and tail surfaces being cleaned up

Assembly check — Airframe laid out before integration

Avionics bench — Power, lighting and controller checks after hours

Pre-flight — Tilt-rotor airframe ready at first light

Airfield trials — Fixed-wing VTOL with the telemetry mast up

Field station — Two airframes prepared under the shade tent

Ground control — Ruggedised control station on the pad

Tracking antenna — Aircraft on station overhead

Indoor flight hall — Hover trials in the test bay

Night operations — VTOL on the apron after dark

[ 03 ] From the journal

Inside Mechzilla

The People Behind Mechzilla

A small team that designs, builds, integrates and tests its own hardware — and signs off on it.

History

The Rise of Unmanned Platforms: A Timeline of Innovation

From Nikola Tesla's 1898 radio-controlled boat to Archibald Low's Aerial Target and the autonomous fleets of today.

You didn't come
this far to stop

Have a look→

Ongoingprojects