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Canberra firm scales up its shoot-me-down drones – Boresight’s BQ750 takes flight

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Key Facts:

A bigger bird: The BQ750 expands on the proven BQ400 with greater size, endurance and payload capacity, broadening the range of threats Boresight's system can emulate.

Built for the swarm: Up to 10 BQ400s and BQ750s can fly simultaneously through Boresight's proprietary Ground Control Station.

Demand-driven design: The platform directly answers industry requirements for target drones of differing sizes, with fixed-wing variants also in development.

Regulatory runway: Boresight holds CASA approval to fly up to 20 drones at once in Australia.


Canberra-based Boresight has carved out an unusual niche in the defence sector: building drones designed to be destroyed. The company's target unmanned aerial systems give counter-UAS operators realistic, repeatable threats to detect, track and engage, supporting training, testing, validation and red-teaming for military and security customers worldwide.

The newly introduced BQ750 marks the company's next step.

Building on the success of its inaugural BQ400 platform, the BQ750 is larger, flies longer and carries a payload, opening the door to additional applications. Critically, it slots into Boresight's proprietary Ground Control Station, which can fly up to 10 BQ400s and BQ750s simultaneously and supports "hot-swappable" control between aircraft.

The expansion answers direct customer demand for platforms of varying sizes and types. Boresight is also developing fixed-wing platforms and pursuing a SWARM-capable roadmap, while holding CASA approval to fly up to 20 target drones at once in Australia. 

For a company whose product succeeds by being shot out of the sky, growth comes from staying one step ahead of evolving real-world drone threats.

Boresight has sold 6,000 drones over the past five years, supplying defence and industry customers across Australasia, North America, Europe and the Middle East. The pitch is straightforward:  affordable, realistic threat emulation delivered at the volume recurring training actually demands, rather than one-off showpieces.

 


About us:

Boresight delivers an integrated aerial target drone ecosystem that enables realistic counter-UAS training and testing for defence forces. The company’s systems combine attritable aerial target drones, mission planning software and scalable ground control systems to support threat emulation and operational readiness. 

Boresight’s platform range includes quadrotor and fixed-wing aerial targets designed to replicate evolving drone threats and enable repeatable training scenarios without risking high-value ISR assets. 

With teams in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, Boresight supports defence partners globally with scalable training infrastructure and integrated engineering and production capability.


Contact details:

Boresight | Managing Director, Justin Olde, E: [email protected]

Jane Morgan Management | Investor and Media Relations, Wilamina Russo, M: 0450 646 609

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