Robot maker · early
Aerix Systems
French startup (Gironde, founded 2020 by engineering students Clement Picaud and Hugo Matounove) building drones around a patented omnidirectional vectored-thrust propulsion architecture (T-16) that lets the aircraft translate and rotate in any direction without reorienting its frame. Its AXS u1 reaches 200 km/h with up to 20 km range and can be configured as an autonomous hard-kill counter-UAS interceptor that engages targets from any angle without repositioning; the company also targets civil uses such as infrastructure inspection. Raised ~EUR 1.6M in 2024 and EUR 5M led by Odyssee Venture in March 2026 to move from prototype validation to industrial pre-series. NATO DIANA 2026 cohort (Autonomy & Unmanned Systems); no announced customers yet.
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AXS u1
- Maximum speed 200 km/h and range up to 20 km; omnidirectional propulsion engages targets from any angle without repositioning
Performance envelope of counter-UAS interceptor drone
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