News
20 September 2024
AEROSEARCH 40 EFI Engine
The Aerosearch 40 has completed its first engine run with the INF Inject (Australia) engine installed.
This is a huge step forward in efficiency and ease of use. Kudos to the INF Inject team.
We’re eager to fly the aircraft again with its new EFI engine, fuel system, and upgraded avionics!
26 August 2024
AEROSEARCH 40 Engine Upgrade
The Aerosearch 40 is in the midst of an upgrade, installing a fuel injected engine manufactured by INF Inject (Australia). This upgrade will greatly improve the aircraft efficiency, resulting in increased range and endurance.
21 February 2024
New Runway in Action
The Aerosearch AS40 completed the first aircraft flights from the Tāwhaki Aerospace Centre sealed runway. What a fantastic addition to this facility!
9 February 2024
Tāwhaki Aerospace Centre
Aerosearch were delighted to take the opportunity to display Aerosearch 40 at the opening of the new runway at the Tāwhaki Joint Venture aerospace research test centre. A chance to line up beside Dawn Aerospace shows the breadth of development work underway in Aotearoa. Congratulations to Tāwhaki Joint Venture for the mahi to put in a runway to meet our future development needs.
19 December 2023
Aerosearch 40 Certification
The Aerosearch aircraft completed its certification flight at an increased gross weight. Now certified for up to 50kg, getting ready for customer equipment and longer-range operations.
28 October 2023
Aerosearch 25 Test Flying
Test flying the Aerosearch 25 continues at Tāwhaki’s fantastic Kaitorete site.
7 September 2023
CAA NZ Part 102
Aerosearch has been issued a Part 102 Unmanned Aircraft Operator Certificate by the CAA NZ.
This is a big milestone for the company, allowing us to continue the development of our range of aircraft.
We look forward to working with the CAA on further enhancing our operations and aircraft.
16 August 2023
Aerosearch 25 Takes to the Air for the First Time
Aerosearch successfully completed the first flights of our in-house designed and built Aerosearch25.
The flights took place at the Tāwhaki Aerospace Research Centre on Kaitorete.
This is a major milestone for Aerosearch in the development of our series of RPAS that push the boundaries of performance, versatility, robustness and range.
Huge thanks to the team who made it happen.
The Aerosearch crew, Alex Hewson, Chris Jackson and the team at Tawhaki.
26 March 2023
Aerosearch Supporting Climate Research
Aerosearch’s Chief Systems Engineer Dr Chris Kaiser and University of Auckland’s Professor of Climate Physics David Noone have successfully completed a series of tests using the Aerosearch Ranger and Professor Noone’s customised measuring equipment, to validate the feasibility of gathering atmospheric data using an RPAS.
23 Dec 2022
Tāwhaki Joint Venture
Aerosearch is pleased to announce we are working with Tāwhaki Joint Venture (Tāwhaki) to develop and operate our aircraft at their superb Kaitorete Aerospace Research Test Site.
After a successful first test flight on November 21st, 2022, Aerosearch anticipates the company will be a frequent operator from Kaitorete in the new year.
20 Sept 2022
MBIE Airspace Integration Trials Program
Aerosearch is proud to join the ranks of fellow Aotearoa New Zealand aerospace companies, as an industry partner of the MBIE Airspace Integration Trials Programme.
Aerosearch was formed to push the boundaries of Aerospace and the company feels right at home with the ethos of the AITP, as we seek to expand the knowledge needed to operate new and novel systems in the airspace environment.
We look forward to discovering and sharing the learnings we gather on our development journey.
16 Sept 2022
Manufacturing Facility
Today Aerosearch opened its manufacturing facility in Woolston Christchurch and began production of the Aerosearch 25 prototype.