NOVUS CONVERGED AEROSPACE
About us
We are engaged in research, development and implementation of new technological innovations in the aerospace and defence industry to create future autonomous unmanned aircraft systems.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide affordable, highly effective defence solutions for the nation's security forces using unmanned technology.
Our Values
Safety
Reliability
Innovation
Collaboration
Trust
Respect
Our Products
NCA-BQ-1 (Condor Mk2)
Long-range multipurpose bomber with 500-lb guided bomb payload
Parameters:
NATO Class III UAS
Quasi-Stealth technology with very low radar signatures.
Operating range - 1200 km
Service ceiling - 9000 metre
Maximum speed - 900 km/h
Cruise speed - 750 km/h
STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) class
Runway surfaces - airfields, highways, paved roads.
Wingspan - 9 metre
Use standard NATO jet fuel
Payload is any 500-lb NATO standard bombs:
- Paveway IV
- GBU-22 Paveway III
- GBU-12 Paveway II
- GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II
- GBU-38 JDAM
- GBU-62 JDAM-ER
- BLU-111
- Mark 82
- BLU-23/B incendiary (Napalm)
- etc.
NCA-GGM-1 (Griffon Mk1)
Long-range cruise missile with 500-lb payload
Parameters:
Operating range - 1500 km
Maximum speed - 750 km/h
Cruise speed - 650 km/h
Flight profile - Terrain-following mode at extremely low altitudes of 30 to 100 metres
Quasi-Stealth technology with very low radar signatures
Guidance type: GPS/Vision/Infrared/Radar
Short Take-Off runway
Runway surfaces - airfields, highways, paved roads.
Use standard NATO jet fuel
Payload is any 500-lb NATO standard (BLU-111, Mark 82, etc).
Ultimate-low-cost and capable of mass production.
NCA-GGM-3 (Pelican Mk1)
Medium-range cruise missile with 500-lb payload
Parameters:
Operating range - 600 km
Maximum speed - 400 km/h
Cruise speed - 360 km/h
Flight profile - Terrain-following mode at extremely low altitudes of 30 to 100 metres
Quasi-Stealth technology with very low radar, thermal and acoustic signatures
Guidance type: GPS/Vision/Infrared/Radar
Runway surfaces - airfields, highways, paved roads.
Short Take-Off runway
Payload is any 500-lb NATO standard (BLU-111, Mark 82, etc).
Low-cost and capable of mass production.
All products are very low-cost and capable of mass production.
Griffon Mk2
Heavy Deep-Strike Precision Long-Range Cruise Missile
One-Way Effector (OWE)
Range: 2000 km
Payload: 300 kg
Cruise Speed: 600 km/h
Class: Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles (GLCM)
Maneuverability: Very high (Aerobatic style)
Launching: From runways, strips, highways, asphalt roads
Flight Profile: Terrain-following flight mode at extremely low altitudes of 15 to 50 metres
Zero Infrastructure. No Launchers. No Catapults. No Trucks.
No Containers. No Canisters. No Busters.
Ultimately-low-cost. £160,000 final price
×20 times cheaper than Tomahawk Block V cruise missiles
Ready for mass production across hundreds third-party
factories throughout the UK and Europe
Payload dependent on mission purpose
We use the standard NATO 14-inch suspension system for the aircraft payload.
This allows for a variety of 500-lb payloads to be installed depending on the mission's purpose.
Founders
Founder
The founder of the company is Sergey V. Karamov. Sergey has a huge, more than 29 years worth of experience in the development and production of complex systems and technical devices in the aerospace, defence and commercial industry.
Sergey has invented and created more than a hundred different systems such as cruise missiles; surface-to-air missile (SAM) mobile system; anti-tank guided missiles weapon systems (ATGW); optical-electronic target detection and tracking system for SAMs; cannon-launched guided projectiles (CLGP); etc. He has more than 70 scientific articles and more than 22 patents for inventions and utility models in the defence and aerospace industry.
Sergey holds the position of CTO/CEO in the company.
Co-Founder
The principal mind behind our software development is Max O. Zhegulin. With more than 19 years of experience, he specialises in the development and deployment of embedded, high-performance and aerospace-grade systems.
Max has designed and implemented dozens of high-performance computing architectures. Today, he combines this extensive engineering expertise with a modern AI/ML-enabled design flow to accelerate the optimisation and validation of next-generation hardware-software co-designs.
Max's position is Chief Software Architect (CSA) in the company.
Core Team
The core of our team consists of highly qualified professionals who are passionate about their work; they have worked at major, renowned defence industry enterprises and possess extensive experience in the research and development of a wide range of cutting-edge products for the defence and aerospace industries.
Our team’s qualifications include scientists, aerodynamics and microwave scientists, mathematicians, mechanical and electronics engineers, software developers, AI Infrastructure MLOps, technologists, etc.
Four of our team members have PhDs.