The company publicly pivoted away from its earlier ground-effect 'wingship' concept after six prototypes, saying the economics and market data did not justify continued investment.
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Updated Jul 30, 2026
Uncrewed-systems aerospace company building efficient electric and hybrid-capable cargo drones and maritime ground-effect wingships, centered on active aerodynamic flow control and its SeaSense autonomy stack.
Primary product
Outbacker 150 electric/hybrid cargo drone (AURA-E demonstrator)
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Sydney, Australia
Team size
10-20
Industry
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Sub-industry
Uncrewed aircraft systems / electric cargo drones
Offices
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Business model
Stage
pre-seed / seed
Total raised
$3.7M
Latest round
TRaCE R&D Voucher / powertrain testing partnership · May 2025
TRaCE R&D Voucher / powertrain testing partnership
May 2025 · TRaCE
Australian Government EATP project funding
Jun 2024 · Australian Government
US Air Force / AFWERX contract
May 2024 · US Air Force
Jun 2023 · National Science Foundation
Sep 2022
Leadership
Founder, Board Chair, Executive Technical Fellow
Chief Technology Officer
Engineering Manager
Founders
Co-founder
Investors
Mission-driven, research-heavy, prototyping-first, and cross-continental, with strong emphasis on engineering collaboration, rapid hardware iteration, and technical storytelling.
Compensation
No company-published salary bands found; a third-party salary estimate site pegs U.S. average pay at about $104.7k/year with a typical range of roughly $92.2k-$118.2k (June 2026).
Benefits
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; appears to combine hardware sales of cargo drones with aerospace technology partnerships/licensing and project-funded demonstrators.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1M-$5M annual revenue (third-party estimate; GetLatka reports about $1.7M ARR and Salary.com classifies the company as <$5M).
Estimated monthly visits
1.3K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
The company publicly pivoted away from its earlier ground-effect 'wingship' concept after six prototypes, saying the economics and market data did not justify continued investment.
SourceTRaCE · May 2025
TRaCE announced a new R&D Voucher project with Seaflight Technologies Australasia to co-develop a bespoke electric powertrain for its cargo aircraft.
UNSW Newsroom · Mar 2025
UNSW said the AURA-E project led by Seaflight and Macquarie University received support from the Federal Government's EATP program and Trailblazer funding.
Airframer · Jun 2024
Airframer reported $2m AUD in Australian Government-backed project funding for Seaflight's long-range cargo drone demonstrator, AURA-E.
Seaflight News · Apr 2024
Seaflight said it would collaborate with Airhart on flight controls for upcoming prototypes and explore future defense-related collaboration.
Seaflight News · Jul 2023
Seaflight announced NSF SBIR support for its aerodynamic circulation-control technology for more efficient electric flight.