Air Affairs Australia is a recognised provider to Defence and Industry aligned organisations that support target training worldwide. Air Affairs Australia is the OEM for several products servicing the air defence simulation market.

Composite Components were contracted by Air Affairs to structurally design, conduct material selection, and manufacture the Phoenix Target Drone airframe in 2005.

Since then we have manufactured over 80 autonomous-flight target drones for Air Affairs. The all-composite epoxy/fibreglass 'pre-preg' construction is the key element in the success of this target drone. The airframe makes clever use of approved FST (Fire, smoke, toxicity) materials, ensuring if the plane were to catch fire the airframe will not propagate that fire and in fact self extinguish, a unique point of difference from other drones.

The 10kg airframe weight ensures the drones are easily catapult-launched and accelerate up to and exceed 350 knots with a maximum altitude of 17,000 feet.

Equipped with a parachute for recovery and a fully autonomous GPS autopilot for guidance this drone has ninety-minute endurance and can withstand extreme loads during high-speed flight.