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Flying in over open ocean towards a naval vessel, then machining and assembly on the Freespace production floor, then a Callisto flying ahead of a vehicle on an outback road

Engineered and manufactured in Australia.

Freespace designs and manufactures the Callisto heavy-lift aircraft family and Juno, the ground control station that flies it.

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Manufacturing

Where it is made

Founded in 2019 and built and supported at Tullamarine, Melbourne, with research and development in Adelaide. The Callisto 50 was developed initially for the Australian Defence Force's Jericho program, and is exported to approved international markets.

Founded
2019
In service
100+
Fleet hours
10,000+
1
/ 3
Aircraft
Configurations
The Freespace factory hall in Australia, a large Australian flag hanging from the roof trusses
The Freespace build floor, technicians at rows of benches assembling Callisto arms and airframes

Engineering

The flight stack

Juno's capabilities can be developed against a customer's specific work, and each is proven on the aircraft before release.

  1. Capabilities

    Built on Juno Core, designed and engineered by Freespace to extend the Callisto to the task and the mission.

  2. Juno Core

    The ground control station Freespace develops for the Callisto, included with every new aircraft.

  3. Flight control

    Redundant, dual-frequency command and control designed for BVLOS operations.

  4. Callisto

    The heavy-lift aircraft family, designed and manufactured in Australia and flown by Juno.

The flight stack Four layers, bottom to top: the Callisto airframe, flight control, Juno Core, and capabilities developed for each customer's work, shown as three interchangeable tiles. CALLISTOFLIGHT CONTROLJUNO CORECAPABILITIES

Management

Leadership

  • Ken King, head and shoulders, in a black Freespace polo against a soft grey studio backdrop

    Ken King

    Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

    Ken is a multi-disciplined mechanical, electrical and building services engineer with over 15 years delivering complex commercial building projects.

    In 2016 he founded eirobotix as Managing Director, a UAV engineering and ReOC-holding operations company supporting UAV platforms up to 150 kg MTOW. He holds a CASA Remote Pilot Licence in the multirotor, aeroplane and VTOL or powered-lift categories.

    He is involved in the Melbourne Space Program, and won the 2016 Melbourne NASA SpaceApps competition for the conceptual design of an origami-style, space-saving lightweight storage system.

  • Leonard Hall, head and shoulders, wearing glasses and a black Freespace polo against a soft grey studio backdrop

    Dr. Leonard Hall

    Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

    Leonard specialises in electrical, electromagnetic and RF engineering for the Australian and US defence industries, including antenna array design, MMIC and RFIC design, and millimetre-wave radar and communications.

    He holds a PhD in electronic engineering, RF and electromagnetics, from the University of Adelaide, where his thesis won the Gertrude Rohan Memorial Prize for best PhD thesis.

    He is a lead control developer of ArduCopter, wrote its multirotor control and navigation code, and speaks at conferences on multirotor dynamics and control theory.

  • Richard Hall, head and shoulders, smiling, in a black Freespace polo against a soft grey studio backdrop

    Richard Hall

    Chief Operating Officer

    Richard is a commercial strategist with 10 years in the UAS industry and over 20 years in sales, go-to-market strategy and commercial leadership across multiple industries.

    He was Country Lead for Skydio, responsible for Australia and New Zealand, Singapore and India, and holds CASA aviation qualifications with UAS operational knowledge.

    His work spans helping international companies enter and expand in Australia and New Zealand, stakeholder alignment and partnership development, market entry strategy, channel development and long-term growth.