PLATFORM · MK-VII BOOMER™ The autonomous saltatorial combat platform engineered for the Australian battlespace.

For seventy thousand years, the macropod has been the apex traversal organism of the continent. We have translated that evolutionary advantage into a sovereign defence capability.

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SCHEMATIC · DWG-MKVII-001 · REV. 14
CLASSIFICATION · UNCLAS / RESTRICTED
SHEET 1/3 SCALE 1:14 10 Dorsal Photovoltaic Array · 180 W peak 01 MK-VIIa Optical / IR Sensor Cluster 02 Aural Counter- Surveillance Suite 03 AUSTRAL-7 Onboard Compute · 142 TOPS 04 Reactive Armour Tessellation 05 Modular Pouch Bay · MIL-STD-810H 06 Forelimb Manipulator Array (4-DOF) 07 MEERKAT Dynamic Hopping Actuator 08 Subterranean Acoustic Profiler 09 Hydraulic Caudal Stabiliser 412 mm
UNIT MK-VII · CONFIG ALPHA-3 · LAND-174
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Capability Film

The MK-VII at Cultana: live-fire acceptance, March 2026.

Twelve minutes of edited operational footage from the live-fire acceptance trials at the Cultana Training Area, including discriminated kinetic engagement, scrub-canopy ingress, and pouch-bay rapid reconfiguration. Released to credentialled media under embargo arrangements.

UNCLASSIFIED // FOUO 16:9 · 4K UHD RUNTIME 02:14
UNCLAS // FOUO
MK-VII · CULTANA · MAR 2026▸ 02:14
Live Operations Updated continuously from fleet telemetry
Platform Hours Accumulated
0hrs
Kilometres Traversed
0km
Distributed Tactical Decisions · 24h
0
Operators Certified
0
Operator Clinical-Debrief Consultations
0
Payload Capacity
42kg
Mission-modular · ventral pouch bay
Hop Range, Unloaded
9.3m
Single saltatorial cycle, level grade
Top Speed
71km/h
Sustained, mixed terrain · 23 min
Endurance
14.5hrs
Battery; extended to 96+ hrs solar-augmented
Acoustic Signature
<38dBA
Measured at 25 m, scrub flora