AUSA 2024: Quantum-Systems targets big 2025 with UAS developments
Quantum-Systems has been upgrading its UAS family, with new versions of the Vector, Reliant and Twister drones set for release throughout 2025.
Worldwide transactions of companies involved in the unmanned systems sector rose from eight in 2010 to 44 in 2014, with 16 deals already concluded in the first quarter of this year.
Meanwhile, between 1 January 2014 and 24 April 2015, 49 capital raises were registered by companies in the UV sector through a variety of sources, including crowd-funding.
The figures were disclosed by Westbury Group, a Connecticut-based investment banking firm, at the start of the Unmanned Systems exhibition in Atlanta.
Debating the unmanned vehicles market, growth and areas of potential interest in the future, a panel of experts argued that
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Quantum-Systems has been upgrading its UAS family, with new versions of the Vector, Reliant and Twister drones set for release throughout 2025.
The service has been using a Directed Requirement (DR) approach to speed up the deployment of a Medium Range Reconnaissance capability.
AeroVironment’s portfolio will grow thanks to the eVTOL P550 aimed at battalion-level tactical forces.
The Royal Australian Air Force is advancing its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capabilities across three key programmes as it works with the likes of Boeing and Northrop Grumman to reshape Australia’s defence strategy.
Prototypes from Griffon Aerospace and Textron Systems recently passed through MOSA conformance trials and flight tests.
Funds for the second phase of this effort will be allocated in the US Department of Defense (DoD) FY2026 budget request.