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.
The future of a US House of Representatives proposal for unmanned air systems (UAS) to be allowed to operate in non-segregated airspace alongside manned aircraft from September 2013 increasingly depends on an anticipated joint conference with the US Senate where corresponding legislation favours conducting restricted access trials.
The Senate FAA air transportation modernization and safety improvement act (S.1451), introduced 14 July, calls upon the Federal Aviation Administration to develop a comprehensive UAS airspace integration plan within one year of the final legislation being approved.
However the bill also sets a deadline for 10 April 2010 for completion of that plan
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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.