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.
As part of a three-year contract, Cyberhawk will provide its visual asset management software to an oil and gas operator during the construction of a new petrochemical complex in the US, Cyberhawk announced on 16 April.
The operator was seeking a detailed software solution for its construction project that would allow a digitised view of UAS-captured data such as orthophotos, spherical images, 3D point cloud models and videos collected on-site on a weekly basis.
Cyberhawk was selected to provide drone content management and distribution services through its visual asset management software, iHawk – a cloud-based software that hosts inspection and survey data from various sources and has industry-specific solutions for the wind, utilities, oil and gas and infrastructure sectors.
The main phase of the project is already underway, which involves the construction of processing units, cooling towers, rail and truck loading facilities, water treatment plant, office buildings and laboratory at the new petrochemical site.
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.