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.
Delair has expanded its customer service operations with the qualification and opening of its first two UAS repair and maintenance centres in the US, the company announced on 28 January.
The company has partnered with Frontier Precision and Seiler Instrument to provide comprehensive customer support for its UX11 mapping and survey UAS.
Delair worked with technicians from both firms to certify them on the latest maintenance and repair processes. Seiler's training took place at Delair’s manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France.
Delair also worked with the service providers to ensure each has a sufficient inventory of parts and spares, as well as the required tooling to perform repair and maintenance on the specific Delair UAS models.
Seiler Instrument, which has been a reseller of Delair UAS for several years, operates a service and repair facility in Saint Louis, Missouri where it will support the Delair UX11.
Frontier Precision, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denver, Colorado, will provide local expert service to its US customer base.
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.