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 principality of Monaco has installed a counter-UAS system to protect the city against threats posed by small unmanned aircraft.
The system has been operational since late October and according to Aveillant, the British company providing the radar used to deliver situational awareness, it is effective to a range of 5km - a capability demonstrated by an incident that occurred during testing earlier this year.
'We were doing a demonstration in May where the local guys flew a drone out to sea [to prove the radar would detect it],' said Aveillant CEO David Crisp. 'We'd been doing this on and
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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.