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.
Passur Aerospace has established a UAS-Drone Traffic Management Integration service, the company announced on 17 December.
The aviation intelligence platform is designed to give UAS users the information they need to operate safely in national airspace.
The service provides information on airspace management, operational plan development, flight and airspace data visualisation, fusion, and analytics, and air traffic flow management and optimisation. Collaborative decision making, route planning, irregular operation mitigation, and strategic and tactical mission objectives services are also supported, as is congestion avoidance management.
Leo Prusak, vice president, air traffic management products and strategy, said: ‘Today's National Airspace System user community operates every day, collaboratively, on our platform – so we are well positioned to help commercial UAV operators integrate into the civilian airspace community and work effectively with other stakeholders.
'We believe there is a range of operational and business objectives that need to be balanced to ensure optimal use of limited system capacity.’
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.