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.
Defence and aerospace company SCI Technologies is closing in on the end of development of its drone capture system and is looking to bring the technology to market in 2019.
Known as the AeroGuard, the counter-drone system aims to tackle the threat of drones with IEDs attached, the smuggling of contraband across borders and in prisons using UAS and intellectual property piracy.
AeroGuard was displayed at the Commercial UAV Show in Las Vegas as the company aims to drum up interest from commercial customers before looking towards government agencies, according to Terry McFerrin, design engineer at SCI.
The drone capture
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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.