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.
UK and US experts believe more needs to be done in order to effectively integrate UAS operations into commercial airspace.
Policy and regulation dominated discussions during the second day of The Commercial UAV Show in London.
Parimal Kopardekar, manager of next-gen concepts and technology development at NASA’s Ames Research Centre, said he expected the use and proliferation of unmanned systems would continue and the challenge would be how to adapt policy to meet the demand.
‘My personal view is that every family will have a drone and every home will work as an aerodrome, so how do you accommodate that?’
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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.