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.
Trust Automation announced on 7 November that it has provided critical engineering support for the development of Zipline International's medical delivery UAS.
The company contributed to the development of the small footprint capture/recovery system for the UAS that allows it to fly to locations without prepared runway facilities.
The Zipline UAS has been developed to deliver critical and lifesaving medical supplies to inaccessible and remote areas. Zipline International recently began official national scale and routine deliveries of blood to health facilities in Rwanda.
Ty Safreno, CEO and CTO of Trust Automation, said: 'In the technological world we live in today it is unacceptable to know that lives are lost because communities have zero access to critical medical supplies. Being part of a project that saves thousands of lives on a global scale is an honour and driving inspiration for us.'
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.