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.
Universities in the US have begun looking at how small UAS could be used to predict extreme weather events and double warning times for those living in areas prone to tornados or severe storms.
The proliferation of UAS technology and their gradual integration into commercial airspace is giving both meteorologists and atmospheric physicists a potentially powerful tool that could supplement or even replace traditional methods of forecasting weather.
Currently, researchers use a combination of weather balloons, ground-based Doppler radar and satellites to determine weather patterns.
Doppler radar in particular has been ‘fantastic’ for severe storm measurements and giving scientists a
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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.