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.
Irish-based company XOcean displayed its XO-450 unmanned vessel for the first time at the Sea Work International event in Southampton.
This is the second USV the company has built, including one working prototype, since XOcean was founded in 2017 by CEO James Ives.
It is intended that XOcean will have five XO-450s in its inventory by the end of 2018, according to a company official.
Testing of the catamaran-style USV was completed in January 2018 and the first active mission followed - it entailed a 100nm voyage in the Celtic Sea off the south coast of Ireland. The mission was
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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.