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Defence Notes
Australia diversifies AUKUS into advanced capabilities such as hypersonics
12th April 2022
AUKUS is about far more than giving Australia nuclear-powered submarines, with the three countries announcing a wide portfolio of defence collaboration.
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Digital Battlespace
NATO explores game-changing quantum tech
2nd February 2022
What is NATO doing to develop a specific policy for quantum technology?
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Digital Battlespace
Quantum technology attracts French attention
6th January 2022
The French MoD has launched a national quantum computing platform that will perform calculations up to 1 billion times faster than conventional computing. The system will be available to researchers and specialists.
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Digital Battlespace
French MoD creates VR planning centre
13th January 2022
The VR Decision project in France aims to investigate the impact of immersive technologies on collaborative processes that underpin the decision-making cycle and operational planning.
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Defence Notes
US service chiefs fear effects of funding impasse
26th January 2022
The US armed forces have been funded under a Continuing Resolution that will expire on 18 February —and service chiefs fear that a failure to approve a spending plan for the current fiscal year will adversely affect their ability to progress with modernisation efforts.
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Defence Notes
Biden issues new Indo-Pacific Strategy
15th February 2022
There are small differences, but the latest edition of the US Indo-Pacific Strategy carries on a similar trajectory to before, that of countering a belligerent China.
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Digital Battlespace
Quantum of no solace: Chinese progress alarms US
17th November 2021
What can the US do to catch up with China in the race for quantum computing supremacy?
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Defence Notes
NATO member states join forces to multiply defence R&D
7th December 2021
The NATO’s Science & Technology Organization’s (STO) Collaboration Support Office (CSO) have been working as a collaborative forum. It involves 5,000 scientists and over 300 research activities per year aiming at accessing emerging and disruptive technologies.
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Defence Notes
Leonardo and Elettronica join forces to support Italian 'sovereign technologies'
12th November 2021
Leonardo and Elettronica have embarked on a new partnership to address Italian, European and international market needs, with an emphasis on EW.
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Digital Battlespace
Putting the soldier at the centre of AI design (Studio)
14th October 2021
Militaries are turning to soldier-centred design to maximise the benefits of AI technology, placing humans at the centre of their development efforts.
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Digital Battlespace
Babcock steps into quantum technology realm with Arqit tie-up
24th August 2021
UK firms Arqit and Babcock International have sealed a partnership agreement to test the encryption capabilities of QuantumCloud technology.
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Defence Notes
DSEI 2021: CGS underlines changing nature of warfare
16th September 2021
British Army must run fast to establish a credible advantage over our potential adversaries, says Gen Sir Mark Carleton-Smith.
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Naval Warfare
AUKUS – Sweet in the mouth, bitter in the belly (Opinion)
14th October 2021
Australia is looking at decades before receiving its first nuclear-powered submarines. But surely there are faster options available?
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Training
IDEF 2021: Q3D launches flight sim training
17th August 2021
Quantum3D is now making available simulator flight training on a number of fixed- and rotary-wing simulators through its parent company, Havelsan.
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Defence Notes
Disruptive technology holds the key to multi-domain integration, says STRATCOM chief
27th May 2021
The UK must innovate and develop a ‘competitive edge’ with AI, quantum computing and other emerging technologies if it is to achieve effective multi-domain integration, Gen Sir Patrick Sanders told the RUSI Strategic Command Conference.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion (Ukraine Aid) [Germany]
Programme Background German Enablement Initiative On 18 April 2024, Quantum-Systems announced that German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck and Ukrainian Minister of Strategic Industry Alexander Kamyshin had opened the ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion [Romania]
Programme Background On 14 May 2024, Quantum Systems secured a contract valued at €18.4 million ($19.7 million) to supply its Vector drone to the Romanian MoD. ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
FALKE [Germany]
Programme Background In November 2022, the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) published details on its desire to award a ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion (Selected) [Ukraine]
Programme Background 500 Systems Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Quantum-Systems has provided many drones to Ukraine. Over 400 units have been provided as aid ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion [Netherlands]
Programme Background AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven B The Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) operates approximately 75 AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven B mini UAVs in the tactical ISTAR role, ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion (Contracted) [Ukraine]
Programme Background Previous Orders & Donations On 29 March 2022, the US Embassy in Warsaw announced that Quantum Systems had donated an unknown quantity of ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
DEF129 Small UAS [Australia]
Programme Background Requirement The Australian Army identified a need for a small UAS to provide an organic ISR capability to units operating at the tactical ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Short Range/Short Endurance (SR/SE) [USMC]
Programme Background Force Design 2030 The USMC Force Design 2030 is a modernisation effort to create a lighter, more agile maritime force. The update to ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Network Enabled Army ISR (NEAISR) (Fixed-Wing) [New Zealand]
Programme Background Network Enabled Army (NEA) The four-phase NEA is a long-term, transformational programme that seeks to introduce a deployable networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4), ...
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Submarines: conventional, attack
Indonesian Interim Readiness Submarine Class (IRSC) Programme
Programme Background In July 2021, the Indonesian Ministry of Finance (MoF) granted approval to obtain up to $600 million in foreign loans to procure at ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Twister
Unveiled at AUSA 2023, the Twister is a mini fixed-wing UAV manufactured by Quantum-Systems. It will be released in Q2 2025. It is an eVTOL drone ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini, Military UAS - rotary-wing
Vector / Scorpion
Vector is an electric UAS with VTOL capabilities and tiltrotor engines developed by Quantum-Systems. Its 2-in-1 design allows the user to remove the wings and attach ...
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Core systems: image intensifiers
Artemis
The Artemis series of LLL cameras embeds a ‘scientific CMOS’ sensor (Fairchild CIS1910F) within an uncooled camera design. The camera features simultaneous strong and weak ...
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EO/IR systems
Raptor
The Raptor is a lightweight dual EO/IR stabilised camera turret from NextVision. It features a 1280x720 resolution EO and IR camera, with 80x and 8x ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - mini
Trinity Tactical
The Trinity Tactical is an electrically powered fixed-wing mapping UAV manufactured by Quantum Systems. Based on the commercial Trinity F90+, the UAV is designed to be ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - small
Reliant
The Reliant is a Quantum Systems VTOL-capable fixed-wing drone unveiled at the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week Exhibition 2024. The hybrid drone is due to ...
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Subsystems: visual
CatalystSE DBGS 6000
CatalystSE DBGS 6000 is a PC-based, integrated, open-architecture, COTS database product that employs third-party and Quantum 3D COTS software tools. It is a scalable server-class ...
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Core systems: cameras and IR detectors
QWIP IDCA
QWIP (Quantum Well IR Photodetector) integrated dewar cooler assembly (IDCA), longwave IR, integral and split cooler solutions are intended for use in tough environments for stationary, handheld ...
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Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming
InShield
Indra’s InShield Directional Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system has been developed by the company to protect the Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force) Airbus A400M Atlas.
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Air: Defensive Systems - Laser Warning Receivers, Air: Electronic Attack - Jamming
ELT/577
ELT 577 is the latest generation of Directed InfraRed CounterMeasure System (DIRCM) that will be cued towards incoming missiles by a Missile Warning System. The ...
