Tag: UAS

Drone traffic system to come online next year

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Drone traffic will be monitored through a long-awaited flight management system from end of next year, as Airservices Australia gets to work rolling out the new capability. The federal...

ASCA buys 300 sovereign drones under $6.6m challenge

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Budding Australian drone manufacturers AMSL Aero, Boresight and Grabba Technologies have shared $6.6 million in Defence production contracts following the success of their prototypes under the Advanced Strategic Capabilities...

Defence drops $100m on local and overseas drones

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new fleet of reconnaissance drones will be acquired by the Australian Defence Force under a $100 million-plus deal with Germany’s Quantum-Systems and Australia’s own SYPAQ Systems. The federal...

New DroneShield base tips R&D capacity past $400m

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Counter drone tech manufacturer DroneShield has tripled its manufacturing and R&D capacity through the opening of its new Sydney headquarters. The new facility in Pyrmont takes DroneShield’s annual manufacturing...

Aussie counter-UAS systems compete for Canadian dollars

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Two Australian defence industry firms will compete against 13 other teams from across the world for innovation funding from the Canadian government later this year as a part of...

ASCA spends $1.2m on 11 aerial drone prototypes

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The Defence department’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator has signed contracts worth $1.21 million for the delivery of 11 different prototype drones as its first innovation incubation challenge moves to...