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News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology

Navy launches new eye in the sky

03/10/202503/10/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 522 Views 0 Comments 822X Squadron, Integrator, Jervis Bay, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

A sunny day in Jervis Bay was the backdrop for 822X Squadron’s first launch and recovery of Navy’s newest uncrewed

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Participants of the first Air Force Test Ranges Squadron Defence Remote Pilot Licence Course, conducted at Evans Head, NSW, and led by Squadron Leader Martin Young. Story by Corporal Steven Lawton. Photo by Corporal David Martin.

News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology

Small effort, high pay-off for security drones

03/01/202504/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 3567 Views 0 Comments Air Force Test Ranges Squadron (AFTRSQN), Air Warfare Centre, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

With a large estate of test and training ranges across the country, the Air Warfare Centre’s Air Force Test Ranges

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News Royal Australian Air Force

UXO demolition needs steady hands

17/11/202321/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2345 Views 0 Comments EOD, No. 65 Air Base Recovery Squadron, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), UXO

Disposing of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on an air weapons range is no small feat, and requires skilled technicians from across

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The Sky Ranger R70 unmanned aerial system operating at RAAF Base Darwin, NT, in 2022. Story by Warrant Officer Class 2 Max Bree. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Sam Price.

Australian Army News Science & Technology

Unmanned aerial logistics coming soon

15/09/202323/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2438 Views 0 Comments Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Having your next batch of ammo or rations arrive via drone could be no more than a couple of years

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Australian Army Private Samuel Austen-Wilkins, left, and His Majesty's Armed Forces of Tonga Lance Corporal Sione Atoa mounted in an Australian Army Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle during Exercise Talisman Sabre. Story by Major Roger Brennan. Photos by Corporal Nicole Dorrett.

Australian Army News Talisman Sabre

Boxer’s fighting season of firsts

09/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 3094 Views 1 Comment 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Brigade, Boxer CRV, Exercise Talisman Sabre, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Sitting in a cavalry screen far forward of 7th Brigade Battle Groups, the Boxer combat reconnaissance vehicle surveilled Objective Otter

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Lieutenant Fiona Nguyen in front of a Shiebel S-100 air vehicle at 822X Squadron, HMAS Albatross. Story by Captain Karam Louli. Photo by Petty Officer Justin Brown.

High-flyer boosts aerial workforce

16/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2392 Views 0 Comments 822X Squadron, drones, Honours List, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Optimising Navy’s future uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) workforce was just one of the achievements that landed Lieutenant Fiona Nguyen a

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Wing Commander Keirin Joyce, Program Chief Engineer of Air Force’s Future Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems Programs Office at the World of Drones and Robotics Congress. Story by Jake Zappia.

News Royal Australian Air Force Science & Technology

ADF and industry celebrate drone innovation

25/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1822 Views 0 Comments UAS, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)

The successful partnership between Defence and industry in the development of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) technologies has been highlighted at

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