Defence Minister Linda Reynolds CSC has announced up to $1.3 billion in a new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) development program, which has the lofty goal of enhancing situational awareness across Australia’s vast maritime environment.
Defence said that the Maritime UAS Continuous Development program will ensure it maintains leading-edge maritime surveillance capabilities.
And according to Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds, this ties in directly to departmental requirements of such capabilities to better understand and adapt to the rapidly changing maritime domain.
Australia; MoD pledges US$ 0.9Bn to attain maritime UAV goals