An Army soldier C from 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment launches a Wasp AE small UAS. defence

Soldier Proof

Australian companies stand to benefit from an effort to acquire ‘soldier-proof’ unmanned systems for the Australian Army

Australian industry involvement has been put at the heart of a plan to acquire a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) to be used by Australian Army soldiers that is expected to be man-portable or carried within a team.

The requirement for the first tranche of UAS being acquired under the LAND 129 Phase 4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle project is regarded as operationally urgent, meaning these aircraft are being purchased as militaryoff- the-shelf (MOTS) systems.

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