{"id":4971,"date":"2018-11-08T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T22:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=4971"},"modified":"2023-08-06T14:29:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T04:29:05","slug":"the-australian-armys-drone-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/the-australian-armys-drone-air-force\/","title":{"rendered":"The Australian Army\u2019s drone air force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n<p>The first Military International Drone Racing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.defence.gov.au\/media\/media-releases\/teams-fly-sydney-first-ever-military-international-drone-racing-tournament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tournament<\/a>\u00a0was just held in Sydney, featuring competitors from across the world, and the Australian Army team did very well. This shouldn\u2019t surprise. The Army has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenceconnect.com.au\/strike-air-combat\/2151-podcast-eye-in-the-sky-keirin-joyce-lieutenant-colonel-so1-uas-army-uas-drone-sub-program-manager\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declared<\/a>\u00a0that it will soon \u201cbe the most unmanned [air vehicle] army in the world per capita\u201d. Three types are drones are to be used in a sophisticated and overlapping structure to support soldiers on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>The first layer is in the form of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.army-technology.com\/projects\/shadow200uav\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RQ-7B Shadow 200<\/a>, the giant of the family. At 200 kilograms, this winged drone is launched using a pneumatic catapult mounted on a trailer and\u00a0landed on a short runway with simple gear to drag it to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>The second layer is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforce-technology.com\/projects\/wasp-ae-small-unmanned-aircraft-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RQ-12 AeroVironment Wasp AE<\/a>, a 1.3 kilograms bird-shaped drone. This small drone is hand-launched \u2013 essentially thrown into the air \u2013 and recovered when the operator forces it into a deep stall, landing on land or in water.<\/p>\n<p>The third is truly a baby \u00ad\u2013 the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.army-technology.com\/projects\/pd100-black-hornet-nano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PD-100 Black Hornet Nano<\/a>. This tiny helicopter weighs only 18 grams and is carried by a solider. All three types of drones carry video cameras capable of day\/night operation.<\/p>\n<p>To illustrate how this might work in the field, imagine a patrol is set a task to clear a village. A day or so before, the Shadow would be sent on a reconnaissance mission, flying at some 2000 metres above to gather detailed intelligence, which could include enemy positions, choke points, safe road routes, and the location of obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/australian-army-drone-air-force\">The Australian Army\u2019s drone air force<\/a>&#8221; article at the Lowy Interpreter, written by Griffith Asia Institute Visiting Fellow, Dr Peter Layton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| The first Military International Drone Racing\u00a0Tournament\u00a0was just held in Sydney, featuring competitors from across the world, and the Australian Army team did very well. This shouldn\u2019t surprise. The Army has\u00a0declared\u00a0that it will soon \u201cbe the most unmanned [air vehicle] army in the world per capita\u201d. Three types are drones are to be used<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/the-australian-armys-drone-air-force\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;The Australian Army\u2019s drone air force&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1057],"tags":[802,846,611,1082],"class_list":["post-4971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-armed-unmanned-aircraft","tag-australian-army","tag-drones","tag-peter-layton"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Jill Moriarty","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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