AEROVIRONMENT

AeroVironment has signed contracts with the Australian Ministry of Defence to deliver its Wasp AE unmanned aerial system (UAS) to the Australian Defence Forces. Deliveries will take place over a three-year period commencing July 2018 in conjunction with Australian partners XTEK, General Dynamics Mediaware and Sentient Vision. The WASP AE is a small hand-launched reconnaissance and surveillance UAS that weighs just 2.8 pounds and is capable of landing on both land and water surface.