Ross Wilkers
QinetiQ, BAE Systems and Thales are partnering to develop a decision support system for unmanned aerial vehicles to use for conducting routine tasks.
QinetiQ said it plans to develop the Autonomy research program for a civil application, with a live flight trial scheduled in March 2013 in a live flight trial for the Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment project.
Industry partners and British military officials recently visited the company’s headquarters to watch a trial of the Autonomy system.
“I am really excited with the output from the latest in a series of capability demonstrations of QinetiQ“™s Autonomy and mission management toolset,” said John Keirl from the U.K.’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
QinetiQ said it is aiming for the technology to simultaneously fly multiple UAVs that are readily available and always subject to operator demand.
