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A single operator, acting from aboard an airborne E-7A Wedgetail aircraft, was able to conduct the capability demonstration at Woomera Test Range in South Australia.
Traditionally work performed by helicopters, the project involves a partnership with the Anindilyakwa Land and Sea Rangers to survey 83.74 km of remote coastline in a way that is cheaper and less restricted by the wet season, and has so far spotted 72 nets.
The crew of volunteers flew the supplies across the Manning River to Harrington on Friday night, after receiving an urgent request.
The Northrop Grumman-manufactured high altitude, long endurance, remotely piloted aircraft system, labelled online as United States military A57-002 (similar aircraft pictured), arrived at RAAF Base Tindal in the Northern Territory earlier this week.
The agreement strengthens the collaborative efforts of two of the nation’s key defence players in what has been billed as one of Australia’s most significant aviation programs.
The agreement will see SLSNSW and Babcock look into using drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) to modernise SLSNSW’s coastal operations and “radically transform the state’s surf lifesaving operations into a broader national asset for disaster prevention, response, and recovery”.
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