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JAPAN NEARS

GHOST ROBOTICS

VISION 60 GROUND

DRONE BUY

The Japanese Ministry of Defence intends The Ghost Robotics Vision 60 Q-UGV customer.
to purchase six Vision 60 Q-UGV mid-sized entered service with the U.S. military in 2021
high-endurance, agile and durable all- and Japan will receive the same configu- The Vision 60 Q-UGV weighs 51 kg and can
weather ground drones from U.S.-based ration as was sold to the USA, the official achieve a top speed of 3m per second. It
Ghost Robotics. A company official told said. South Korea is another customer for can carry a max payload of 10kg and has a
Daily News that funding for the purchase of the ground drones from Ghost Robotics. max power runtime of 15 minutes. It takes
six Vision 60 Q-UGVs has been secured in The Vision 60 Q-UGV has an MTBF of 8,000
Japan’s 2023 Defence Budget. This is hours and many military customers are 15 minutes to assemble/disassemble the
Japan’s first purchase of ground drones now working towards installing weapons ground drone, which has an aluminium
from Ghost Robotics. The official men- on the ground drones. The average cost body and composite legs. According to
tioned that the all-weather ground drones of a Vision 60 Q-UGV is approximately information posted on Ghost Robotics’
would be used for perimeter security in USD 200,000, though costs vary depend- website, it has more than 25 national secu-
military areas. ing on the customisation requested by the rity customers.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEF COS AT THE SHOW

Champion said, “We share a special stra-
tegic partnership with Japan which is
fundamental to both countries’ strategic
and economic interests. Japan’s invest-
ment in its defence sector is significant and
as a global leader in defence industries we
want to ensure South Australian companies
are at the fore of the opportunities available
across the Asia-Pacific region.”

Local companies participating include
Australian defence software and systems
engineering company Acacia Systems,
X-ray technology company Micro-X LTD,
sheet metal manufacturer Rowlands
Metalworks, and robotics firm Tekuma
Pty Ltd. Spacecraft mission delivery ser-
vices provider Inovor Technologies and
BMT Defence and Security Australia are
engagement in recent years between also present.
A number of leading South Australian
defence companies are making a mark at Australia and Japan, which last year saw
Japan’s only large-scale, fully integrated the signature of the Joint Declaration on
defence event, paving the way for future Security Cooperation in which both nations
trade opportunities across the Asia-Pacific. committed to closer defence and security
cooperation.
Six SA companies are presenting their cut-
ting-edge technologies to global defence The SA contingent comprises small to
industry executives and investors, with medium enterprises and is a part of the
ambitions to export new products and Australian defence industry delegation led
services to key markets throughout the by Major General David Coghlan and Air-
region. South Australian defence indus- Vice Marshal Gavin Turnbull.
tries’ discourse with their Japanese
defence counterparts follows continued Minister for Trade and Investment Nick
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