Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

Boeing Defence Australia

Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company and a business unit of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems, is one of Australia's leading aerospace enterprises. It has a world-class team of nearly 2,000 employees at 13 locations throughout Australia and 2 international sites. Boeing Defence Australia supports some of the largest and most complex programs for the Commonwealth of Australia, the Australian Defence Force as well as in-country and international commercial and defence customers.

www.boeing.com.au

Gold Sponsors

Insitu

Insitu, Inc. has pioneered the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry since its inception in 1994. Specializing in the design, development, production, and operation of UASs for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) objectives, Insitu is a leading global provider of UAS solutions that meet a wide range of customer needs. The unmatched field performance of these customizable, low-cost systems has led to dramatic expansion, making Insitu one of the fastest-growing companies in the UAS industry.

Insitu’s family of UAS solutions has logged more than 200,000 operational flight hours by land and sea and has become the gold standard for autonomous aerial solutions in both military and commercial markets.

www.insitu.com

Civil Aviation Safety Authority

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) primary function is to conduct the safety regulation of civil air operations in Australia and the operation of Australian aircraft overseas. It is also required to provide comprehensive safety education and training programmes, cooperate with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, and administer certain features of Part IVA of the Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959.
CASA supports the future development of the aviation industry, and encourages students and enthusiasts to develop their skills under the appropriate safety guidelines.

www.casa.gov.au

Silver Sponsors

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Australia

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems-Australia is an active affiliate of The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International – the world’s largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to advancing the unmanned systems community. AUVS-Australia constitutes part of AUVSI’s 6,000 members worldwide, comprising government organizations, industry and academia. AUVS-Australia is committed to fostering, developing, and promoting unmanned systems and related technologies.

www.auvsi.org

Aviation Business Asia Pacific Magazine and Australian Defence Magazine

Aviation Business Asia Pacific Magazine is a leading source of news, analysis, information and commercial intelligence for the region’s airlines and airports and the businesses that support their operations. The Magazine canvasses the issues and agendas that drive the aviation and aerospace industry in the Asia Pacific region. Aviation Business has been a supporter of the UAV Challenge for two years running, and this year another Yaffa publication, the Australian Defence Magazine, join as official media sponsors.

The Australian Defence Magazine (ADM) is solely dedicated to the business of defence capability and infrastructure procurement and provides a communications bridge between defence industry and its single source customer, the Department of Defence.

www.aviationbusiness.com.au
www.australiandefence.com.au

Australian Microelectronics Centre

The Australian Microelectronics Centre works with technology based companies across a range of sectors to assist with their microelectronics and electronics related needs.

The Australian Microelectronics Centre provides services that assist companies with training, referrals to R&D providers and linkages to government programs.

The Australian Microelectronics Centre also assists industry through its K12 Robotics Program. The Program fosters technical skills for the future, supporting school students to develop their interest in engineering as a career pathway. The Centre facilitates robotics workshops and looks to support local robotics competitions.

www.amcentre.com.au

Bronze Sponsor

Central Queensland University

CQUniversity Australia is based in Rockhampton, Queensland and is an internationally, nationally and regionally networked and engaged institute of higher learning that operates throughout the Asia-Pacific.

CQUniversity offers a Bachelor of Aviation Technology degree that gives students the opportunity to undertake a range of careers in the aviation aerospace and IT industries. The Bachelor of Aviation Technology program is designed to provide students with a knowledge and understanding of the theories and practices appropriate for the aviation and IT industries, plus the skills to:

  • work in the aviation industry;
  • work in a range of operational and management positions within the aviation, aerospace and information technology industries; and
  • analyse problems critically and design appropriate solutions.

www.cqu.edu.au