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This page contains news and links to various media releases and information about the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation.

12th Aug 09 Smart Skies “Hot Topic” at AUVSI North America 2009
17th July 09 Phase Two Flight Trials successfully completed
16th June 09 UAS successfully controlled using 3G mobile phone network
20th Mar 09 Flight testing of complex collision scenario successful
10th Mar 09 ARCAA and Smart Skies at 2009 Avalon Airshow
5/06/2008 Flying farm robots - Aviation and farming in the 21st Century
23/01/2008 Queensland State Government media release - Premier Anna Bligh welcomes Boeing research centre for Queensland. (PDF 78 Kb)
24/08/2007 Australian Newspaper - Search is on as robot aircraft battle to find 'Outback Joe' (PDF 78 Kb)
08/05/2007 State Government Media Release - QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT FUNDING OPENS UP SKIES FOR NEW AGE AIRCRAFT (PDF 41 Kb)
4/02/2006 Prof. Rod Walker interview on the science show with Robyn Willians (wma 7.11MB)
13/02/2006 Australian Financial Review - No Pilot? No Worries: Research could help position Australia as a world leader in civilian uses for pilotless planes (PDF 270 Kb)
19/01/2006 City North News - UAV Interest Heightens (JPG 63 Kb)
12/12/2005 State Government Media Release - UAVs in Queensland Set to Fly (Anna Bligh) (PDF 13 Kb)
December 2005 ARCAA Newspaper Media Releases (PDF 2,835 Kb)
01/12/2005 News Article - Queensland's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Industry off the Ground (PDF 13 Kb)
01/12/2005 ABC News article - New Pilotless Aircraft Research Area Opens (PDF, 12 Kb)
10/10/2005 Announcement of the ARCAA UAV Workshop to be held in Brisbane, Queensland on the 30th November and 1st December
16/07/2005 Business Acumen Queensland (Issue 16) article - World Centre for Unmanned Aircraft (PDF, 63 Kb)
06/07/2005 State Government Media Release - Queensland to be world centre for unmanned aerial vehicles (PDF, 72 Kb)
19/06/2005 State Government Media Release - Queensland to be a world centre for R&D of unmanned aircraft (PDF 75 Kb)
19/06/2005 Sunday Mail article - Beattie chases spies in the sky (PDF, 128 Kb)
19/06/2005 News.com article - Beattie reveals unmanned plane plan (PDF, 90 Kb)