The project is investigating how low-cost optical sensor networks can detect and track drones, and aims to reduce potential aerial threats to Australia’s Defence personnel, infrastructure and critical assets.
The four additional weekly services, starting in October, are a response to high demand on the route and will operate using Scoot’s 375-seat 787-9 Dreamliners, comprising 35 “ScootPlus” seats and 340 economy seats.
Wisk, a subsidiary of Boeing, has partnered with London-based Skyports to look into the potential for a vertiport network in the South-East Queensland region by the end of the decade.