The Australian Army tested the Vector AI reconnaissance drone during the Southern Jackaroo exercises at the Townsville training area in Queensland, utilizing a system refined through combat deployment in Ukraine. Manufactured by the German company Quantum Systems, the drone was used for deep reconnaissance, target detection, and transmitting coordinates for simulated drone and artillery strikes. The platform features artificial intelligence data processing, generating real-time terrain maps and autonomously detecting and tracking objects. The Vector AI is an electric vertical take-off and landing drone with a 2.8-meter wingspan. Corporal Harrison Hinson of the Australian Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment stated the drone mitigates risks by reducing the need for forward physical reconnaissance, functioning as an additional tool rather than a complete replacement. According to Defence-Blog, Quantum Systems’ drones have been deployed in Ukraine, where thousands of flight hours provided data to adapt the platform to electronic warfare environments and air defense systems. Separately, US-based data-labeling firm Enabled Intelligence released an AI training dataset containing 500,000 hours of drone footage recorded during the war in Ukraine, including pre-labeled video covering aerial object detection, vehicle classification, and ground activity. The dataset is available to approved users in the US, Ukraine, and NATO member states.