Monash recognised several years ago that these enterprises would have difficulty in obtaining the capital to establish the necessary test facilities for this new ICT industry sector.

While Monash was able to provide support from its main engineering research facilities at Clayton, government funding was critical to the establishment of the test range itself at Port Welshpool.

It is now widely recognised that the UAV industry will represent a significant proportion of the aviation industry market. While much of this initiallly will be for militiary purposes the spin offs into civilian use are likely to grow quickly.

References to UAV industry growth include those that may be found under:

• the Australian Joint Industry, Tourism and Resources and Defence Department Initiative;

• the UAV Forum,, and the

• the USA Office of the Secretary of Defense Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Roadmap 2000-2025.

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