Australian aerospace research to save lives

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Newly-opened Australian aerospace center in Brisbane, capital city of Queensland, becomes a research base for developing cost-saving and potential life-saving technologies, according to Australian Associated Press.

The Australian Research Center for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA), officially opened on Friday by Queensland State Treasurer Andrew Fraser, will work into new technologies to prevent mid-air collision and develop new ways of using pilotless aircraft to fight bush-fires.

The center is a collaboration between the Queensland University of Technology and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).

While unmanned aerial vehicles will be a major focus at the center, developing safer flight-test technologies such as automated mid-air collision avoidance will also be a key task.