20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery

Responsible for providing intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR), the regiment has deployed personnel to East Timor, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan, operating a variety of equipment.Consisting of three batteries – the 131st STA, 132nd UAV and CSS Bty – the regiment draws on the lineage of the 20th Locating Regiment, which was disbanded in 1971;[1] the 131st Divisional Locating Battery served with the 1st Australian Task Force during the Vietnam War, having originally been formed in 1954 as a Citizens Military Force (CMF) unit before becoming a regular unit in 1965.[4] The regiment has also deployed the AN/TPQ-36 Weapon Locating Radar to Iraq.[6] After the cancellation of the I-View, in August 2010 the AAI Shadow 200 was approved for purchase, with the first systems expected to be operating in Australian hands by the end of 2011.[8] Under Land 129 Phase 3, Boeing subsidiary Insitu Pacific was chosen to supply the Integrator Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) with first deliveries expected in 2023.
Australian ArmySurveillancetarget acquisition16th Aviation BrigadeEnoggera BarracksBrisbaneUnit colour patch1st Australian Task ForceVietnam WarCitizens Military ForceGallipoli BarracksEnoggera, QueenslandIsrael Aircraft Industries I-ViewBoeing ScanEagleAN/TPQ-366th BrigadeAAI Shadow 200IntegratorUnmanned Aerial System