AUSA 2024: Quantum-Systems targets big 2025 with UAS developments
Quantum-Systems has been upgrading its UAS family, with new versions of the Vector, Reliant and Twister drones set for release throughout 2025.
As drone misuse by rogue operators and numerous instances of high-profile incursions into sites of critical national infrastructure multiply, authorities, industry and other stakeholders continue to search for a silver bullet to nullify the unmanned threat.
To this end, AUVSI and Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) at AUVSI Xponential on 30 April announced the formation of a ‘Blue Ribbon Task Force’ on UAS mitigation at airports, which will bring together a cross-section of representatives to refine airport security practices and combat rogue drone flights.
The task force, comprised of officials from civil authority, former aviation administrators and emergency services have
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Quantum-Systems has been upgrading its UAS family, with new versions of the Vector, Reliant and Twister drones set for release throughout 2025.
The service has been using a Directed Requirement (DR) approach to speed up the deployment of a Medium Range Reconnaissance capability.
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Funds for the second phase of this effort will be allocated in the US Department of Defense (DoD) FY2026 budget request.