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A new UAV provides ground forces with on-demand actionable intelligence. It also delivers georeferenced terrain, vegetation and infrastructure imagery.
AeroVironment has launched the Quantix Recon, a lightweight, rapidly deployable, fully-automated reconnaissance solution. With its unique hybrid VTOL design, the aircraft combines the vertical takeoff and landing advantages of a multirotor drone with the range, speed and efficiency of a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft. Featuring fully-automated flight operation, it surveys up to 1.6 square kilometers (0.6 square miles), or 20 linear kilometers (12.4 miles) per 45-minute single battery flight.
Collected aerial imagery data is compatible with a wide range of available geographic information system (GIS) analytical tools to facilitate further analysis.
The low-cost reconnaissance solution can be in the air within minutes, capturing high-resolution georeferenced imagery of hard to access areas or dynamically changing environments. Because it does not rely on radio signals during flight, Quantix Recon offers greater stealth for concealed operations and is unaffected by radio frequency jammers, providing greater protection for frontline troops while reducing cognitive load, according to the company’s announcement.
The drone is equipped with dual 18-megapixel cameras that can capture both high resolution true color and multispectral georeferenced imagery. Powerful, on-board processing allows users to immediately view the high-resolution geospatial imagery on the included operating tablet as soon as the aircraft lands, requiring no other devices, internet or software.
Through the operating tablet’s Quick-Lookä HD app feature, users can pinch and zoom navigation down to centimeter-level ground sampling distance, enabling them to pinpoint and react to critical issues with precision and speed.
