Quantum-Systems is debuting its long-range, long-endurance VTOL UAS – Reliant – at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida this week.
The Group 2 platform delivers over 10 hours of endurance and provides persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Target Acquisition (TA) in contested, demanding environments. Reliant joins the Family of Systems comprised of the mid-range, mid-endurance UAS – Vector – and short-range, short-endurance UAS – Twister. Reliant, Vector and Twister are interoperable, making simultaneous operation and coordination of multiple UAS possible for joint UAS missions.
Dave Sharpin,CEO at Quantum Systems Inc., told UAS VISION:
“Reliant is the latest addition to our family of VTOL Uncrewed Aircraft Systems. Our goal in developing Reliant is to provide our customers with Group 3 UAS mission system capabilities in a Group 2-sized aircraft and operational footprint.”
Reliant is a fixed-wing, long-range vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAS designed for beyond-line- of-sight ISR/RSTA missions in inaccessible, denied environments. It merges the agility of rotary wing aircraft with the efficiency of fixed-wing models to deliver more than 10 hours of endurance.
The easily transportable system features a two- case mission pack-out and can be operational in less than 10 minutes with no tools required. Reliant features a secondary payload bay for additional ISR sensor integration and greater mission versatility.
Reliant has a flight time of 4 hours on its Li-Po Batteries alone, which rises to 10+ hours using Internal Combustion- based Hybrid-Electric Drive. Maximum cruise speed is 60 mph and payload capacity is 3 kg / 6.6 lbs. Length is7.8 ft / 2.37 m and wingspan is 12.8 ft / 3.9 m.
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