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Drones Enhance Processing of Intel

Auterion Government Services Inc. has partnered with a German company to provide software for two of its drones. Auterion, in Moorpark, is integrating its software into the Vector and Scorpion drones made by Quantum-Systems GmbH in Munich, which enables them to become extensible, tailorable and interoperable for customers in the U.S. defense and security markets. Auterion Chief Executive David Sharpin said the company was excited to work with Quantum-Systems to bring new, integrated and portable unmanned aircraft to market. “We feel (this) will transform the way our customers collect, process and disseminate ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) and situation awareness information,” Sharpin said in a statement. The Vector and Scorpion form a 2-in-1 kit. The Scorpion is a tri-copter that can be used in urban environments. By attaching fixed wings and a tail section, Scorpion transforms into the vertical takeoff and landing aircraft Vector, used for longer range, longer endurance intelligence and surveillance gathering missions. When the two aircraft are integrated with Auterion Enterprise PX4 software, Auterion ground station software and the company’s hand-held ground control station, they form an open ecosystem that is aligned with the Defense Department’s Group 1 unmanned aerial systems architecture. The Pentagon’s Group 1 drone requirements are an unmanned aircraft with a maximum gross takeoff weight of up to 20 pounds, a nominal operating altitude of no more than 1,200 feet above ground level and a speed of up to 100 knots. Quantum-Systems Chief Executive Florian Seibel said that teaming up with Auterion will change the market in many ways, especially as the Conejo Valley company was a key partner in the development and deployment of the Group 1 architecture. “Together with our new tactical platforms Vector and Scorpion, this will meet the requirements and needs of the U.S. Government defense and security markets,” Seibel said in a statement. “We will enable our global customers to either run our proprietary stack or be integrated with Auterion Government Service Inc.’s enterprise software and (hand-held ground control station) from now on. By setting up a U.S. entity, Quantum-Systems will move closer to the customer while working on setting up a large-scale U.S. production.” Auterion Government Services is owned by Auterion, a Zurich, Switzerland open source software company for drone manufacturers, operators and pilots.

Mark Madler
Mark Madler
Mark R. Madler covers aviation & aerospace, manufacturing, technology, automotive & transportation, media & entertainment and the Antelope Valley. He joined the company in February 2006. Madler previously worked as a reporter for the Burbank Leader. Before that, he was a reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago and several daily newspapers in the suburban Chicago area. He has a bachelor’s of science degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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