Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
AeroVironment Launches Quantix Commercial Drone System
The Quantix drone system combines hardware, software and analytics in a single platform.
AeroVironment's new Quantix drone system includes multispectral sensors in a compact, four-rotor, vertical takeoff and landing package. Photo: Matt Thurber
AeroVironment's new Quantix drone system includes multispectral sensors in a compact, four-rotor, vertical takeoff and landing package. Photo: Matt Thurber

Unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer AeroVironment kicked off this year’s Drone World Expo in San Jose, California, by unveiling its new commercial Quantix drone and Decision Support System (DSS). The package includes the Quantix drone—a vertical takeoff and landing multirotor, multi-sensor system—with the company's DSS cloud-based analytics platform.