Vector and Scorpion is a Two-in-one rucksack portable drone system Engineered by Quantum-Systems and powered by Auterion. Vector is a flexible Hybrid Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) sUAS that provides an endurance of 120 minutes and a 15 km radio link range enabled by a military grade encrypted mesh IP data link. Automated precision take-off and landings are standard with Vector, requiring only a single operator utilizing a hand-controlled GCS. By removing the wings and tail from Vector, an

35 YEARS LATER: On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board. The Challenger broke apart at 11:39 a.m., falling into the Atlantic Ocean. Investigators would later discover the disaster was caused by the failure of an “O ring” seal in one of the two solid-fuel rockets. As a result of the horrific accident, NASA did not send astronauts into space for more than two years as it redesigned a number of space shuttle features for improv