During the first reporting period of the project, the requirements of the solution have been validated, the minimum viable product (MVP) has been completed, the tests for CE Marking and compliance with FAA regulation have been performed and relevant dissemination and communication actions have been carried out.
The company defined the production processes for scale-up, which were successfully piloted on small batches during the second periodic report.
The aircraft is already in operation at small scale with initial customers in 4 continents. The Local Police from Benidorm, for example, has been using HYBRiX for the last 18 months on first response and civil protection operations. Benidorm city has developed one of the most advanced regulations in the world for use of drones by first responders, to match HYBRiX capabilities and make the most of its advantages, with pioneer initiatives, like night operations.
In the beginning of 2020, Quaternium set the World Record of Endurance with an experimental version of HYBRiX multirotor, flying non-stop for 8 hours and 5 minutes. That is a revolutionary milestone that means almost 100% increase from the aircraft performance at the start of the project. That flight had an important impact in the industry and served as launching event for the new MVP of HYBRiX drone.
During the second half of 2020 (PR3), and despite the COVID restrictions, Quaternium performed a new Record of Endurance of over 10 hours of hovering flight, and completed a validated version of HYBRiX drone system, getting it ready for production scale-up. The dissemination activities of HYBRiX project have reached millions of people, with numerous appearances in all sorts of media, including national televisions and radio shows. And there are operational units of HYBRiX drone deployed in four different continents: Europe, America, Asia and Oceania.
