Norwalk, CT, Aug. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantum Cyber N.V. (NASDAQ:QUCY), a Nasdaq-listed autonomous defense technology company assembling an AI-powered System-of-Systems platform for drone warfare, counter-UAS, and border security applications, today announced its participation in the 1640 Society Hamptons Family Office Wealth Forum 2026, an invitation-only gathering convening single-family offices, multi-family office principals, homeland security and defense-oriented fund managers, former U.S. federal officials, sitting members of the United States Senate, and select Nasdaq-listed operating executives.

Quantum Cyber will be represented on the Forum’s "The Future of Defense Tech" panel by Peter O’Rourke, President and Director of Quantum Drones Corporation, the Company’s wholly owned U.S. defense subsidiary, and by Nadab "Niddy" Akhtar, Chief Executive Officer and President of Project LightShift, the Company’s exclusive quantum antenna technology licensor. Mr. O’Rourke is a former Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under the Trump Administration, a U.S. military veteran, and a former Nasdaq board chairman. Mr. Akhtar leads Project LightShift, which in June 2026 executed a definitive exclusive license agreement with Quantum Cyber for its quantum antenna technology, the quantum computing coordination layer of the Company’s System-of-Systems platform.

On the panel, the two representatives are expected to address the acceleration of autonomous systems within U.S. homeland security and defense procurement, the strategic role of quantum-accelerated AI and quantum antenna technology in next-generation unmanned platforms, and Quantum Cyber’s on-shore manufacturing buildout at its recently acquired Bridgeport, Connecticut facility.

The 1640 Society is a private, curated network of ultra-high-net-worth families, institutional allocators, and policy leaders. The 2026 Hamptons Forum agenda spans space, defense, cybersecurity, longevity, and generational wealth, and includes sitting U.S. senators, former ambassadors, federal commissioners, billion-dollar hedge fund principals, and multiple family office chief investment officers.

"The 1640 Society brings together exactly the constituencies most relevant to what Quantum Cyber is building: family capital that thinks in decades, homeland security allocators, and former federal executives who understand how autonomous defense procurement actually works," said David Lazar, Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Cyber N.V. "Having Peter O’Rourke and Niddy Akhtar on the defense technology panel places both the federal-facing and the quantum technology sides of our platform in front of that audience at a moment when the Trump Administration’s Drone Dominance program and domestic manufacturing framework are creating a generational opportunity for U.S.-based autonomous systems companies."

Quantum Cyber’s participation advances the Company’s continued outreach to institutional and family office capital in parallel with its ongoing federal engagement, U.S. manufacturing buildout, and expanding patent portfolio across autonomous UAVs, counter-UAS ammunition, EMP shielding, naval mine countermeasures, and quantum antenna applications.

About Quantum Cyber N.V.

Quantum Cyber N.V. (NASDAQ:QUCY) is assembling an AI-powered, quantum-accelerated System-of-Systems autonomous defense platform that integrates drone warfare, counter-UAS, autonomous naval mine countermeasures, EMP shielding, anti-drone ammunition, command-and-control, and quantum antenna applications under a single Nasdaq-listed company. The Company acquires, licenses, and develops combat-proven autonomous technologies, deploying them as a coordinated, multi-domain portfolio across air, land, and sea. For more information, visit www.quantum-cyber.ai.

Forward-Looking Statements

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