US DoD contracts Israeli firm XTEND for hyper-enabled sUAS system
19 May 2021 (Last Updated May 19th, 2021 10:30)
The US DoD, in partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, has contracted with XTEND for a new small unmanned aircraft system.
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The SKYLORD XTENDER enables operators to remotely intervene in dangerous situations, from a safe distance, via drone by virtually ‘sitting inside’ the small sUAS. Credit: PRNewsfoto/ XTEND.
Israeli start-up XTEND has been awarded a contract to provide a hyper-enabled small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), called SKYLORD XTENDER, for the US Department of Defense (DoD).
The contract was awarded by the DoD Special Operations / Low Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC), Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) Assistant Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Directorate of Defense Research & Development (Ma’fat).