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Military Unmanned Systems Handbook
Shephard Media
The Military Unmanned Systems Handbook (Digital Download) is an international guide to the military UV industry and provides detailed information on air, ground and sea (surface & sub-sea) vehicles as well as subsystems. What's included: Unencrypted 390+ page PDF of equipment and supplier information Market summary
Defence Insight
Shephard Media
Some of the things people like you use Defence Insight for:
- Total addressable market sizing ($)
- Competitor analysis
- Cost analysis
- Market forecasting
- Growth identification
- Increasing closing ratio
- Increasing closing order value
- Estimating product potential
- Calculating sales forecasting
- Supply and demand analysis
- Total addressable market sizing ($)
- Competitor analysis
- Cost analysis
- Market forecasting
- Growth identification
- Increasing closing ratio
- Increasing closing order value
- Estimating product potential
- Calculating sales forecasting
- Supply and demand analysis
Shephard Plus Update
Shephard Media
Shephard Plus is updating in June 2018 with rich new capabilities, and is now one of the most cost-effective and valuable aerospace and defence market intell...
Description
AI-powered autonomy and tactical drone solutions XTEND has been awarded an US$8.8 million contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) for a precision-strike small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS).
The contract was awarded under the DoD's Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) and is for Precision Strike Indoor & Outdoor (PSIO) sUAS.
The system being supplied is the Scorpio 500 which has a 4.8km range, top spend of 39kmh and carries a maximum payload of 500gm. It has a frame size of 42cm x 44cm x 13cm (16.5in x 17.3in x 5.1in) and an endurance of 15 minutes without payload or 8 minutes with payload.
PSIO sUAS is described by XTEND as representing “a leap forward in tactical drone technology, being the first US DoD-approved system in this category (Indoor/Outdoor) for a flying loitering munition platform”.
An XTEND spokesperson said: “It is the culmination of two years of collaborative development with IWTSD and has already proven its capabilities in recent global conflicts, being one of the most operational loitering munition solutions used by Israeli Defence Forces.”
The award follows the successful completion of live-fire testing and safety evaluations. The platform will be produced domestically in the US with deliveries slated to begin in Q1 2025.
The contract was awarded under the DoD's Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) and is for Precision Strike Indoor & Outdoor (PSIO) sUAS.
The system being supplied is the Scorpio 500 which has a 4.8km range, top spend of 39kmh and carries a maximum payload of 500gm. It has a frame size of 42cm x 44cm x 13cm (16.5in x 17.3in x 5.1in) and an endurance of 15 minutes without payload or 8 minutes with payload.
PSIO sUAS is described by XTEND as representing “a leap forward in tactical drone technology, being the first US DoD-approved system in this category (Indoor/Outdoor) for a flying loitering munition platform”.
An XTEND spokesperson said: “It is the culmination of two years of collaborative development with IWTSD and has already proven its capabilities in recent global conflicts, being one of the most operational loitering munition solutions used by Israeli Defence Forces.”
The award follows the successful completion of live-fire testing and safety evaluations. The platform will be produced domestically in the US with deliveries slated to begin in Q1 2025.
