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The developers also discovered early on that soldiers were overloaded with gear and could not easily carry all the drones, batteries, drone munitions and other equipment they wanted as well as well.
The solution to this is remote operation. Instead of troops carrying and launching the drones from forward positions as we see in Ukraine, the drones operate remotely from Nests. A Nest may be a mobile unit carried by a personnel carrier or uncrewed ground vehicle, a robot boat or a helicopter or other aircraft including drones. Nests may also be static, pre-positioned units with automated systems to change batteries and attach munitions to drones. There are many other such concepts, but XTEND have extensive real-world experience of using Nests.
“We put the emphasis on remote applications,” says Shapira. “We have the biggest advantage where the drones are operated far from people.”
With this setup, Shapira says, “distance is not an issue,” a great benefit to the Special Forces teams who will operate the new drones.
Mission Control
XTEND drones are designed to be deployed in mixed teams with several specialist typesXTEND
The drones are being supplied to the Special Operations / Low-Intensity Conflict Capability Development & Innovation Directorate.
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