A new era of drones: Fincantieri NexTech signs MOU with XTEND

Fincantieri NexTech, through IDS, announced the signature of a MoU with XTEND to cooperate in both fields of tactical drones and C-UAS

Fincantieri NexTech, through its subsidiary IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi leader in research and innovation in robotics and unmanned systems, announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with XTEND – a global leader in human-machine teaming technology, to cooperate in both fields of tactical unmanned systems and C-UAS countermeasures by creating synergies between their respective competencies with the aim of exploiting significant commercial opportunities.

The MoU, signed at Eurosatory 2022, confirms the Fincantieri Nextech’ expansion strategy in the tactical unmanned systems market for Defense, National Security, Public Safety and industrial inspection applications.

XTEND offers three drones: the indoor micro-tactical Xtender, GNNS resilient multi-mission Woverine, and C-UAS Griffon.  All drones are operated by a single, human-centric patented operating system, that enables operators and first responders, with minimal training time, to remotely intervene in dangerous situations, from a safe distance, by virtually “sitting inside” the small sUAS.

This combat proven “future-is-now” technology mitigates the operational risks by preventing humans to physically interact with a dangerous environment, while still projecting themselves into the area of interest and, in the C-UAS application, by minimizing the collateral effects when engaging malicious and unsafety drones.