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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/skydio-extends-its-modular-open-platform-to-support-custom-attachments-for-x10d-302391153.html

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• "enables third parties to build payload attachments that extend the drone's capabilities to further meet mission requirements." Examples of custom attachments includeayload Delivery and Dropper devicesRadio and Signal Relay devicesElectronic Warfare (EW) or Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Signal Detection devicesChemical Detection devicesDiversionary devices
• Skydio partners L3Harris Technologies Inc. and Elsight have already conducted successful tests with custom external payloads using the Attachment ICD.The L3Harris RF-9820S-ER is a versatile, low-SWaP Software Defined Radio (SDR), interoperable with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) program of record radios, and runs the resilient Wraith™ waveform that has proven GPS denied and anti-jam resilience. An initial 2-day integration event with L3Harris culminated in a successful test flight of X10D using C2 and video over the L3Harris RF-9820S-ER.
• "Bringing together Skydio's X10D with L3Harris' embeddable radio running the Wraith™ waveform, we have created a highly capable unmanned platform that can confidently operate in GPS-denied and jammed environments," said Bob Daminski, Director of Unmanned Systems at L3Harris.
• The Elsight Halo provides Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) connectivity for drones, UAVs, and other uncrewed systems. The Halo uses aggregated bonding of multiple cellular modems simultaneously to manage a continuous connection with all available connectivity options from cellular, radio, and satellite sources. Skydio and Elsight have successfully flown the X10D with all C2 and video over the Elsight Halo.
• "Our battlefield-proven Halo for BVLOS connectivity enables military field operations to maintain communications in areas of minimal infrastructure, avoid interference and jamming, and control the system remotely from anywhere in the world," said Yoav Amitai, CEO of Elsight. "We are excited to be a part of Skydio's extended, modular, open platform of the X10D. We look forward to contributing our robust and innovative BVLOS capabilities to many U.S. defense applications and exercises."

Over the past five years, Skydio drones have been chosen by every branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, plus those of 25 allied nations.

Great news for me ......to be used/accepted/possibly embedded into a large existing companies future growth plans rather than always a young new company emerging in a new growth sector which we all know very well takes time .....