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SKYLORD GRIFFON

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About SKYLORD GRIFFON

SKYLORD GRIFFON is XTEND’s counter-drone interceptor, combining onboard flight assistance with an immersive operator interface. Three-dimensional navigation and augmented-reality controls let personnel guide the aircraft remotely during interception. The system connects with external detection and command systems as part of a counter-UAS installation.

In April 2021, XTEND announced that it had delivered dozens of GRIFFON systems to US Army Special Operations Command. The product’s human-guided control architecture keeps the operator away from the aircraft while supporting identification and physical interception of small aerial threats.

Timeline

  • XTEND reports operational SKYLORD GRIFFON deliveries to U.S. Army special operations

    2021-04-06 - Deployment - Additional deliveries reached other special-forces users and airports worldwide, without named customers or quantities. GRIFFON is a hard-kill interceptor for Group 1 and 2 commercial off-the-shelf drones and uses a single-use effector. The system can interface with external detection or command-and-control systems, operate up to three miles from launch and reach up to 80 miles per hour.

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Context

Market context

Griffon is XTEND’s counter-UAS interceptor drone system for human-guided, vision-assisted interception of hostile small drones.

  • Target environment: Defense and security environments requiring counter-drone interception.
  • Workflow context: Remote operation, drone interception, tactical reconnaissance support and counter-UAS response.
  • Customer context: Defense customers and security teams operating counter-drone systems.
  • Deployment model: Tactical drone product supplied for defense and security programs.
  • Commercial maturity: Fielded defense UAV family with public counter-UAS references.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on engagement rules, training, threat environment and procurement approval.
  • Market position: Counter-UAS system lane, separate from general ISR drones and autonomy software.
  • Adjacent products: Counter-UAS interceptors, tactical ISR UAVs, defense VTOL UAVs

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