Product profile
SKYLORD GRIFFON
SKYLORD GRIFFON is XTEND’s fielded hard-kill counter-UAS interceptor. It uses immersive human-guided control and onboard flight assistance to let operators...
Facts
- Company
- XTEND
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- legacy
- Website
- https://www.xtend.me/
About SKYLORD GRIFFON
SKYLORD GRIFFON is a compact hard-kill counter-UAS interceptor controlled through XTEND’s human-guided operating environment. It was designed so an operator without conventional piloting experience could pursue and kinetically intercept a hostile small aircraft using immersive control, onboard sensing and flight assistance.
XTEND delivered dozens of GRIFFON systems to US Army Special Operations Command for operational use. The product is no longer listed in the company’s current principal platform catalogue, which now centres on newer aircraft and the XOS operating system. GRIFFON is a fielded legacy generation focused on hard-kill interception.
Market context
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Summary
Type: C-UAS drone
Core: Drone intercept
Function: Interception
Audience: Defense
Specifications
- aircraft_weight_kg
- 0.9 kg
- autonomy_model
- Human-guided system with 3D navigation, visual HMI spatial translation, and augmented reality API
- dimensions
- 10.5 in / 0.26 m frame size
- endurance_minutes
- 12 minutes flight endurance min
- max_speed_mps
- 35.8 m/s m/s
- operational_role
- Man-portable counter-UAS drone for kinetic interception of small drones
- payload_options
- Dynamic payload API supports multiple physical payloads and data connectivity for multi-role toolsets
- range
- up to 4.8 km from launch point against Group 1/2 COTS UAS km
- task_scope
- Detecting, identifying, and intercepting small enemy drones
Operations
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- XTEND produces seven robotic platforms across five facilities in one week — 2026-08-03
- XTEND completes operational integration of Atlas — 2026-07-27
- XTEND and JFB file second amended Form S-4 for proposed business combination — 2026-07-20
- British Army validates five XTEND SCORPIO 1000 systems at RHINO BIZZ — 2026-07-16
- XTEND drones support Venezuela search-and-rescue deployment — 2026-07-03
- XTEND advances to Gauntlet II in U.S. Drone Dominance Program — 2026-07-02
- XTEND receives $3M follow-on defense order — 2026-06-25
- XTEND secures about $9M Middle East autonomous multi-drone orders — 2026-06-23