Facts

• Company: XTEND
• Product type: UAV
• Status: commercial
• Website: https://www.xtend.me/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Sources

Summary

Griffon is XTEND human-guided unmanned aircraft system for defense, security and public-safety missions. It uses XTEND autonomy stack to support reconnaissance, inspection and intervention while keeping a human operator in the control loop.

Overview

Griffon is XTEND human-guided unmanned aircraft system for defense, security and public-safety missions. It uses XTEND autonomy stack to support reconnaissance, inspection and intervention while keeping a human operator in the control loop.

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

Audience

Defense

Workflow

Remote operation, drone interception, tactical reconnaissance support and counter-UAS response.

Capability

UAV

Deployment environment

Defense and security environments requiring counter-drone interception.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: Remote operation, drone interception, tactical reconnaissance support and counter-UAS response.
• Capability: UAV
• Deployment environment: Defense and security environments requiring counter-drone interception.

Specifications

• Speed: Up to 129 km/h / 80 mph
• Autonomy Model: Human-guided system with 3D navigation, visual HMI spatial translation, and augmented reality API
• Task Scope: Detecting, identifying, and intercepting small enemy drones
• Operational Role: Man-portable counter-UAS drone for kinetic interception of small drones
• Range: Up to 4.8 km / 3 miles from launch point against Group 1/2 COTS UAS
• Aircraft Weight Kg: 0.9 kg
• Dimensions: 10.5 in / 0.26 m frame size
• Endurance: 12 minutes flight endurance
• Payload Options: Dynamic payload API supports multiple physical payloads and data connectivity for multi-role toolsets

Tags

• Peer Group: Counter-UAS system
• Customer Segment: Defence customer