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AeroVironment To Acquire Unmanned Systems Command And Control Provider Tomahawk Robotics

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

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AeroVironment To Acquire Unmanned Systems Command And Control Provider Tomahawk Robotics

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AeroVironment [AVAV] on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire Tomahawk Robotics in a $120 million deal that would give it a multi-domain command and control platform for unmanned systems. Tomahawk offers the Kinesis artificial intelligence-enhanced command and control system, an open architecture platform that can operate robotic systems operating in different domains with a single controller. AeroVironment said it will combine its Crysalis command and control operating system with Kinesis. AeroVironment provides a family of Group 1, 2, and…

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