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Unmanned Systems

Chesapeake Technology Acquires Small Developer Of UAS, Edge Communications Capabilities

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 1st, 2024

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Chesapeake Technology Acquires Small Developer Of UAS, Edge Communications Capabilities

IronClad secure flight controller. Photo: Chesapeake Technology International

Chesapeake Technology International Corp. (CTI) on Monday said it has acquired Asymmetric Technologies, LLC, a small developer and supplier of open architecture capabilities for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and edge communications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CTI is a portfolio company of Bluestone Investment Partners. Asymmetric has developed IronClad, a platform agnostic, cyber secure, open architecture, edge computer for automatic piloting, video processing, and artificial intelligence and computer vision applications. The Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command, the…

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