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Pentagon orders small Israeli drones for indoor special operations The Skylord Xtender is already operational with Israeli forces. (Courtesy of Xtend) JERUSALEM The Pentagon has awarded Israeli company Xtend a contract to deliver dozens of small unmanned aerial systems for use indoors and in urban environments by special forces in the Navy, Marine Corps and Army. The U.S. Defense Department ordered the Skylord Xtender in partnership with the Israeli Defense Ministry on behalf of the former’s Irregular Warfare Technical Support Directorate. Xtend did not provide the value of the contract. The system is one of several drones produced by Xtend, which also makes the Skylord Griffon UAV meant to destroy other drones a capability recently demonstrated at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The system is already operational with Israeli special forces.