By Garrett Reim2021-05-05T01:13:00+01:00
Long-time tactical drone maker AeroVironment has completed its acquisition of ground robot manufacturer Telerob for $45.4 million in cash and a pay-off of $9.4 million of the firm’s debt.
The purchase of the German company is an initial step in AeroVironment’s plans to integrate tactical unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles for use in combat operations.
Source: AeroVironment
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Future combat operations may involve hundreds, perhaps thousands of UAVs and unmanned ground vehicles working in concert, perhaps in swarms, says Wahid Nawabi, AeroVironment’s chief executive officer. Toward that vision of future warfare, the company is working to connect and autonomously coordinate ground- and air-based unmanned systems, he adds.