XTEND Acquires Drone Inspection Company Performance Rotors

XTEND, developer of the XOS human-guided autonomous operating system, has acquired Performance Rotors, a drone inspection company whose technology supports clients operating oil and gas, maritime, and infrastructure projects. The acquisition will boost XTEND’s ability to offer human-guided interactive operations in a range of inspection scenarios and grow its global business, and make human-guided, remote interactive operations possible in a range of industrial inspection scenarios, including GPS-denied, unsafe, or confined spaces, according to XTEND. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

XTEND, a developer of a human-guided autonomous operating system, has acquired Performance Rotors, a drone inspection company. The acquisition will boost XTEND’s ability to offer human-guided interactive operations in a range of inspection scenarios. Courtesy of XTEND.

XTEND’s human-guided autonomous machine systems enable any operator to perform accurate maneuvers and actions in any environment with minimal training, the company said. The company’s XOS operating system enables practical autonomy, fusing human intelligence and machine autonomy to enhance the operator’s abilities and simultaneously reduce the risk of injury.

Alongside expanding application of its easily programmable and configurable XOS operating systems into inspection, public safety, security, and other civilian markets, the XTEND team has recently been awarded several multimillion dollar contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and MAFAT, the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Research and Development Directorate, to modernize their use of drone technology.