By Pink Cat Holdings, Inc. | June 21, 2023
Pink Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Pink Cat” or the “Firm”), a navy know-how firm integrating robotic {hardware} and software program to guard and help the warfighter, in the present day proclaims that its new military-grade sUAS, the Teal 2, has acquired clearance from the U.S. Division of Protection (DoD) to be designated as a Blue UAS.
The Blue UAS Cleared Record is a choose group of DoD-approved drones for presidency customers. In line with the DoD, these drones “are NDAA compliant, validated as cyber-secure and secure to fly, and can be found for presidency buy and operation.”
The Teal 2 is the second sUAS from Pink Cat subsidiary Teal Drones to have handed the rigorous testing required for Blue UAS clearance. Teal’s legacy sUAS, the Golden Eagle, can also be on the cleared checklist, which at the moment contains fewer than 20 drones in whole.
Blue UAS is an initiative of the Protection Innovation Unit (DIU), the one DoD group targeted on accelerating the adoption of economic and dual-use know-how to resolve operational challenges at velocity and scale. This acceleration strengthens nationwide safety and helps develop the nationwide safety innovation base.
“Blue UAS clearance is a excessive bar to succeed in for any sUAS due to the in depth vetting course of,” stated Teal Founder and CEO George Matus. “With this certification, all our clients – navy, authorities and industrial – may be assured that the Teal 2 meets the very best requirements for cybersecurity, security and operation.”
Formally launched in April, the Teal 2 is designed to Dominate the Evening™ and arrives because the world’s main sUAS for evening operations. The Teal 2 is the primary sUAS to be outfitted with Teledyne FLIR‘s new Hadron 640R sensor, offering finish customers with the very best decision thermal imaging in a small kind issue. The Teal 2 additionally provides the newest intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance know-how, delivering time-critical data and enabling operators to make sooner, smarter selections.
“Blue UAS certification opens the door to higher alternatives for Teal 2,” stated Matus. “We will now fill orders that have been contingent on certification, and along with orders from the U.S. authorities, we all know that governments of allied nations are additionally extra more likely to buy Blue UAS-approved drones.”
Pink Cat will exhibit the Teal 2 on the Trendy Day Marine expo in Washington, D.C., from June 27-29.
