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Monday, November 18 2019 - 11:01
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D-Fend Solutions Assures U.S. National Security Against the Increasing Threat of Rogue Drones
RA'ANANA, Israel, November 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

D-Fend Solutions, a leading counter-drone solution provider, has been working 
with the US Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations/Low-Intensity 
Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) to 
protect US troops and assure US national security against rogue commercial 
drones with its leading EnforceAir c-sUAS (Counter small Unmanned Aerial 
System) platform. 

Over the past eighteen months, D-Fend has been working closely with the CTTSO 
to co-develop D-Fend's EnforceAir advanced C-sUAS capabilities. During the last 
six months, the EnforceAir has been successfully deployed by more than twenty 
U.S DOD, DHS, and DOJ units and agencies against the growing threat of 
commercial drones.

Among the agencies currently operating D-Fend's EnforceAir are the U.S. Special 
Operations units, U.S. Army, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs 
and Borders Patrol (CBP), U.S Marshal service, and more.

"EnforceAir continues to demonstrate top preforming C-sUAS capabilities against 
rogue drones," said Michael J. Trexler, ASD-SO/LIC CTTSO Tactical Operations 
Government Program Manager. "D-Fend plays a key role in our ongoing efforts to 
keep our soldiers and country safe".

"It is a tremendous honor to be chosen to protect the U.S. forces and most 
valued critical assets,'' says Zohar Halachmi, Chairman & CEO of D-Fend 
solutions. "We are very proud to be working together with the U.S. CTTSO team, 
protecting U.S. soldiers, and citizens".

The EnforceAir advanced autonomous system, exclusively marketed in the U.S by 
ELTA North America, automatically and passively detects, locates and identifies 
rogue drones with multiple options for mitigation, minimizing the risk to key 
infrastructure and personnel; by taking control, safe routing/landing threat 
C-sUAS safely at a pre-defined safe zone. The mitigation capability above 
includes drone swarms.

"We are proud to represent D-Fend Solutions products and services in the U.S. 
market," stated Greg Gudger, President & CEO of ELTA North America, which is 
headquarted in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, the exclusive marketer of D-Fend 
Solutions in the U.S. 

About the CTTSO

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity 
Conflict (ASD (SO/LIC)) established CTTSO in 1999 to consolidate its research 
and development programs previously administered by the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence). The 
research and development effort that supports the interagency Technical Support 
Working Group (TSWG) was the first program to transition to CTTSO. The TSWG is 
divided into 10 subgroups, each chaired by senior representatives from federal 
agencies with special expertise in those functional areas. The Explosive 
Ordnance Disposal/Low-Intensity Conflict (EOD/LIC) Program, which develops 
advanced technologies for Joint Service EOD and Special Operations Forces (SOF) 
missions, transitioned in 2001. In 2007, the Irregular Warfare Support (IWS) 
Program was initiated to satisfy a growing need to improve the capacity of the 
United States to counter insurgencies and fight an irregular war. In FY16, 
portions of the EOD/LIC and IWS Programs that support the CTTSO mission were 
transitioned to TSWG under the Improvised Device Defeat/Explosives 
Countermeasures and Irregular Warfare and Evolving Threats, respectively.

For further information, visit https://www.tswg.gov/AboutCTTSO.html

About D-Fend Solutions

Founded in 2017, D-Fend Solutions is the leading provider of advanced 
autonomous c-UAS solutions. The company has recently secured a $28M funding led 
by Claridge Israel with the participation of the current shareholder, Vertex 
Israel.

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For further information, visit www.d-fendsolutions.com

Media contact:

Maya Lustig
D-Fend Solutions
marketing@d-fendsolutions.com
+972 54 6778100

Source: D-Fend Solutions