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Army

CyPhy’s Tethered Drones Provide Limitless Uptime to Army, Navy

Nick Zazulia

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

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Drones can be used for covert surveillance, attacks, refueling, patrolling, inspection, and any number of other tasks that benefit from a portable aircraft with an operator kept out of harm's way. The U.S. Army and Navy Special Operations Forces use drones from CyPhy Works to get around one of the big hindrances with most unmanned vehicles: a lack of persistence engendered by the need to frequently recharge the batteries.Founded in 2008, Massachusetts-based CyPhy supplies tethered drones. What they lack in…

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