XTEND, the Israeli-American AI-robotics company being combined with JFB Construction Holdings (Nasdaq: JFB) to list on Nasdaq as XTND, has secured a $3 million strategic defense contract to deliver more than 100 Scorpio drone systems to a Asia-Pacific defense customer. The award was announced on June 9, 2026, and represents XTEND's largest publicly disclosed Asia-Pacific deal to date.
Scorpio Powered By XOS
Each Scorpio system runs on XOS, XTEND's battle-tested operating system for autonomous robotics. XOS lets a single operator command air, ground and maritime platforms through a common control layer that fuses edge autonomy, AI perception and human supervision, an architecture the company describes as moving the defense market from individual platforms to software-defined ecosystems. Deliveries are expected to start during 2026 and continue into 2027, building international backlog ahead of the planned Nasdaq listing as XTEND AI Robotics.
Why Asia-Pacific Matters
The contract expands the global deployment footprint of XOS into one of the world's fastest-growing autonomous-systems markets, where regional militaries are rapidly procuring small unmanned aerial systems for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. XTEND says its hardware-software stack is already operationally validated in five combat zones and across more than 30 countries, with over 10,000 systems deployed worldwide.
Sitting Inside A Bigger U.S. Push
The Asia-Pacific deal lands two weeks after XTEND was selected for Phase II of the U.S. Department of War's $1 billion Drone Dominance Program, a procurement push that targets more than 200,000 drones by 2027. Eric Trump, Unusual Machines, American Ventures, Protego Ventures and Aliya Capital are backing the JFB-XTEND combination as strategic investors.
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