Ondas Holdings' Airobotics Expands Market Reach into Europe Through Reseller Partnership with C-Astral Aerospace

Slovenia-based C-Astral Aerospace specializes in the development and operation of fixed-wing small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) providing commercial drone solutions to large enterprise and government customers worldwide

Initial, actionable customer opportunities have been identified as C-Astral and Airobotics launch joint business development efforts throughout Europe including the southeast European countries

MARLBOROUGH, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 7, 2024 / Ondas Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:ONDS) ("Ondas" or the "Company"), a leading provider of private industrial wireless networks and commercial drone and automated data solutions, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Airobotics Ltd. ("Airobotics"), has signed a reseller agreement with Slovenia-based C-Astral Aerospace Ltd. (C-Astral). Under the agreement, C-Astral will market and operate Airobotics' Optimus Systems in Europe with a specialized focus on customers in southeast Europe.

"We are excited to launch our partnership with C-Astral as we continue to open new geographic markets," said Eric Brock, CEO of Ondas Holdings. "C-Astral is a highly qualified provider of UAS solutions and our Optimus and Iron Drone autonomous platforms fill an identified need within their customer base. Through this reseller agreement, Ondas expands its drone business to key customers in Europe, including the southeast region, where strategic demand has already been qualified."

C-Astral's diversified customer base includes commercial UAS operators, larger institutional networks, scientific users, as well as government entities in over 70 countries. More than 10 sovereign entities and 200 commercial and scientific operators have fielded C-Astral systems for various purposes, including force protection, border protection, civil defense, search and rescue, tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), fire control, infrastructure monitoring and protection, as well as tactical surveillance operations on six continents, with more than 120,000 hours of operations. C-Astral systems have been evaluated by the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Expeditionary Organic Tactical ISR Capability Set and are now also part of a large European UAS swarming research and development initiative.