Ondas Holdings Inc. announced that Airobotics Ltd. has signed a reseller agreement with 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. 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. Airobotics' Optimus System is already deployed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, providing security and aerial data services across commercial and governmental markets.

The Optimus System relies on fleets of automated drones that do not require on-the-ground human intervention to operate. They function as a task force capable of simultaneously collecting and providing critical information for a variety of customer requirements. Each Optimus System, networked as fleet infrastructure, includes a smart airbase enabling automated battery changes for 24/7 operations, along with the automated loading and installation of sensors appropriate for each specified mission.

Optimus drones cover up to 30 square miles surrounding an airbase. Drone flights can be tasked to carry specific sensors, enabling each drone within the fleet to execute diverse tasks. Drones can be activated for complex longer-term operations, with flights overseen by remote operators in a command-and-control center.