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Persistent Systems to provide mobile ad hoc networking to Boeing’s Insitu

Global communications technology company Persistent Systems has entered into a five-year agreement with Insitu, a Boeing company.

Insitu will incorporate Persistent’s Wave Relay mobile ad hoc network (MANET) technology into their line of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including the ScanEagle, ScanEagle2, ScanEagle3, Integrator, and RQ-21A Blackjack.

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