Palladyne AI Corp. (PDYN) announced on Wednesday that it has secured a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to improve coordination among autonomous systems. 

The award aims to tackle a longstanding challenge in defense operations: enabling drones, ships, satellites, and other platforms to operate as a unified team.

SwarmOS And Autonomous Coordination

The initiative, named “Hierarchical Adaptive Networked Game-Theoretic Integration of Multiple Echelons (HANGTIME),” will build on Palladyne AI’s patented SwarmOS platform. 

Following the announcement, Palladyne AI stock traded over 36% in Wednesday’s premarket. 

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