Xtend (company)

Xtend is an Israel-based international military technology company and defense contractor that focuses on designing and manufacturing drones that operate mostly autonomously but with high-level human supervision. It was founded by brothers Aviv and Matteo Shapira. Its drones are made to require less training to operate than other brands of military drones, through the use of AI for autonomy and VR headsets for supervision and control.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal in 2023, Xtend's CEO Aviv Shapira said that they began working with the IDF several years previously to strike down incendiary balloons with quadcopter drones.

Xtend raised $40M in Series B financing in 2024 after their drones were successfully used by the IDF in the 2024 Israel–Hamas war. The Israeli newspaper Globes reported in 2024 that the Israeli Ministry of Defense is working with Xtend to build a factory in the south of Israel "which will have a weekly production capacity of hundreds of drones".

Xtend also struck multiple contracts with the US Department of Defense including a $9M deal with its irregular warfare office.