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Coastal Defense Incorporated Enters Into An Agreement To Join The AIRO Group

Mill Hall, PA, August, 31, 2020: Coastal Defense Incorporated has entered into an agreement in principle to join the AIRO Group (US). Coastal Defense joins a group of nine aerospace businesses all engaged in frontline technologies and services supporting a diversified portfolio of aerospace companies supporting commercial, military, robotics, manned/unmanned aerial systems and multi-modal aircraft and avionics…

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Coastal Defense Incorporated Enters Into An Agreement To Join The AIRO Group

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Mill Hall, PA, August, 31, 2020

:

Coastal Defense Incorporated

has entered into an agreement in principle to join the AIRO Group (US). Coastal Defense joins a group of nine aerospace businesses all engaged in frontline technologies and services supporting a diversified portfolio of aerospace companies supporting commercial, military, robotics, manned/unmanned aerial systems and multi-modal aircraft and avionics systems.

Coastal Defense provides commercial close air support and intelligence, special missions training, surveillance, reconnaissance, including unmanned tactical systems to support the

Department of Defense

,

Department of Homeland Security

,

Federal Bureau of Investigation

,

FEMA

and other government and private agencies. The business holds contracts with the US Government that require Top Secret Compartmented Information clearance allowing the business to work with top tier security organizations.

“This is a very exciting development for our current and future customers as well as our employees who are the core of our success,” said

Kyle Stanbro,

founder and president of Coastal Defense. “Our success is based on the personnel we hire. We pride ourselves in being able to hire highly-trained special operations veterans who understand our no fail attitude for each mission. They have been trained to work in the military’s top-tiers and have served and continue to serve their country with honor. This partnership will help strengthen and grow the business by leveraging the group’s expertise that span a wide range of rapidly growing aerospace markets so we can continue to provide unmatched services to our customers,” continued Stanbro.

About Coastal Defense

Coastal Defense provides a completely integrated team for public and private agencies to assist in training. We utilize the latest equipment and software to provide realistic training

to increase the customers success down range. Services include commercial close air support, intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance, unmanned tactical systems and secure video transmission capabilities, and unmanned mock-up and towable systems. Coastal

Defense is a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) employing highly-trained special operations veterans. The company can be found at

www.gocdi.com

.

About The AIRO Group

The AIRO Group

brings together decades of industry-leading technology with its group companies to provide best-in-class products and services uniquely capable of addressing a wide spectrum of aerospace markets. The AIRO Group leverages technologies that

span data systems, resupply package delivery, military aerospace training, military, and commercial manned/unmanned aircraft systems and avionics technologies. Together, these companies represent a transformation of the aerospace industry by providing a diversified

offering of capabilities positioned to be the first mid-tier, full-spectrum aerospace company offering end-to-end solutions for the industry. The company can be found at

www.theairogroup.com.

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