Red Cat Announces Strategic Partnership with Sine Engineering to Strengthen Resilient Communications and Navigation Across Air and Maritime Systems
Key Highlights
- ➤Red Cat (RCAT) signs MOU with Sine Engineering for resilient unmanned-system technologies
- ➤Integration targets command, video, data links and positioning in GPS-denied environments
- ➤Partnership initially focuses on maritime platforms and distributed networking infrastructure
- ➤Initial Sine integration helped Red Cat’s Hellcat platform succeed in Ukraine
- ➤Non-exclusive collaboration targets U.S., Ukrainian and allied defense customers
Expert Statements
Jeff Thompson, CEO of Red Cat
“Ukraine has become one of the world's most important proving grounds for drone communications and electronic warfare”
Jeff Thompson, CEO of Red Cat
“This partnership shows how companies can combine battlefield-tested technology with U.S.-designed and manufactured drones to deliver critical capabilities to our warfighters and allies.”
Jeff Thompson, CEO of Red Cat
“Sine brings the resilient communications, navigation and networking capabilities we see as foundational to the next generation of Red Cat’s air and maritime platforms.”
Jeff Thompson, CEO of Red Cat
“Together, we're building toward autonomous systems designed to succeed on the modern battlefield.”
Mark Edgar, Co-CEO of Sine Advanced Engineering
“Ukraine has made one thing clear: resilient communications and navigation are not optional. They are foundational to the next generation of unmanned systems.”
Mark Edgar, Co-CEO of Sine Advanced Engineering
“Sine brings technology developed and tested in Ukraine under the realities of modern electronic warfare.”
Mark Edgar, Co-CEO of Sine Advanced Engineering
“Red Cat’s combination of American manufacturing, air and maritime platforms, and all-domain vision makes it a powerful partner to bring these capabilities to U.S. and allied forces.”
Mark Edgar, Co-CEO of Sine Advanced Engineering
“Through this non-exclusive partnership, our ambition is to set a new standard for resilient, connected unmanned systems operating in contested environments.”
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat” or the “Company”), a U.S.-based provider of advanced all-domain drone and robotic solutions for defense and national security, today announced a strategic partnership with Sine Engineering, a Ukraine-rooted global technology company providing resilient communications, navigation and networking technologies developed and tested in Ukraine. The partnership is established through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with Sine Advanced Engineering, Inc., Sine’s U.S. business.
The agreement establishes a framework for a long-term strategic commercial and technology relationship focused on the integration of Sine's technologies into Red Cat's autonomous platforms, including its Blue Ops uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and Red Cat Aerial UAV platforms. The collaboration aims to help unmanned systems maintain command and control (C2), video and data links, and positioning capabilities in GPS-denied and communications-contested environments.
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