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Palladyne AI Invited to Northern Strike 26-2, a Premier DoW Exercise, to Demonstrate SwarmOS and IntelliSwarm with Multi-OEM UAV Integration
SALT LAKE CITY, April 01, 2026--Palladyne AI (NASDAQ: PDYN), a U.S.-based defense and industrial technology company commercializing embedded AI, collaborative autonomy, and advanced avionics for defense markets, today announced it has been invited to participate in Northern Strike 26-2, a premier U.S. Department of War joint exercise, where the company will execute a high-impact validation exercise of its next-generation swarm autonomy platform, further solidifying its position in the rapidly ex
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