• Plaid Technologies began technical collaboration with Graphene Nano Works to evaluate proprietary graphene-based coatings for next-generation drone systems across aerial, marine, and ground platforms.
• Batch of Plaid graphene materials delivered to Dr. Ian Flint for testing and validation in coating applications, supporting talks on potential joint venture structure.
• Work targets performance gains such as lower infrared signature, improved durability, reduced detectability, with initial focus on coating existing drone platforms to speed validation and early commercialization.
• No definitive joint venture agreement has been reached.

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