NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Persistent Systems, LLC ("Persistent") announced today that it has entered into a five-year agreement with Hoverfly Technologies Inc. Hoverfly will be joining the Wave Relay® Ecosystem, an alliance of unmanned system and sensor companies that integrate the Wave Relay® mobile ad hoc network (MANET) into their products. Hoverfly's tether-powered, small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), LiveSky™ and the BigSky™, will both be part of the Ecosystem, with the Wave Relay® MANET offered as the standard communication link. "We are proud to continue to grow the Ecosystem and incorporate new systems that help further the effort towards a networked battlefield," said Brian Soles, Director of Business Development for Persistent Systems. "The Wave Relay® MANET can scale and operate effectively in urban environments where the LiveSky and BigSky excel."