Department of Defense

Ascent AeroSystems Spirit Platform Added to DIU Blue UAS Cleared List by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has announced the addition of Ascent AeroSystems’ Spirit platform to the Blue UAS Cleared List of approved small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Continue reading below or listen:  …

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment  (OUSD(A&S)) published an updated Blue sUAS list this week. The update adds four new models to the Blue sUAS list, representing “the first companies that have passed the vetting required for onboarding …

Auterion’s Government Solutions Appoints New President by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, Auterion, the company building the world’s leading drone operating system, announced that Errol Farr has been appointed as the new President of Auterion Government Solutions (Auterion GS). The announcement coincides with Auterion GS’s continued success with …

MA-based engineering firm Draper and DoD are working together on the next generation of small drones – developing technology to improve autonomous navigation that could rapidly move into the commercial space. Under a three-year contract with the Department of Defense, Draper is focused on addressing the hardest parts of autonomous navigation – …

Source: Auterion Earlier this month, open source solution provider Auterion announced the release of Skynav Gov – a scalable, handheld ground drone controller to help government agencies streamline their UAS programs. Powered by Auterion Mission Control, Skynav Gov controls drone systems running Auterion Enterprise PX4 or communicating over MAVLink. Skynav Gov …

The U.S. Department of Defense has come out against the use of commercial off the shelf (COTS) drones, instituting a ban on COTS Unmnanned Aircraft in 2018.  But after nearly a year of coordination, collaboration, and development, two North Dakota drone solutions companies are making progress in working with the …

In a separate announcement,  FLIR announced a 39.6 million dollar order to deliver FLIR Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS) for the U.S. Army.  This tiny drone will support platoon and small unit level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as part of the initiative named the Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) Program. …

By Matt Morgan  [CC BY-SA 2.0 ] The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has issued new tips for coping with unauthorized drone flights over army installations.  The new tips would permit drones to be disabled or destroyed: a Defense.gov assertion mentioned DoD “cracks down” on drones. A Pentagon spokesman advised …

picture: AssureUAS.org A consortium of analysis organizations printed a report final week describing what would possibly actually occur if a drone hit a particular person on the bottom. The report was commissioned by the FAA to assist inform future regulation about drone flight over individuals, at the moment restricted.  The …