A team of Department of Defense drone operators and experts test the technical capabilities of various Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) during a Defense Innovation Unit led prize challenge to identify platforms, components, and capabilities for Blue UAS, which clears and validates flying platforms are safe to fly, cyber-secure, and meet DOD requirements, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, on Nov. 2-6, 2024. The Blue UAS Refresh Challenge included more than 35 platforms and companies, and an expert team of 40 military drone end-users with participation from each service branch and several major program offices in support of the Department’s ability to quickly scale and field commercially produced drone technologies for military and government use. (DOD photo by Devon Bistarkey, Defense Innovation Unit)

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Industry View: A Responsible Look at Drones Overhead

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Accelerating AAM: Blueprint for Movement Over Motion

Policy and regulatory advances are being achieved through effective collaboration between industry and government stakeholders at national, regional and local ...
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Air Force Col. (Ret.) Ted Davis Joins Auterion Government Solutions as President and General Manager

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5 Good Questions: Miguel Ángel de Frutos Carro, UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía

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