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New Blue sUAS 2.0 List 11 Vendors for Pilot Project
The Department of Defense (DoD) has named 11 vendors to the new Blue sUAS 2.0 list – a pilot project designed to streamline the approval process for drone technology to become “government approved.”
The move is designed to enlarge the list of compliant aircraft available to government agencies, some of whom have complained that the only 5 aircraft listed on the original Blue sUAS list didn’t meet their applications: GSA and DoD have argued that the security of drone platforms must be a primary concern.
by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has formed a partnership with the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OUSD A&S) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Blue sUAS 2.0 project, which focuses on reducing administrative barriers for onboarding policy compliant, commercial small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) into the Department of Defense (DoD). DIU has made agreements with 11…
Source: dronelife.com
