An article in Nationwide Protection stories that the Protection Innovation Unit (DIU), the entity accountable for the event and upkeep of the Blue sUAS checklist, will maintain a “aggressive refresh” of the checklist later this yr.
The DIU’s Blue sUAS checklist is a vital certification for drone producers. The checklist signifies a “safe platform” appropriate to be used in Division of Protection (DoD) functions: and makes it simpler for drone producers to promote to authorities businesses. (The GSA adopted the Blue sUAS as a typical, which implies that drones not on the Blue sUAS checklist, even when they meet NDAA necessities, should undergo additional steps to promote to authorities clients.)
Updating the Blue sUAS Listing
Because the inception of this system, the DIU has labored to increase their capability to judge new plane and pace up the method: and so they proceed to evolve the system in response to suggestions from the battlefield. The checklist has expanded considerably within the final yr to incorporate extra platforms. The Blue sUAS program now additionally features a framework that permits for modularity: vetting elements and software program for DoD use.
Now, the division plans to institute a overview of the checklist which may take away older fashions. In an interview with Nationwide Protection, DIU Blue sUAS program supervisor Trent Emeneker mentioned that customers within the area would offer suggestions on what does – and doesn’t – work for them. That suggestions will present the premise for the aggressive refresh of the checklist.
The DIU web site now lists standards for remaining on the checklist, and for being faraway from the checklist. Included in these standards is the “steady enchancment and growth of the platform, its capabilities, and elements, in coordination with the Blue UAS CCB.”
“Now we have some platforms on the checklist right this moment, a few of them have been on it about 4 years,” Emeneker instructed Nationwide Protection. “In that point, they haven’t all advanced and remained aggressive within the market.”
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