
Plank Aerosystems, Inc. has received $500,000 from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to further test and deploy its autonomous small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) with Customs and Border Protection. S&T says that under the award, which phase 5 of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, that it and CBP will use multiple sUAS and landing and recovery system units for use by CBP operators in various environments and scenarios, including possible maritime and night operations, to validate…