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Unmanned Systems

Defense Innovation Unit Adds Another Small Drone To Cleared List

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 24th, 2022

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Defense Innovation Unit Adds Another Small Drone To Cleared List

BlueHalo quadcopter small unmanned aircraft system. Photo: BlueHalo

The Defense Department entity charged with accelerating the introduction of commercial technology for national security uses has added BlueHalo’s Intense Eye V2 to its list of trusted, policy compliant small drones that can be purchased by DoD and other customers without further approvals. The Intense Eye V2 joins four other small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) that the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in June added to its Blue UAS 2.0 cleared list, including the WingtraOne by Wingtra, Spirit by Ascent AeroSystems,…

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