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DIU Adds Three More UAS To Approved Commercial List

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

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DIU Adds Three More UAS To Approved Commercial List

Skydio's X10D small unmanned aircraft system. Photo: Skydio

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Thursday said it has added three additional unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from Anduril Industries, Freefly Systems, and Skydio to its list of approved commercially-developed small UAS that can be acquired by warfighters without having to worry about a program of record. The additional UAS are Anduril’s autonomous Ghost-X, Freefly’s Astro quadcopter, and Skydio’s X10D. All three companies already had one or more small platforms on DIU’s Blue UAS, which meets certain supply chain and…

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