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Unmanned Systems

DIU Seeks Commercial Solutions For sUAS To Operate Amid Electromagnetic Interference

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 13th, 2024

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DIU Seeks Commercial Solutions For sUAS To Operate Amid Electromagnetic Interference

X10D small drone is on DIU's Blue UAS Cleared List. Photo: Skydio

Eyeing lessons learned from ongoing global conflicts, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week issued a solicitation for commercial solutions that allow small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) and other small unmanned systems (UxS) to communicate in contested electromagnetic spectrum environments. Solutions need to be able to contend with jamming, interference, spoofing, and other electromagnetic interference, the Defense Department unit says in the March 11 posting on its website. DIU is encouraging multiple communications pathways such as point-to-point and/or mesh networking.…

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