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Initial Air Domain Awareness Evaluations Show Need For Common Standards, DHS Official Says

Initial Air Domain Awareness Evaluations Show Need For Common Standards, DHS Official Says
DroneShield said last year its DroneSentry counter-drone system will be evaluated by DHS for the Air Domain Awareness Demonstration. Photo: DroneShield

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is assessing data from two evaluations this year to detect, track and identify small drones and aircraft in wide open and mountainous environments, but early lessons show the need for vendors to use existing industry standards to ensure interoperability of systems and sensors to better enable system-of-systems solutions, the program lead said last week. The standards, some of which are already being used by vendors for drone and small aircraft…

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