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Unmanned Systems

NATO-Ukraine Innovation Forum Hosts Hackathon For Automated Battlefield UAS Guidance

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

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NATO-Ukraine Innovation Forum Hosts Hackathon For Automated Battlefield UAS Guidance

Participants at a UAS Hackathon sponsored by the Defense Innovation Unit. Photo: DIU

NATO, Ukraine, and the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week awarded cash prizes to companies and a university team for their solutions for automated guidance on the battlefield of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the final mile. The two-day UAS hackathon was hosted by DIU in Poland to quickly find solutions to challenges on the battlefield where drone operations are challenged by enemy jamming, line-of-sight control limitations, and user capabilities, DIU said on Thursday. “Improving UAS autonomous capabilities has…

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