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Volume 180
February 4, 2025
UPCOMING EVENTS POLICY RESEARCH INDUSTRY
Spotlight
New Vertical Innovations Opportunity: Passive Infrared UAV Detector technology.
Great news for entrepreneurs and small businesses! Vertical Innovations is back for 2025 with a new technology licensing and commercialization opportunity now in the UASCI Vertical Marketplace.

This month's opportunity is the Passive Infrared UAV Detector from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, with licensing and commercialization support from TechLink. This technology is designed to address the challenge of detecting small drones that pose risks to privacy, security, and public safety. The technology utilizes a specially designed IR detector and software system to identify the image signatures of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) while discriminating objects in real world environments including birds, buildings, trees.

On the Vertical Innovations video, Kinsley Jordan of UASCI presents an overview of the Passive Infrared UAV Detector including the challenges of identifying UAVs, unique capabilities of the technology, potential applications and opportunities, and more.

To find out more about this and other groundbreaking tech from top universities and federal labs go to the UAS Cluster Initiative Vertical Marketplace

Note that registration is required but free. Don't miss out—register today and join the future of vertical innovation!

Reminder that the UAS Cluster Initiative's Vertical Marketplace is your one-stop shop for resources related to emerging aerospace.
It's always a good time to visit UASCI's Vertical Marketplace. Through the marketplace you can discover technology opportunities in Vertical Innovations section, watch Rethink Vertical podcasts, view previous Vert Brief newsletters, and access UASCI publications and resources. To access the marketplace, registration is required but free.

Don't miss out—register today!

Go to the UAS Cluster Initiative Vertical Marketplace

Upcoming Events
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Droneport Headlines
Drone noise reduced by porous vegetative surfaces
the engineer | 01/22/2025
Noise pollution from drones and future eVTOL air taxis could be mitigated by porous land such as vegetation, researchers from Bristol University report.
News
POLICY
Exploring the future of the commercial drone industry with Liz Forro and Lisa Ellman
commercial UAV news | 01/29/2025
With the winds of change in D.C. comes opportunity for the drone industry. The Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA) appears to be positioning itself well to take advantage of these changes
More on Policy
Navigating the Limits: Federal Laws Restrict Counter-Drone Measures for Critical Infrastructure
dronelife | 01/27/2025
Local, state and federal officials are increasingly calling for changes to current federal law, regarding the ability of facility owners to detect and mitigate unwanted drone incursions. Lawmakers are also demanding that state, local, tribal and...
RESEARCH
University of North Dakota and GrandSKY Collaborate on NASA-Funded UAS Weather Forecasting Project
dronelife | 01/29/2025
By integrating data collected from "Meteodrone," the project aims to develop a high-accuracy weather forecasting system. The initiative will improve flight planning and airspace management, particularly in challenging weather conditions.
INDUSTRY
FAA Establishes No Drone Zone, TFRs for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans
dronelife | 02/03/2025
The FAA has designated a "No Drone Zone" for Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX on game day, Sunday, Feb. 9 and in the skies around the city's downtown area during the days leading up to the big event.
Drones in the Wrong Hands: How Criminals Use UAVs to Threaten Prisons and Jails
dronelife | 01/28/2025
Jails and prisons in the United States and across the world are facing a growing problem of criminals delivering contraband via drone to inmates. And many officials fear that the weaponization of drones, seen in conflict areas across the globe,...
Dwindling List Of EVTOL Firms Shrinks Further
clean technica | 01/27/2025
The inevitable is occurring in the dead end space of Jetsons urban air mobility fantasies. Two more origami rotorcraft have left the vertiport for the great airplane graveyard in the sky as Volocopter disappears and Airbus drops its program.
Insights from the Energy Drone & Robotics Asset Owner Roundtable
Innovate Energy | 01/27/2025
At the 2024 Energy Drone & Robotics Summit, the Asset Owner Roundtable brought together industry leaders to discuss how drones and robotics are integrating into energy operations
Detect and Avoid as a Key Component to Safely Integrate Crewed and Uncrewed Aviation
Commercial UAV News | 01/24/2025
To understand how DAA development is progressing we reached out to Kraettli Epperson, CEO, Vigilant Aerospace Systems, an Oklahoma City-based company.
Is Drone Hysteria an Ominous Sign for Drone Delivery's Prospects?
Retailwire | 01/21/2025
Mystery sightings of unidentified aircraft on the East Coast, primarily in New Jersey, have exposed and elevated public anxiety around drones, but experiments around home delivery via drones continue unabated.
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