After receiving user feedback, the Defense Innovation Unit has updated its Blue Uncrewed Aerial System program, including adding approved capabilities to its "Blue List," increasing the program's framework options and reducing update approval time through consistent software monitoring. The Blue UAS program, which began in 2020 in response to legislation in the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act prohibiting Defense Department procurement of foreign-made UAS, aims to accelerate and scale the prototyping phase of reliable commercial UAS technology. In...
