The brand new man is far smoother and extra energetic than the Massive Wynne. AUVSI has one other probability to get with this system and advocate as a substitute of obfuscate for its members. I want the affiliation the very best of luck with the brand new path.
Revisionist historical past and misremembering historic particulars are rampant. I often keep away from the keynotes as a result of it’s exhausting to not yell BS out loud throughout some shows. Some have advised to me up to now that it may very well be thought of impolite. I don’t know that misinforming individuals who paid to get in is pleasant, however then once more, I’m not recognized for my decorum.
The panel discussions are much more difficult to abdomen as they make me bodily sick. How anybody can arise in entrance of individuals and say we want knowledge and methods to gather it at this level takes some massive stones. The institutional inanity goes on unchecked and unabated, leaving me questioning the place are the Crayolas.
AUVSI remains to be attempting to determine find out how to juggle two promenade dates with DJI and the DoD. A few of the members are disgruntled about AUVSI’s public anti-DJI stance. Many know what that stark actuality means to them: again to the desk and now not attending to be the unbelievable hi-tech professional Greatest Purchase drone dude within the workplace. I’m not the one one nonetheless stunned in regards to the apathy among the many “crucial infrastructure” gurus. That may’t even be bothered to comb the unrefutably knowledge assortment downside beneath the rug. Of us locally who’ve had publicity to intelligence-gathering ideas are shocked by the platitudes and naivety.
-Slightly larger than final 12 months however nonetheless smaller than earlier than the height drone period.
The Chinese language distributors appeared slightly shocked by the chilly reception and PRC questions. I assume nobody talked about that in the course of the sales space gross sales name. Different Asian nations and producers made displaying, and that’s all the time good to see. There’s nonetheless an absence of carpet within the aisles, and people are complaining about their ft.
There are few viable C-UAS options, and that scenario is sort of as dangerous because the NAS integration debacle. Thank God we’re out of Afghanistan because the IEDs have developed right into a dynamic drone supply operation. CONUS, we get a bag of chips; OCONUS, they will drop one within the pickle barrel and save the drone. These FPV grenadiers have gotten some loopy abilities! Possibly the Russians ought to implement an occupied territory drone RID scheme? Simply throwing it on the market as everybody else on the Western CAAs contends it’s 100% viable. 😉
It is a Overseas Coverage Difficulty; seems to be the brand new tune everybody whistles previous the graveyard. I don’t find out about you, Rube, however these Ukrainian YouTube movies are beginning to give me some homeland insecurity points.
Anybody nonetheless ready for the Silicon Valley VCs to greatest the present C-UAS answer of DJI AeroScope and name the sheriff or a aggressive USA drone answer and not using a billion {dollars} of funding may need to take it straightforward with the CBD gummies.
Anyway, I’m searching for patrons, as are the overseas army distributors I’ve spoken to. Expo24 is undoubtedly not a Eurosatory kind of present. I haven’t encountered anybody with bulging pockets full of cash prepared to put in writing checks.
All that apart, I had a good dialog with among the previous guard and a shout-out to all the parents who stopped to say good day and the way a lot they loved the sUAS Information and the no-nonsense punditry.
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Of us within the know received’t even snicker once I ask, so what do you consider Half 108 this 12 months?