The brand new man is far smoother and extra energetic than the Huge 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 route.
Revisionist historical past and misremembering historic particulars are rampant. I normally keep away from the keynotes as a result of it’s onerous to not yell BS out loud throughout some shows. Some have steered to me up to now that it could possibly 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 huge stones. The institutional inanity goes on unchecked and unabated, leaving me questioning the place are the Crayolas.
AUVSI continues to be attempting to determine tips on how to juggle two promenade dates with DJI and the DoD. A number 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 unimaginable hi-tech skilled Greatest Purchase drone dude within the workplace. I’m not the one one nonetheless shocked in regards to the apathy among the many “crucial infrastructure” gurus. That may’t even be bothered to comb the unrefutably knowledge assortment drawback underneath the rug. People in the neighborhood who’ve had publicity to intelligence-gathering ideas are greatly surprised by the platitudes and naivety.
-A bit of greater than final yr however nonetheless smaller than earlier than the height drone period.
The Chinese language distributors appeared a bit of greatly surprised by the chilly reception and PRC questions. I assume nobody talked about that through the sales space gross sales name. Different Asian international locations and producers made a very good exhibiting, and that’s at all times good to see. There may be nonetheless an absence of carpet within the aisles, and folk are complaining about their toes.
There are few viable C-UAS options, and that state of affairs is nearly as unhealthy 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 with out a billion {dollars} of funding may wish to take it straightforward with the CBD gummies.
Anyway, I’m searching for patrons, as are the international navy 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 jot down checks.
All that apart, I had a good dialog with a few of the previous guard and a shout-out to all the parents who stopped to say hi there and the way a lot they loved the sUAS Information and the no-nonsense punditry.
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People within the know received’t even chortle once I ask, so what do you consider Half 108 this yr?
