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sUAS News Multi-agency program seeks to identify cost savingsand drive innovation for government UAV systems Maj. Deidre Musgrave CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (13 December 2013) – Representatives from the military, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the private sector are scheduled to meet at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center on Friday to launch a multi-agency research program designed to drive innovation while reducing costs of technology systems used within government unmanned vehicles, an industry worth $8.1 billion as defined by organizers. Media are invited to attend a collaborative demonstration of the Open Source Unmanned Remote and Autonomous Vehicle Systems (OS-URAVS) program and tour to be held on Friday, December 13 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. The OS-URAVS program is a collaborative, public-private program to be based at Camp Shelby and administered in conjunction with the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Homeland Security, Defense Acquisition University and non-government entities, including the Open Source Software Institute. |
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Multi-agency program seeks to identify cost savingsand drive innovation for government UAV systems
Maj. Deidre Musgrave
CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (13 December 2013) – Representatives from the military, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the private sector are scheduled to meet at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center on Friday to launch a multi-agency research program designed to drive innovation while reducing costs of technology systems used within government unmanned vehicles, an industry worth $8.1 billion as defined by organizers.
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The OS-URAVS program is a collaborative, public-private program to be based at Camp Shelby and administered in conjunction with the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Department of Homeland Security, Defense Acquisition University and non-government entities, including the Open Source Software Institute.
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