By Senior Master Sgt. Julianne Sitterding
MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. – The California National Guard’s Hap Arnold Innovation Center brought together military, federal and industry partners for a Defense Contract Management Agency Blue List small Unmanned Aircraft Systems training, collaboration and networking event April 14 that reinforced a whole-of-government approach to accelerating drone capabilities for the warfighter.
“Drones represent one of the most significant battlefield innovations of our time,” said Tommy Cheng, Defense Contract Management Agency, or DCMA, Blue List assessor and engineer.
The event included more than 70 representatives from Team March, the National Guard Bureau, Naval Special Warfare, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, California Counter Drug Task Force, Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and several other stakeholders who exchanged ideas, evaluated emerging technologies and bridged the gap between innovation and operational application. The training emphasized the rapidly evolving field of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems and the importance of integrating trusted sourcing to meet future mission demands.
“Each agency is good at operating in silos and has different objectives, but we need to communicate across services. The goal is to be the one place for warfighters to get their hands on capable and advanced drones through our marketplace at scale,” said Capt. Reginold Slater, DCMA Blue List assessor.
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