{"id":22330,"date":"2022-06-05T23:11:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T23:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22330"},"modified":"2022-06-05T23:11:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T23:11:06","slug":"ascent-aerosystems-spirit-platform-joins-diu-blue-uas-approved-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/ascent-aerosystems-spirit-platform-joins-diu-blue-uas-approved-list\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Ascent AeroSystems Spirit Platform Joins DIU Blue UAS Approved List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) announced today that\nAscent AeroSystems &#8220;Spirit&#8221; platform has been added to the Blue UAS\nCleared List of approved small unmanned aerial systems (UAS).&nbsp; Beginning immediately, any U.S. government\ncustomer can buy and operate a Spirit without further technical review or\napproval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22331\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent-.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent--60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption><em>Ascent AeroSystems Spirit Platform Joins DIU Blue sUAS Cleared List.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been shipping Spirits since 2020, and our\ncustomers worldwide have come to appreciate the rugged versatility it\ndelivers,&#8221; said Paul Fermo, VP of Business Development.&nbsp; &#8220;We&#8217;re pleased that government and\nmunicipal customers will now be able to get the systems they need with a few\nmouse clicks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DIU Blue UAS program was established to provide a\ncomprehensive vetting process for selected unmanned aerial systems.&nbsp; By eliminating duplicate approval processes\nacross various branches of the government and defense agencies, operators and\nmanufacturers can quickly get systems into the field where they&#8217;re needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent-Aero-Systems.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22332\" width=\"243\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent-Aero-Systems.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent-Aero-Systems-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent-Aero-Systems-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ascent-Aero-Systems-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><figcaption><em>Ascent AeroSystems Spirit<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Government agencies can&#8217;t pick and choose when and\nwhere they fly,&#8221; said Peter Fuchs, CEO.&nbsp;\n&#8220;The Spirit&#8217;s coaxial configuration delivers the compact, high\nperformance, all-weather capability needed for those mission-critical\napplications.&nbsp; Its modular design allows\noperators to not only configure it exactly as it&#8217;s needed for the mission at\nhand, but easily adapt new sensors as they become available.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company has Spirits currently available for immediate\ndelivery, and delivery positions are being accepted for additional units\nslotted for shipment beginning in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) announced today that Ascent AeroSystems &#8220;Spirit&#8221; platform has been added to the Blue UAS Cleared List of approved small unmanned aerial systems (UAS).&nbsp; Beginning immediately, any U.S. government customer can buy and operate a Spirit without further technical review or approval. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been shipping Spirits since 2020, and our customers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22333,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22330\/revisions\/22333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}