Listen: Tom Swoyer’s conversation with The Flag’s Scott Hennen
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Work on counter unmanned aerial systems is happening at Grand Sky in Grand Forks.
The business and aviation park brings together the Air Force, Grand Forks County and Grand Sky Development to test drone technology.
Counter UAS is the process of defending bad actors using drones to inflict harm on people or critical infrastructure.
“We’re trying to stop what they’re doing by means of detecting, identifying and then tracking those drones and then ultimately figuring out how to take them down,” Grand Sky CEO Tom Swoyer said on The Flag.
Swoyer added more than $45 million was given for counter UAS in the defense funding bill Congress passed last year.
