Fly Vekter's Drone Flight School for enemyUAS

Terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda are using Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) quadcopters, such as DJI drones to create inexpensive Airborne Improvised Explosive Devices (A-IED) to attack critical infrastructure systems. The use of quadcopters as a delivery system for IEDs and other vectors of nefarious attack have become increasingly common, as access to AI-driven systems becomes less expensive and more widely available. These small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (sUAS) systems can be hard to defeat. Their small size can make tracking and identification difficult. The fact that there is no immediate way to tell whether an sUAS in the air belongs to a terrorist or a hobbyist means that by the time positive identification has been made, it may be too late to mobilize an active response.   To deal with this emerging threat, FlyVekter has identified an untapped resource in the form of prior-military servicemembers who are hobbyist RC drone pilots, who can be trained to intercept enemy drone systems. Additionally, existing Airmen and Joint Special Warfare units can be trained to fly First Person View (FPV) quadcopters which can reach speeds up to 135 MPH. FlyVekter is in partnership with Litocorp, an AFWERX 19.3 SBIR Phase I Awardee, to utilize their TUFKIT innovation provided to the USAF, as a Dual-Use platform to provide a Gamification and Simulation tool for Remote Command and Control for Drone Operations. This meets Needs ID 1583.