Published By Jason Kaneshiro | Operational Business Center Public Affairs
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – While the testing and head-to-head competition of new drone and counter drone platforms took center stage during Defense Contract Management Agency’s “Game of Drones” event, the aggregate data obtained will provide key insights into this emerging domain of warfare.
Two Army Reserve soldiers who attended the event at Edwards Air Force Base July 14-16 plan to transform data collected during the event into mission success.
Army 2nd Lt. Chad Puterbaugh, innovation officer, and Army Sgt. Sairam Lingineni, innovation noncommissioned officer, both Army Reserve 75th Innovation Command members, brought a unique capability to the tech-driven event.
Puterbaugh, a data scientist and data architect in his civilian career, and Lingineni, a software and cybersecurity engineer in his civilian career, were invited to work alongside the agency’s Blue List team to discern insights from the data collected from the event’s drones and ground-based sensors.
“The Army Reserve Innovation Command is building out a dedicated mission set,” Puterbaugh said. “We’re exploring capacity in how autonomous drones can support the Army and the Army Reserve. That’s one of their directives to determine ways to integrate and innovate those emerging warfighter capabilities.” . . .
