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The presenters with the best ideas will be immediately granted funding for the first phase of their projects.

During the morning session, 13 companies will present their proposals in 15-minute sessions before a panel of judges comprised of Air Force personnel. The July 24 event will be divided into three parts. How to counter the threat posed to military drones by enemy hackers “The fact that the Air Force is holding Pitch Day here is really a validation of George Kostas’s vision to bring together professors, companies, and mission-focused agencies to rapidly innovate,” Boynton says, referring to the late 1943 Northeastern graduate whose lifelong investments were integral to the advancement of the university’s research in nanotechnology and homeland security. The collaborative partnership between Hanscom and Northeastern enables the Air Force to adapt to the rapidly changing commercial market for autonomous and unmanned aircraft systems, known as UAS. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has provided $2.8 million to fund research through its unit at Hanscom Air Force Base, which is a short drive from Northeastern’s Innovation Campus. “It just made sense to use this facility with our new and really unique research facilities here-and because this is a place where they’re already working.” “Because the Air Force is now doing so much work collaborating with our researchers at KRI, I think the opportunity to host this Pitch Day became evident,” says Boynton. The decision to hold an event focused on drone technology at Northeastern’s Innovation Campus in Burlington, Massachusetts, was a natural one, says Peter Boynton, the chief executive officer of the Kostas Research Institute and a professor of the practice at Northeastern. These technologies include payloads that can defeat other drones, payloads to sense weather hazards to help unmanned aircraft navigate safely, and systems that can counter large groups of drones that pose a security threat. Northeastern opens state-of-the-art drone testing facilityįor the July 24 competition, the Air Force is soliciting companies that are developing all types of drone technologies.