June 4, 2026

Navy: Cross Domain Swarm Sensing Demo at Pax a Success

Swarm Sensing

The US Navy demonstrated its software for swarms and other configurations of unmanned air, surface, and underwater systems at NAS Pax River. The Optimized Cross Domain Swarm Sensing software program helps the service plan missions using groups of unmanned aircraft. By running thousands of computer simulations, it determines the best combination of drones, sensors, and arrangement to achieve mission goals.

Who Should Take Your Temperature at the Airport?

Airlines want government agencies to take on the responsibility for monitoring passengers’ health at the airport, before they board a plane. It is unclear, if the US government did monitor, would the program fall under Transportation or Homeland Security? And what would the mask policy be?

China Expands Armed Drones Sales: DoD Reports on Whose Buying Them

armed drones

The mandated DoD reports says China completed more than $20 million in sales, with the country’s second largest arms sales going to the Middle East and North Africa and notes the uptick is the likely result of an increased demand for armed drones.

Is Your Commodity Controlled? By Whom?

There is now a “Specially Designed” decision tool to walk exporters through to a determination of whether their company’s commodity is controlled.

Pick A Commodity – Any Commodity

Do you know how the restructuring of the US Munitions List and Commodity Control List affects your exports? TSA’s ITAR expert does.

Cover Letters – Make a Good First Impression

Want to speed up your ITAR application turnaround time? Learn the tricks to get your application processed quicker and more easily.

Were YOU Talking to ME?

You saw the “who,” now it’s time to answer “So, is that ME?” of export control reform.

Change Is Here for Export Control, So Is Help

Heidi France, with 10 years export experience will be outlining and explaining Export Control Reform on TSA’s blog and also available to help.

Dr. J. Patrick Jarboe Mobile Health Center Unveiled

MedStar St. Mary’s mobile health center gets a new van and sticks with its founder’s name.

Leadership Southern Maryland Graduates 5th Class in 2013

Leadership Southern Maryland graduates its fifth class of leaders