1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,740 --> 00:00:09,540 mhm . Yeah . 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,960 T . M . D . X . Is the texas 4 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,016 Military Department Joint Innovation 5 00:00:18,016 --> 00:00:19,904 Unit Operations folks were having 6 00:00:19,904 --> 00:00:21,970 difficulty in search and rescue and 7 00:00:21,970 --> 00:00:24,026 same thing with our first responders 8 00:00:24,026 --> 00:00:26,081 during the last Hurricane Laura . We 9 00:00:26,081 --> 00:00:28,414 have brought in hundreds of small U . S . 10 00:00:28,414 --> 00:00:30,637 Teams and to be able to bring them into 11 00:00:30,637 --> 00:00:32,637 one ecosystem where we can actually 12 00:00:32,637 --> 00:00:34,859 task them , capture all of that data in 13 00:00:34,859 --> 00:00:36,692 one repository and be able to do 14 00:00:36,692 --> 00:00:38,803 artificial intelligence or many other 15 00:00:38,803 --> 00:00:40,859 services to help us more quickly and 16 00:00:40,859 --> 00:00:42,748 efficiently find people that need 17 00:00:42,748 --> 00:00:44,637 rescue that are on rooftops or in 18 00:00:44,637 --> 00:00:46,581 vehicles or roads that are blocked 19 00:00:46,581 --> 00:00:46,180 because of downed power lines or high 20 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:48,690 water . So these systems are game 21 00:00:48,690 --> 00:00:50,801 changers to how we do business in the 22 00:00:50,801 --> 00:00:53,440 future . Blue Small us started with a 23 00:00:53,450 --> 00:00:55,506 need from the army and sprung out of 24 00:00:55,506 --> 00:00:57,672 their initial investments in the short 25 00:00:57,672 --> 00:00:59,617 range reconnaissance program . Our 26 00:00:59,617 --> 00:00:59,270 soldiers , sailors and marines were 27 00:00:59,270 --> 00:01:01,780 looking for a small portable , what we 28 00:01:01,780 --> 00:01:03,836 call rucksack , portable small drone 29 00:01:03,836 --> 00:01:05,724 capability that they were able to 30 00:01:05,724 --> 00:01:07,891 quickly deploy in situations of danger 31 00:01:07,891 --> 00:01:10,058 or for increased situational awareness 32 00:01:10,058 --> 00:01:11,891 For a long time here , the texas 33 00:01:11,891 --> 00:01:13,836 Military department , We have been 34 00:01:13,836 --> 00:01:16,058 looking for a way to get real time data 35 00:01:16,058 --> 00:01:15,970 back to leaders that can make decisions 36 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,216 not just here but also to be able to 37 00:01:18,216 --> 00:01:20,438 get it out to the field as well so they 38 00:01:20,438 --> 00:01:22,493 can make decisions in real time . We 39 00:01:22,493 --> 00:01:24,660 are fighting lag times sometimes up to 40 00:01:24,660 --> 00:01:24,500 eight hours of when decisions or when 41 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:26,333 things were happening . When our 42 00:01:26,333 --> 00:01:28,389 decision makers were actually seeing 43 00:01:28,389 --> 00:01:30,444 that information come back to them . 44 00:01:30,444 --> 00:01:29,820 When we realized that there was an 45 00:01:29,820 --> 00:01:31,890 opportunity with some new abilities 46 00:01:31,890 --> 00:01:33,723 being opened up from D . O . D . 47 00:01:33,723 --> 00:01:35,779 Approving these types of resources . 48 00:01:35,779 --> 00:01:38,001 Then we thought it would be fantastic . 49 00:01:38,001 --> 00:01:40,001 And I saw this as a chance to bring 50 00:01:40,001 --> 00:01:39,630 this in and really give our decision 51 00:01:39,630 --> 00:01:41,630 makers the information they need as 52 00:01:41,630 --> 00:01:43,797 quickly as we possibly can so they can 53 00:01:43,797 --> 00:01:46,019 make those decisions . We've had to use 54 00:01:46,019 --> 00:01:48,241 foreign foreign drones and we have been 55 00:01:48,241 --> 00:01:50,520 waiting for what's happening today , 56 00:01:50,530 --> 00:01:52,960 which is this blue line of unmanned 57 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,010 aircraft systems being revealed and 58 00:01:55,020 --> 00:01:58,160 shown to to our communities . Uh Those 59 00:01:58,170 --> 00:02:01,270 of us on the municipal side have to use 60 00:02:01,270 --> 00:02:03,740 what's available to us financially and 61 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:05,930 what what works . So that's off the 62 00:02:05,930 --> 00:02:07,930 shelf . Products have been the only 63 00:02:07,930 --> 00:02:10,097 thing that we've had a chance of using 64 00:02:10,097 --> 00:02:12,097 today . So there's these prices are 65 00:02:12,097 --> 00:02:14,319 coming down . The technology is getting 66 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:16,810 faster and faster and that's what we're 67 00:02:16,810 --> 00:02:19,600 moving towards is being able to tie 68 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,980 into the blue line and use it for not 69 00:02:22,980 --> 00:02:25,330 only our folks in the green but us in 70 00:02:25,340 --> 00:02:27,451 in the blue and red as well . D . I . 71 00:02:27,451 --> 00:02:29,980 You coupled with the Army and multiple 72 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:32,260 services including the Air Force , the 73 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:34,371 Department of the Navy and the Marine 74 00:02:34,371 --> 00:02:35,927 Corps went through a robust 75 00:02:35,927 --> 00:02:38,093 cybersecurity testing process by which 76 00:02:38,093 --> 00:02:37,960 we actually went through a physical 77 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,960 tear down of each of the systems to 78 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,550 confirm their Section 8 48 N . B . A . 79 00:02:42,740 --> 00:02:44,870 Compliant . It's an answer to a 80 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,102 question and being able to have all the 81 00:02:47,102 --> 00:02:49,269 answers here and actually get hands on 82 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:52,400 demo read . The specs talked to the 83 00:02:52,410 --> 00:02:54,360 producers of these is invaluable 84 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,471 because then they're going to get our 85 00:02:56,471 --> 00:02:58,360 feedback instead of through forms 86 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,582 emails . We're going to be able to tell 87 00:03:00,582 --> 00:03:02,582 it literally to the horse's mouth . 88 00:03:02,582 --> 00:03:04,860 Were very interested in the small US , 89 00:03:05,140 --> 00:03:07,300 particularly the thermal and fleer 90 00:03:07,310 --> 00:03:10,540 capability for search and rescue . Um 91 00:03:10,540 --> 00:03:12,707 And it's just it's great networking as 92 00:03:12,707 --> 00:03:14,873 well . Being able to come out here and 93 00:03:14,873 --> 00:03:16,818 talk to some of the other folks in 94 00:03:16,818 --> 00:03:18,929 different programs were incorporating 95 00:03:18,929 --> 00:03:20,540 US technology into wild land 96 00:03:20,540 --> 00:03:22,707 firefighting . It's rapidly developing 97 00:03:22,707 --> 00:03:24,818 its chance to replace manned aviation 98 00:03:24,818 --> 00:03:26,873 in a lot of aspects so we can use it 99 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:29,096 for cost containment , so minimize cost 100 00:03:29,140 --> 00:03:31,418 and then do things more safely as well . 101 00:03:31,418 --> 00:03:33,140 So where we may have to put an 102 00:03:33,140 --> 00:03:35,307 individual at risk in a man platform , 103 00:03:35,307 --> 00:03:37,362 we can put that platform unmanned in 104 00:03:37,362 --> 00:03:39,251 the austere environment . Several 105 00:03:39,251 --> 00:03:40,862 organizations that are being 106 00:03:40,862 --> 00:03:42,807 represented here through federal , 107 00:03:42,807 --> 00:03:45,720 state and our local , local communities 108 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,942 and these are the people I work with on 109 00:03:47,942 --> 00:03:50,240 the out on the field . These are our 110 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,407 neighbors . There are federal partners 111 00:03:52,407 --> 00:03:54,860 are state state partners , our county , 112 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,230 um , team members and knowing that 113 00:03:58,230 --> 00:04:01,030 they're going to be able to use a 114 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,096 emerging technology to do their jobs 115 00:04:03,096 --> 00:04:05,250 and that we're using the same tech is 116 00:04:05,260 --> 00:04:07,540 really exciting for us for as many of 117 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:09,860 those emissions . It's going to save us 118 00:04:09,860 --> 00:04:11,640 money , which in turn saves the 119 00:04:11,650 --> 00:04:13,594 taxpayers money being able to have 120 00:04:13,594 --> 00:04:15,761 something that will work for fisheries 121 00:04:15,761 --> 00:04:18,010 surveillance or search and rescue all 122 00:04:18,010 --> 00:04:20,340 in one package invaluable . And so how 123 00:04:20,340 --> 00:04:22,284 do we do this more effectively and 124 00:04:22,284 --> 00:04:24,507 efficiently ? Especially for the search 125 00:04:24,507 --> 00:04:26,673 in the search and rescue at a cost and 126 00:04:26,673 --> 00:04:28,673 a scale that is just had never been 127 00:04:28,673 --> 00:04:30,729 done before . And so bringing in our 128 00:04:30,729 --> 00:04:32,896 first responders , government academia 129 00:04:32,896 --> 00:04:34,784 and military partners here in the 130 00:04:34,784 --> 00:04:36,784 National Guard to try to be able to 131 00:04:36,784 --> 00:04:38,618 leverage the latest and greatest 132 00:04:38,618 --> 00:04:40,618 technology specifically of US based 133 00:04:40,618 --> 00:04:42,784 companies is to be able to take a look 134 00:04:42,784 --> 00:04:44,840 at all of the different systems that 135 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:46,896 are now approved by the secretary of 136 00:04:46,896 --> 00:04:46,800 defense , where we don't need a waiver 137 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:48,981 that we can actually use this in real 138 00:04:48,981 --> 00:04:50,981 world missions to help save lives . 139 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:10,160 Mm 140 00:05:24,740 --> 00:05:24,940 Yeah .