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Counter-drone tech specialist MatrixSpace has appointed industry veteran John Bagocius head of sales. John Bagocius brings more than two decades of leadership experience, spanning commercial growth, strategic partnerships and mission enablement, including senior positions at Draganfly, Aeryon Labs, FLIR Systems and Crossmatch (HID).

Lieutenant William Hutchinson, Palm Springs Police Department, Real Time Intelligence Center (RTIC) & Drone as First Responder (DFR) Program Director spoke with Global Airspace Radar about the programme. This represents the largest DFR programme in the United States, covering 37 square miles (or roughly 60 square kilometres).

The rule gives SLTT agencies real counter-UAS authority for the first time. It also places data squarely at the center of that authority. For technology providers building the systems agencies will actually use, that data architecture is where compliance either works in practice or breaks down.

Beginning in May, hundreds of Army technical experts, operational personnel and defense industry representatives gathered at Fort Carson, Colorado, to take part in a month-long hackathon dubbed Operation Jailbreak. The goal of the event was to enable combat systems that have traditionally been disconnected to share data in real time.

MatrixSpace’s Matt Kling has joined the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) Drone Security Subcommittee. SIA is a trade association for global security solution providers with over 1,700 member companies. The Subcommittee educates the security industry on counter-ucrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) legalities, technologies, training and options to mitigate UAS attacks. The Subcommittee supported the SAFER SKIES Act, approved by the United States Congress in December 2025, and executive branch recommendations such as the Domestic C-UAS National Action Plan and the executive order on Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty.