Astrion and Pierce Aerospace Partner to Advance Counter-UAS Capabilities for Homeland Security and Defense Missions TMCnet News [November 09, 2026] | / | Astrion and Pierce Aerospace Partner to Advance Counter-UAS Capabilities for Homeland Security and Defense Missions HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Astrion, a defense technology and mission solutions company, and Pierce Aerospace today announced a strategic partnership to strengthen unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) identification and counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) capabilities for government, public safety, and commercial customers. The collaboration combines Pierce Aerospace's Remote Identification (Remote ID) technology with Astrion's mission engineering, systems integration, test and evaluation, and operational deployment expertise. Together, the companies will help customers connect UAS identification data with broader airspace awareness and mission architectures to support more informed decisions across safety, security, and defense operations. The announcement comes as the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency makes an additional $250 million available through its fiscal year 2027 Counter-UAS Grant Program. The program extends funding opportunities to all 56 states and territories and supports preparations for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The partnership also builds on Astrion's recent Track 2 award on DHS's $1.5B C-UAS IDIQ, providing comprehensive operational support for the entire counter-UAS mission lifecycle. Pierce Aerospace is a teammate to Astrion on that award. Together with the White House's airspace security priorities and Joint Interagency Task Force 401's counter-small UAS mission, these initiatives underscore the growing need to move beyond individual technologies toward integrated, operationally validated airspace security capabilities. Connecting Identification to Operational Advantage For agencies investing in UA and Counter-UAS capabilities, acquiring equipment is only one part of the challenge. Identification data must reach the appropriate command systems, complement other sensors and effectors, and provide information operators can interpret and act upon within their mission requirements and legal authorities. Pierce Aerospace is the market leader in passive Remote ID receivers and data services that detect, track, and identify UAS broadcasting Remote ID messages. Its technology provides an identification layer that can feed command-and-control systems and common operating pictures, contributing valuable information to broader airspace awareness. Remote ID is one component of a layered airspace security architecture. Comprehensive airspace awareness requires additional sensors, contextual data, integration, and operator judgment to support effective airspace monitoring, deconfliction, and mission execution. Astrion brings the mission engineering, systems integration, and operational expertise needed to assess how these capabilities perform together. The company's long-standing expertise in threat modeling, system integration, operational deployment, and training capabilities ensures customers can accurately assess how individual components contribute to an integrated operational capability. The Astrion and Pierce Aerospace partnership will help agencies incorporate UAS identification data into broader airspace awareness and defense and security mission architectures. By connecting identification capabilities with mission engineering and operational integration, Astrion and Pierce Aerospace aim to support more informed decisions in protecting critical assets, infrastructure, and border operations. "Identifying potential threats is only the beginning. The real challenge is getting the right information to the right operators, integrated with the systems and capabilities they rely on to protect the American people and critical infrastructure," said Astrion's Conn Doherty, President of Strategy and Growth. "Pierce Aerospace brings an important Remote ID capability to the mission. Astrion brings the mission engineering and integration expertise to connect technologies across the seams, assess how they perform in demanding operational environments, and help customers move from identifying a potential threat to understanding and addressing it within the broader mission context." "Remote ID provides valuable information about drones in the airspace," said Aaron Pierce, Chief Executive Officer of Pierce Aerospace. "Working with Astrion gives us an opportunity to connect that information with broader mission requirements, enhance the performance and utility of our capabilities to even higher levels of performance, and help customers integrate Remote ID into layered drone and counter-drone architectures." About Astrion Astrion is a defense services and technology company that engineers, integrates, tests, validates, deploys, and sustains the complex systems critical infrastructure and national security depend on. The company combines operational expertise with mission engineering, software development, systems integration, test and evaluation, training, and operations and sustainment. Astrion works alongside customers across homeland security, defense, intelligence, and space. For more information, visit astrion.Fog Computing World. About Pierce Aerospace Pierce Aerospace develops Remote Identification receivers, data services, and airspace monitoring solutions for civil, commercial, public safety, and defense applications. Its technology supports low-altitude airspace awareness and integration with third-party systems. For more information, visit pierceaerospace.net. Media contact Astrion: [email protected] Computing World Pierce Aerospace: [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage] |

Client Solution Architects rehires Bobby Brown as business development VP. * Brown returns to CSA after business development leadership roles at Astrion and Cubic * The retired Navy commander will lead growth initiatives and customer engagement * His capture work has covered naval, missile defense and space programs Bobby Brown, a retired U.S. Navy commander who most recently served as an executive at Astrion, has returned to Client Solution Architects as vice president of business development. CSA announced the hire Tuesday on LinkedIn, saying Brown will head strategic growth initiatives, deepen ties with current customers and widen the company's footprint among defense organizations. The company cited his more than two and a half decades of leadership spanning national security missions, industry partnerships and defense-sector growth. The Virginia Beach, Virginia-based company also noted his record in capture work on naval, missile defense and space-related programs. Who is Bobby Brown? Brown spent about two years at Astrion, according to his LinkedIn profile. He joined in November 2024 as a senior capture manager for space programs and was promoted in March 2026 to vice president of business development for the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency, a post he held through October. In that job, he oversaw growth strategy, capture management and customer engagement across naval, missile defense and adjacent national security markets. His return to CSA marks a second stint at the company. From November 2023 to November 2024, Brown was the company's senior director of Navy business development, guiding a growth strategy tied to annual pursuits valued above $500 million. Before that, he was director of business development at Cubic Mission & Performance Solutions from June 2019 to January 2023. He also worked with Cubic leadership on an effort that persuaded Congress to reinstate funding for a major aviation communications program. What military experience does Bobby Brown bring? Brown commanded a helicopter squadron at Naval Air Station North Island from 2013 to 2016, leading 245 personnel who supported 10 helicopter detachments. His profile notes the unit was ranked first among 11 squadrons during his tenure. From 2010 to 2013, he served as military aide to the U.S. vice president, briefing and assisting on national command decisions involving continuity-of-government programs and emergency relocation assets. Earlier, as a helicopter maintenance officer in Kaneohe, Hawaii, he oversaw 150 maintainers responsible for 12 Sikorsky SH-60B helicopters and logged more than 1,300 flight hours supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. His final Navy assignment, from 2016 to 2019, was director of inclusion and diversity for the commander of the Naval Air Forces, where he handled policy, recruiting and training matters for a force of more than 100,000 sailors and 11 aircraft carriers. Brown sits on the boards of trustees of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation and the Naval Helicopter Association. What is Client Solution Architects' customer base? CSA provides technology, engineering and operations support to military customers, including the Navy and Army. In March, the Navy awarded CSA a three-year, $16 million contract to deliver cybersecurity, software testing, configuration management and other enterprise technical services for the Bureau of Naval Personnel and Navy Personnel Command Force Management. Veterans First, CSA's joint venture with Client First Technologies, received a $16.2 million task order in 2025 to support simulation-based training at the Army's Fort Johnson Mission Training Complex. The order falls under the service's $975 million Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support II contract. The company recently earned a Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 appraisal for its project operations and renewed its ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1 certifications. In 2025, CSA achieved Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Level 2.