Ouster, a global leader in high-performance lidar sensors and intelligent software solutions, powering Physical AI across the automotive, industrial, robotics and smart infrastructure sectors, announced today that its OS1 digital lidar has been vetted and approved by the Department of Defense (DOD) for use in unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Following a review of components and cybersecurity testing, the Defense Innovation Unit approved and added the Ouster OS1 to the Blue UAS Framework. Blue UAS is a holistic and continuous approach that rapidly vets and sc…