We look forward to seeing you at the Grand Opening for the MITRE Drone Range in Orange, Virginia, located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia!

August 14, 2023

11:30am - 4:00pm

MITRE Drone Range, 14296 Litchfield Ct , Orange, VA 22960

The MITRE Drone Range, located in Orange County, Virginia - just minutes from our Charlottesville site and lab, is home to many of the MITRE invented UAV and Robotics capabilities. The drone range is a proving ground for us and our government partners to develop, test, and evaluate the newest technological advances for commercial and proprietary robotics, communications, autonomous systems, drones, and counter-drone systems. 

View the full event agenda here.

Pre-event registration is now closed - on-site registration will be available at the event.

Highlights of the day include:

Keynote remarks from U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger and Jeffrey Vincent, Executive Director, UAS Integration Office, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Public safety panel moderated by Chief Charles Werner (ret), Drone Responders, and featuring Sheriff Mark Amos, Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Chief Nathan Mort, County of Orange Fire and EMS Chief and Sheriff Mike Chapman, 2023 NSA Sheriff of the Year.

Additional remarks from Beth Meinert, Senior Vice President and General Manager, MITRE Public Sector, Yosry Barsoum, Vice President and Director, MITRE's Center for Securing the Homeland, Lee Frame, Vice Chair, Orange County Board of Supervisors, and Helen Cauthen, President, Central Virginia Partnership for Economic Development.

Drone demos:

  • Live flights include high-speed racing drone, autonomous swarm drones, large chemical sprayer drone, long flight time drones, package and nefarious delivery drones, and vertical take-off and landing fixed-wing drones.
  • Terrestrial drones from small robots to autonomous trucks.
  • Static displays of cutting-edge drone technology from MITRE’s Matrix and MASE Laboratories.
  • Exhibitors including Zephyr Drone Simulator, AeroVigilance, Event 38 Unmanned Systems, Red Six Solutions, and more.

Free lunch catered by L&J’s BBQ from 11:30am - 12:30pm!

Please note that exhibit space is now full; requests to exhibit are no longer being accepted.