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DreamHammer is a
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–based software company that provides advanced drone management software for enterprise customers.


History

Its first product, Ballista, is an OS for drones and allows one person to simultaneously control multiple drones of any type. It features a
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architecture that can be integrated into any unmanned system. Ballista has been licensed to government agencies, including the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office (PEO) Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons. On July 3, 2013, DreamHammer announced it was partnering with
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to use the company's software for integrated command and control of Lockheed Martin's
unmanned aerial vehicles An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard, but rather is controlled remotely or is autonomous.De Gruyter Handbook of Dron ...
. Lockheed and
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have worked with DreamHammer to create the software which works with boats, planes or trucks. DreamHammer has spent $6.5 million to develop the software.


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External links


DreamHammer site

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MainStreet
"Pentagon Recruiting Software Developers for Drone ‘App Store’"
National Defense
"DreamHammer goes Ballista for multi-vehicle control software"
Unmanned Daily News
"DroneOS: How To Take Control Of The Country's Growing Robot Army"
Forbes
"Why Amazon's Going Up in the Air"
Businessweek

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