GridEye UTM monitor
A walkthrough of GridEye, the read-only traffic-management dashboard built by NVCC interns. It tracks a 12-drone delivery fleet over simulated Frisco, Texas, and flags flight-boundary, no-fly-zone, and altitude violations.
NVCC · Annandale, VA
Northern Virginia Community College
Community-college research pathway. Student interns investigate drone command-and-control link security alongside GWU researchers.
Student researchMAVLink securityUTM monitoring
Northern Virginia Community College brings community-college students into the project’s research. Each summer, four NVCC students join GWU as research interns, working side by side with graduate students on cyberattacks and defenses for the drone software stack, from MAVLink command-and-control link security to a UAS Traffic Management monitoring dashboard. The interns present their work at the project’s annual review meeting. NVCC’s site PI is Kwabena Konadu.
Research thrusts
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Summer research internships
Each summer, four NVCC students join GWU for a research internship, working side by side with graduate students and presenting at the project’s annual meeting.
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Control-link security testbeds
Software-in-the-loop testbeds that evaluate the MAVLink link between ground stations and drones and the protection offered by message signing and secure tunnels.
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GridEye UTM monitor
A read-only traffic-management dashboard that tracks a simulated delivery fleet and enforces flight boundaries, no-fly zones, and altitude limits.
Demos
See NVCC's work in action
People
Researchers and students
Research interns4
- Winston HarveySummer 2026
- Brendan LunaSummer 2026
- Vincenzo De RacoSummer 2026
- Subaita SajjadSummer 2026
- Austin HolmesResearch intern · Summer 2025
- Habibullah HusainResearch intern · Summer 2025
- Mehreen KhanResearch intern · Summer 2025
- Mohamed TahaResearch intern · Summer 2025