DireenTech works with the US Air Force Academy's Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research (ACUASR) on using General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU) in UAVs for fast autonomous target identification and GPS-denied navigation. A further objective is a general purpose UAV software platform, built around those GPGPU capabilities, that makes it easy for researchers and cadets to rapidly prototype software for UAV missions.
Dr. Harry Direen has also taught engineering courses at the Academy, and cadet teams there were central to the NeuroGroove project.
The research is described in detail on the Drone Research project page.