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type: software
title: "BLADE-CUAS Governance Node: Authority Governance for Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations Under Multi-Agency Authority Structures"
version: "2.0"
date-released: "2026-05-20"
authors:
  - family-names: "Oktenli"
    given-names: "Burak"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8573-1667"
    affiliation: "AUTHREX Systems, Washington, DC, United States"
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: "10.5281/zenodo.20299604"
    description: "DOI assigned at deposit publication"
  - type: url
    value: "https://burakoktenli.com/blade-cuas.html"
    description: "Reference page on author portfolio"
  - type: url
    value: "https://authrex.systems"
    description: "AUTHREX framework primary site"
repository-code: "https://burakoktenli.com/blade-cuas.html"
url: "https://burakoktenli.com/blade-cuas.html"
abstract: >-
  BLADE-CUAS is the sixth platform in the BLADE family of authority governance
  reference architectures, instantiating the AUTHREX governance framework for
  Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) operations under the multi-agency
  authority structure established by Executive Order 14305, the FY26 NDAA
  Title LXXXVI Safer Skies Act, and the FEMA Counter-UAS Grant Program. The
  reference design provides a four-tier Hierarchical Multi-Attribute Authority
  (HMAA) model encoding the federal-SLTT handoff structure, Dempster-Shafer
  multi-modal sensor consensus through the MAIVA stage, a court-admissible
  evidence chain designed to support Federal Rules of Evidence 901, 902, and
  803(6) foundation requirements, an engagement-risk-aware FLAME deliberation
  window, and ADARA-extended Remote ID spoofing detection. Approximately 75
  percent of the architecture is reused unchanged from the BLADE-EDGE
  baseline. A deterministic browser simulation implements six scripted
  scenarios. All work is fundamental research published openly under NSDD-189.
keywords:
  - "Counter-UAS"
  - "C-UAS"
  - "authority governance"
  - "Executive Order 14305"
  - "Safer Skies Act"
  - "federal-SLTT authority"
  - "Hierarchical Multi-Attribute Authority"
  - "HMAA"
  - "evidence chain"
  - "Federal Rules of Evidence"
  - "Dempster-Shafer"
  - "MAIVA"
  - "FLAME"
  - "ADARA"
  - "ECDSA P-256"
  - "Remote ID"
  - "ASTM F3411"
  - "AUTHREX"
  - "BLADE"
  - "DoDD 3000.09"
  - "NIST SP 800-53"
  - "FIPS 186-5"
  - "FIPS 140-2"
  - "MIL-STD-810G"
  - "MIL-STD-461G"
  - "RTCA DO-365"
  - "fundamental research"
  - "NSDD-189"
license: "CC-BY-4.0"
references:
  - type: software
    title: "BLADE-EDGE Governance Node: Reference Implementation for Directed-Energy Authority Governance"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Oktenli"
        given-names: "Burak"
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8573-1667"
    doi: "10.5281/zenodo.19177472"
    year: 2026
  - type: software
    title: "BLADE-AV Governance Node: Autonomous Vehicle Authority Governance"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Oktenli"
        given-names: "Burak"
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8573-1667"
    doi: "10.5281/zenodo.19232130"
    year: 2026
  - type: software
    title: "BLADE-MARITIME Governance Node: Maritime Surveillance Authority Governance"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Oktenli"
        given-names: "Burak"
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8573-1667"
    doi: "10.5281/zenodo.19246785"
    year: 2026
  - type: software
    title: "BLADE-INFRA Governance Node: Critical Infrastructure Authority Governance"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Oktenli"
        given-names: "Burak"
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8573-1667"
    doi: "10.5281/zenodo.19277887"
    year: 2026
  - type: software
    title: "BLADE-SPACE Governance Node: Orbital Autonomy Authority Governance"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Oktenli"
        given-names: "Burak"
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8573-1667"
    doi: "10.5281/zenodo.20183269"
    year: 2026
