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Illegal Drone Use Grounds Gatwick Air Traffic Ahead of Christmas

A United Kingdom law went into effect last July 30 that makes it a crime punishable by up to five years in jail to fly a drone within one kilometer of an…

Unmanned

Trump Nominee for DHS Undersecretary Advocates Anti-Drone Bill

Legislation in the Senate permitting the use of technology to defeat potential threats from drones is necessary to enable the testing and evaluation of these technologies in operationally relevant environments, a Department…

Military

New No-Drone Zones Hone DOD Counter-UAS Authority

Responding to a request to enhance unmanned aircraft flight restrictions over military bases, the FAA recently made the airspace over three new U.S. Defense Department facilities no-drone zones and extended the restricted…

Unmanned

US DHS, DOJ Receive Counter-Drone Authority Under Proposed Senate Bill

A small bipartisan group of senators Monday introduced legislation that would give the U.S. departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) authority to defeat threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to…

Military

DOD Demands Authority to Destroy Drones in Restricted Airspace

Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields. The Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis told lawmakers Wednesday. The military can disrupt or…