
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this month warned U.S. airports against the use of systems to defeat potential threats from drones, but the agency said when it comes to deploying technologies to detect nearby unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that present a potential hazard to airport and aircraft operations, operators basically need to do their due diligence in acquiring UAS detection capabilities. In a May 7 letter to U.S. airport operators, John Dermody, director of the agency’s Office of Airport Safety…