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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019

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The Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Airports Council International North America have formed a task force examining ways to detect, track, identify and mitigate potential threats from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) around airports, Brian Wynne, the head of AUVSI, tells a Senate panel. The establishment of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports follows drone sightings at airports in London and New Jersey that disrupted air traffic last year and this year. “The…

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