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Coast Guard Plans Year-Long Counter Drone Evaluation

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 4th, 2019

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Coast Guard Plans Year-Long Counter Drone Evaluation

Dedrone's DroneDefender counter UAS system. Photo: Dedrone

The Coast Guard plans to conduct a one-year pilot of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to help it develop operational processes and capabilities for detecting and defeating drones near certain facilities and assets. For the upcoming evaluation, the Coast Guard will use a range of counter UAS technologies including radio frequency detection, radar imagery and electro-optic/infrared cameras in standalone and combined configurations to detect, track, identify and seize control of drones, the Coast Guard says in an Oct. 28 Privacy Impact…

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