
Current legal authorities provided to the Department of Homeland Security for drone security are limited and the department is discussing next steps with Congress and its interagency partners, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Wednesday. DHS’ direction to counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) is “very specific and I would say even in some respects limiting,” intended primarily for department facilities and responding to threats against a “soft target,” he told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee…