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DHS S&T Nominee Plugs Counter UAS Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

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DHS S&T Nominee Plugs Counter UAS Bill

William Bryan, President Donald Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Science and Technology for DHS. Bryan is currently the acting head of S&T. Photo: DHS

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 of Homeland Security official said on Wednesday.Current law allows for detecting and tracking of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) “but we’re not able to take any mitigation actions,” William Bryan, the Trump administration’s nominee to be under secretary of Science and Technology (S&T) at DHS, said at his Senate…

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