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DoE Agency Deploys Counter Drone System to Los Alamos National Lab

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 27th, 2018

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has deployed a commercial counter drone system to one of the nation’s national laboratories for the protection of a nuclear facility, one of the few U.S. deployments of the technology.The NNSA, a semi-autonomous agency of the Department of Energy charged with the safety, security and effectiveness of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile, says the counter unmanned aircraft system (UAS) system deployed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico can “detect, identify, track…

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