
A rulemaking committee directed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide recommendations for certifying, authorizing, and deploying counter-drone systems across the national airspace suggests the federal government develop a list of technologies and vendors that are “proven effective and reliable” for operators to choose from. The FAA and its federal partners are best positioned to coordinate the evaluation and approval of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection and mitigation technologies, and should establish performance criteria, an approved list that streamlines…