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Federal Agencies Outline Legal Issues For Counter UAS Operations

Federal Agencies Outline Legal Issues For Counter UAS Operations
A DJI Phantom 4. These recreational drones can be used for illegal activity near airports, borders and be a threat or a nuisance to critical infrastructures. Photo: DJI

Given increased demand for systems to detect, track, identify and mitigate small drones flying in and around critical infrastructures special events, four federal government partners on Monday released an advisory for non-federal public and private entities on the federal laws and regulations that govern the use of these counter unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technologies. The advisory, issued by the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, the Federal Aviation Administration and Federal Communications Commission, essentially provides a reference for state and…

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