
The federal government late Monday afternoon began to solicit interest from industry for upcoming evaluations of technology for detecting, tracking, identifying and mitigating potential threats from small drones and other aircraft flying in the homeland. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Departments and Defense and Homeland Security, other federal partners and stakeholders in the Homeland Security Enterprise on Oct. 27 released a Request for Information seeking manufacturers, supplier and systems integrators for detecting, tracking and identifying manned and unmanned aircraft systems…