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Homeland Security

Homeland Security Enterprise Not Ready For Use Of Unmanned Systems, Report Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

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Homeland Security Enterprise Not Ready For Use Of Unmanned Systems, Report Says

Coast Guard photo of a Puma AE UAS successfully landing on the flight deck of the Polar icebreaker Healy. The aircraft's wings are designed to dislodge upon landing as a precaution against impact damage.

The larger Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) is not taking advantage of or responding well to the increasing commercial and consumer use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and the work being done by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with these systems is more focused on its components needs and not the larger homeland security community, according to a report prepared by a research center that supports DHS.“On balance, the HSE is not well poised to capitalize on, or respond to…

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