
A bipartisan bill introduced last month that would enable the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to begin developing policies, procedures and capabilities for countering threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in limited circumstances in U.S. airspace hopefully will become part of the Senate’s version of an annual defense policy bill, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said on Wednesday.The Senate on Wednesday planned to begin consideration of its version of the fiscal year…