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Legal, Policy Pursuits Aren’t Keeping Pace with Counter-Drone Needs, DHS Advisory Report Warns

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 2nd, 2020

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Legal, Policy Pursuits Aren’t Keeping Pace with Counter-Drone Needs, DHS Advisory Report Warns

Fortem Technologies' DroneHunter counter unmanned aircraft system. Photo: Fortem

Threats to public safety and security from drones will continue to grow in the coming years yet the federal bureaucracy is moving too slow to take advantage of its authorities to test and deploy technologies to combat these concerns, says a final report from an advisory panel to the Department of Homeland Security. “From our view the accelerated pace of technological change in today’s global environment creates both opportunities and risks,” Cathy Lanier, the co-chair of the panel, said in…

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