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Mattis To Congress, FAA: Military Needs More Authority To Shoot Down Drones Over Bases

Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

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Mattis To Congress, FAA: Military Needs More Authority To Shoot Down Drones Over Bases

Federal Aviation Administration National Capital Region No Drone Zone signage. Graphic: Federal Aviation Administration.

Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields and the Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis on May 9 told lawmakers.The military can disrupt or destroy small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) over certain secure facilities with restricted airspace but has limited authority to shoot down drones over most of its facilities. The FAA limits what defenses the military can deploy against small drones because some systems pose a threat…

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