
Just months before existing legislation expires that provides the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice with limited authorities to detect, and in some cases defeat, threats from small drones in the homeland, a bipartisan pair of senators will soon introduce a new bill to extend, expand and strengthen the counter-drone permissions. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said on Thursday that he and fellow committee member Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who authored the…