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TSA Finding Limitations With Drone Detection Equipment In Airport Testing

TSA Finding Limitations With Drone Detection Equipment In Airport Testing
The popular quadcopter UAV developed by China's DJI. These recreation drones can be a nuisance or a threat in some areas. Photo: DJI

Evaluations of commercial technologies to detect, track and identify (DTI) small drones operating in restricted airspace in and around airports are “generally” performing well, but the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is finding that electronic noises created by radar and communications used for airport operations do impact the performance of the drone detection systems, an agency official said on Tuesday. “When you go to an airport, we see degradation of the performance,” said Austin Gould, acting executive assistant administrator for Operations…

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