Homeland security

The new proposed FAA Reauthorization package has been made public.  It’s wordy, complex, and confusing – and the headlines haven’t made understanding what’s inside easier.  There are several points of critical importance for the drone industry to understand.  The proposed Repeal of Section 336, the Integration Pilot Program, the “Safeguarding …

Image: Department of Homeland Security, Public Domain News and Commentary. In an editorial revealed within the Washington Post, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen painted a bleak image of drone know-how’s “dark side” and urged lawmakers to present the Department extra powers to cope with rogue drones. …

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has introduced that it’s going to use a tethered drone to carry out surveillance over the Trump National Golf Course in New Jersey, in the course of the President’s trip this month. “The Proof of Concept will help determine the potential future use of …