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Counter-UAS
SAFER SKIES Rule Puts Jamming and Takedown Powers Within Reach of 1,500 Local Agencies
A DOJ-DHS rule now in force lets state and local agencies certify to detect, and eventually disable, unauthorized drones — but as of publication only 61 officers across 46 agencies hold the harder mitigation credential.
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Counter-UAS
DHS Reopens Anduril's Bid for the Hardware Half of Its $1.5B Counter-Drone Contract
After GAO dismissed its protest, Anduril gets a second shot at the hardware track of DHS's $1.5B counter-UAS IDIQ — a move that could make it only the second vendor, with Leidos, to sit on both tracks of the five-year framework.
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Counter-UAS
FBI Reopens Data-Collection Rule for Local Police Running Counter-Drone Operations Under SAFER SKIES
The FBI is asking OMB to approve a revised paperwork requirement for local police running counter-drone operations under the SAFER SKIES Act, with public comment open through November 2.
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Counter-UAS
Inside the Hunt for Suspected Chinese Drone Spies at White Sands and Other US Military Bases
A CNN investigation details how Army, FBI, DHS and Pentagon teams used electronic warfare to force down a drone that probed White Sands Missile Range for five days, leading to the detention of Chinese nationals in a rented RV.
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Counter-UAS
Marine Corps Funds Epirus HAVOC Microwave Weapon as Pentagon Vows 46-Site Counter-Drone Shield
The Marine Corps handed Epirus $11 million for its HAVOC high-power microwave system, and JIATF-401's director revealed the Pentagon is hardening 46 priority U.S. installations and nearing an FAA/DHS pact to fast-track counter-drone tech.
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Counter-UAS
DHS Awards $1.5 Billion Counter-Drone IDIQ to 12 Firms Including Anduril, CACI, BAE
DHS split a five-year, up to $1.5 billion department-wide counter-UAS contract into two tracks, naming Anduril, BAE Systems, CACI, Leidos and eight other firms as awardees after fielding more than 100 competing proposals.
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Counter-UAS
Quantum Cyber Builds Its First Mini-Interceptor Drone at New Bridgeport, Connecticut Plant
Twelve days after closing on a $2.3 million Bridgeport, Connecticut plant, Quantum Cyber says it has already assembled its first mini-interceptor — a 220 km/h counter-UAS drone meant to hunt in swarms.
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Counter-UAS
Counter-UAS Technology Compared: Kinetic, RF Jamming, High-Power Microwave, Laser, and Net Interceptors
A side-by-side comparison of the five ways drones are actually defeated today — kinetic interceptors, RF/GPS jamming, high-power microwave, directed-energy lasers, and net-capture systems — with range, cost per engagement, tradeoffs, and who's legally allowed to use each under SAFER SKIES.
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Counter-UAS
TSA: Agencies Have Seized More Than 600 Rogue Drones Across World Cup Host Cities
TSA says federal and local agencies have confiscated over 600 illegal drones near FIFA World Cup 2026 stadiums since June 11 — double the total reported just two weeks earlier — with Kansas City, Seattle and San Francisco leading the tally.
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Counter-UAS
World Cup C-UAS Crackdown: 39 Drones Seized, Criminal Charges in First Six Days
Multi-agency federal operations across 8 U.S. host cities logged 145 drone incursions and seized 39 aircraft in the first six days of FIFA World Cup 2026, with criminal charges — including an illegal-reentry case in Atlanta — marking early serious enforcement outcomes.
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Counter-UAS
Counter-UAS at Airports: Why the U.S. Still Can't Stop a Gatwick-Style Closure
The 2018 Gatwick drone incident cost airlines £50 million and stranded 110,000 passengers — and the perpetrators were never found. Five years on, U.S. airports face hundreds of incursions annually while the FAA still cannot neutralize a drone on its own. Here's how the technology and authority fit together.
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Counter-UAS
Drones Over the Wall: How Aerial Contraband Became a Global Prison Crisis
In a single year, Georgia's Department of Corrections linked drones to $7 million in contraband and 876 confiscated cell phones. Drone sightings at UK prisons rose 770% in four years. This is the legal, technical, and operational battle to stop aerial smuggling — and why it took so long to begin.
