House panel wants anti-drone systems at US defense facilities

Lack of regulation on drones is like ‘the Wild West’, TD tells committee

Authorities have no way of dealing with noise complaints about drones because they are not covered under legislation, an Oireachtas transport committee has heard.

House panel wants anti-drone systems at US defense facilities

The draft defense authorization bill that the House Armed Services Committee plans to mark up in the coming days would require the Pentagon to set up counter-drone defenses at a handful of military-related facilities inside the United States.  The mandate is one of several ways the measure manifests deep congressional concerns about whether the U.S. military and American society more broadly is responding quickly and properly to advances in warf…

Athens police suggest countermeasures for drones in restricted airspace

By Joe Johnson The Athens-Clarke County Police Department was contacted last month by an employee at the U.S. Department of Agriculture research building on College Station Road, to report that a drone was flying over the property without proper authorization.Police told the employee that she should contact the Federal Aviation Administration to for assistance with deactivating drones flying in restricted areas.According to published information…