The European Commission, the executive body of the EU issued an Action Plan on Drone and Counter Drone Security, calling for EU members to conduct a coordinated response campaign to counter the growing threats arising from maliciously operated drones.
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The FBI said it expects to train about 60 state, local, tribal and territorial (SLTT) law enforcement officers to qualify to operate drone-mitigation equipment in time for World Cup events set to get under way in 11 U.S. cities in June.
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A student-led non-profit group is seeking to solve those issues, with the creation of Lace, a mostly 3D-printed, modular designed drone that researchers can produce and modify on their own.
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A start-up Houston-based drone and software developer is aiming to serve a large looming market demand for drone infrastructure inspections, which could one day grow to involve tens of thousands of UAV flights every day.
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Press freedom advocates are expressing alarm about a new “mobile no-drone zone,” which the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has declared above and around the vehicles used by federal military personnel and federal law enforcement officers.
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First Amendment advocates are challenging the FAA’s new airspace regulations, which in effect create a nationwide series of mobile no-drone zones above and near all federal law enforcement activities.
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A news media coalition has sent a letter to the FAA, raising questions about the agency’s recent issuance of a controversial Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM), which imposes sweeping restrictions to the operation of UAVs above or near federal agents and their vehicles.
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