Protecting Against Rogue Drones

Abstract

As of September 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had registered about 1.7 million unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), often referred to as drones. More than 70 percent are operated by recreational users. FAA estimates that by 2024, about 2.3 million UAS, including 1.5 million recreational drones and model aircraft and about 800,000 commercial UAS, will be registered to fly in U.S. airspace. As the UAS market expands, there may be an increasing risk that rogue drones that either fail to obey safety rules or are operated for nefarious purposes could threaten manned aircraft operations, airports, critical infrastructure facilities, and high-profile events. These concerns have prompted Congress to examine options for detecting and interdicting drones.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 03, 2020
Accession Number
AD1110853

Entities

People

  • Bart Elias

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Congress
  • Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Detection
  • Homeland Security
  • Infrastructure
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Line Of Sight
  • Low Altitude
  • Navigation
  • Radio Communications
  • Security
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space