Mon, Jun 03, 2019
WhiteFox Outlines 'Critical Recommendations For A Comprehensive Counter-UAS Legislative Framework'
WhiteFox has developed and released a new white paper entitled ‘Enabling the Good While Preventing the Bad: How Security Enables the Drone Industry’, which highlights “the need to protect against potential public safety and homeland security threats posed by UAS.”
The paper outlines what WhiteFox calls “critical recommendations for a comprehensive counter-UAS legislative framework.” The recommendations for what a comprehensive counter-UAS legislative framework should include are as follows:
- expand counter-UAS authority to certain state and local law enforcement agencies
- establish criteria for evaluating counter-UAS systems
- avoid interference with authorized UAS operations
- require mandatory training for personnel engaged in counter-UAS activity
- consider other technologies to create safety and security
The paper also outlines a path forward for industry and government to successfully integrate UAS into the National Airspace. This path forward includes: UAS Remote Identification; UAS Traffic Management Systems; Counter-UAS Systems to Enhance Safety and Enable Operations; Critical Infrastructure Facilities to Prohibit Unauthorized UAS; Performance-Based Regulations; and the FAA’s Regulatory Role.
“Today, public safety agencies, educational institutions and organizations utilize UAS for everything from disaster relief efforts to inspecting critical infrastructure to precision agriculture—and everything in between. However, recent unauthorized UAS incursions raise questions and create policy challenges,” Luke Fox, founder and CEO of WhiteFox, told AUVSI.
“To enable expanded commercial UAS operations in the U.S., government and UAS industry stakeholders must develop a sound strategy for working together to find a way to integrate UAS safely into the airspace,” Fox said.
(Source: AUVSI. Image from file)
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