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As drone technology progresses rapidly, industry experts are warning Congress about potential airspace, if the next national security threat is left irregular.
Last week, at a US House Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing, experts at the drone industry testified about the dangerous hazards for the aircraft safety by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
Droneup CEO Tom Walker told Fox News Digital, “With more than half of Mrs Drone with commercial and general aviation.”
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Drone experts are asking Congress for a centralized database to track flights and pilots in an attempt to fill the interval in the aircraft regions. (Istock)
Walker leads the world’s largest drone services network while working with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Departments of Transportation (DOT), Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to implement changes on the Walker National Aircraft Policy.
While living on Capital Hill, the walker inspired MPs to create a nationalized system, which has the ability to identify each drone, pilot, and missions across the country.
“We don’t have awareness about our airspace,” Walker said. “We don’t have a normal operating picture. We can’t see a picture, and can see all drones and manned aircraft and say,” Here’s who it is and what they are doing here. “
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The drones are responsible for several events, including rescue aircraft, which are being killed during a lifetime of efforts, including a fire fighting airplane in California and a helicopter in Texas. (Istock)
Currently, the federal government does not have a centralized database that identifies a drone and its pilot in real -time, which creates security laps around the important infrastructure across the country and lacks accountability around the rules and regulations of the aircraft.
Remote ID – Implementation of a “digital license plate” for drones – was rolled out in an attempt to identify the UAS system, but according to the walker, the pilot’s identity can be easily overright to hide.
“The problem is about everything right now,” the walker said. “We have a policy that says you cannot go above 400 feet. We have a policy that says that you cannot fly during temporary flight sanctions (TFR). We have a policy that says that you cannot fly in restricted airspace. And those policies have been violated a million times.”
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Walker pointed to several high-profile events in recent months, including drones interfere with law enforcement efforts.
Earlier this year, a California man killed a Canadian super scooper firefighting aircraft of his drone, while authorities raced to fight with disastrous Palisads’ fire. As a result, the aircraft was potentially grounded for about five days.
Another example that was previously grounded by the respondents’ aircraft was killed by a drone after the authorities announced a helicopter assistance in search efforts for the victims of Texas flood.
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The city of Kerville said, “The helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing, and a significant piece of response tools is now out of service until next notice.” a statement,
While the authorities have stressed that these examples can be completely prevented, the walker indicates a lack of a centralized system to identify and detect illegal drones.
Walker told Fox News Digital, “I will argue that we have no awareness about the airspace.” “If you do not have awareness, you may not have control of your airspace. And if you do not have control of your airspace, you cannot defend your airspace – which means you have no sovereignty of your airspace.”
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Walker hopes that federal authorities may find a way to allow manned aircraft and drones to remain co-existence within the American aircraft. (Istock)
Although most of the rules have been implemented through policy changes, the walkers believe that the authorities are focusing on their efforts on counter-UAS systems in a misleading attempt to regain the control of the country’s airspace.
Walker said, “When I hear, I am a little discouraged that the first step we need is counter-UAS.” “You do not only do and control the owner of your airs by having defensive currencies.
The walker solution will initially roll out in areas that are at a high risk for drone opportunities, called “phased approaches”, access to an essential basis with agencies.
“Let’s start with the protecting the important infrastructure,” Walker said, before indicating the Iranian nuclear features on the recent air strike of the United States.
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“Think of recent operation where we launched B -2 [bombers]”Walker told Fox News Digital.” It must have been taken a child [drone] They will not be able to fly on that airbase and launch. ,
As government officials see to integrate drone policies during a time when the technology is changing at a rapid rate, walker encourages cooperation between UAS experts and officials to target for long -standing rules that benefit Americans, while current guidelines say that the current directions do not address the concerns of the fields.
“What systems do we have that are tested, tabletops are used and today is in place to stop it?” Walker said. “The answer is nothing.”
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The air rasp database will then include areas like Southern border and gel across the country in an attempt to cut the efforts to smuggle criminals.
“If you look at the number of things being smuggled in jails, it is not just drugs, cellphones and SIM cards,” said Walker. “It is knife, guns and explosives. The problem is already a crisis, and it is already the cost of life. And we, as a country, have greatly reduced at this point, in addition to policy.”
DHS Director of Counter-UAS Program Management Steven Wilobi on Tuesday testified about Cartel at the Senate Judicial Committee hearing, which is about Cartel using drones to conduct illegal operations on the border, commenting the walker’s spirit.
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“The US customs and border security agents and officials have seized thousands of pounds of drugs, including fantaneil enough to kill thousands of Americans worldwide,” Wilobi said. “Drone has also been used rapidly to conduct kinetic attacks or fighting cartel tasks, attacking each other using drone distributed explosives, and this is only some time ago when American or law enforcement is targeted in the border area.”
The FAA did not immediately respond to the request for Fox News Digital’s comment.
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The implementation of a nationwide, real -time database of UAS flights may eventually allow the drone to be present with the manned aircraft, the ability to protect both domestic and international assets by assisting its citizens to pursue the United States capacity.
Walker said, “We should work together in a symbiotic environment and work together both human and unmanned aircraft that create a force multiplier, which allows us to save more lives.” “This allows us to protect our limits, and allows us to provide services to the general public that we have never understood.”
