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Unmanned Aerial System

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Feature Article: Evaluating Border Security Technologies in the Plains of North Dakota

S&T and NUSTL have been working with a coalition of partners (including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, and industry) for more than a year on Air Domain Awareness (ADA) efforts, culminating with a series of technology demonstrations that kicked off in April 2021.

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S&T Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Legal Authorities Fact Sheet

The Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 grants the Department of Homeland Security statutory authority to counter credible threats from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to the safety or security of a covered facility or asset. This authority is paramount to the Department’s mission to protect and secure the Homeland from evolving threats. The Department is in the process of coordinating with Components and stakeholders regarding the need for additional counter-UAS (CUAS) authorities.

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S&T Setting Standards for Drones in the First Responder Community Fact Sheet

The UAS industry is expected to pass $80 billion in spending in the next decade. S&T coordinates tests and operational standards so first responders can make the best UAS acquisitions decisions.

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Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)

DHS S&T is tackling unmanned aerial systems challenges by researching ways to protect against threats and ways to make them more usable for the Homeland Security Enterprise

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S&T MQ-9 Unmanned Aircraft System Capability Analysis Fact Sheet

How is CBP AMO using the Predator B to perform missions?