Federal agencies, like the FBI, are considering how to best beef up counter-drone capabilities in the months and years ahead, top officials said during a panel at a Commercial Drone Alliance event in Washington, D.C., last week.
The FBI is leading upskilling efforts with its National Counter-UAS Training Center in Huntsville, Ala. The Department of Justice unit expects to train 250 more unmanned aircraft system mitigation officers by the end of next fiscal year, according to Mike Torphy, an FBI agent leading the bureau’s program…