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Unmanned Systems

DHS S&T Planning Counter-UAS Evaluation In 2024

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 14th, 2023

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DHS S&T Planning Counter-UAS Evaluation In 2024

A DJI Phantom 4. These recreational drones can be used for illegal activity near airports, borders and be a threat or a nuisance to critical infrastructures. Photo: DJI

The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate plans to host a demonstration of counter-drone technologies next spring in Texas near the border with Mexico. S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory this week issued a request for information for commercially available systems that include a radar to detect small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)—Group 1 and 2 drones—and then prompt a pan-tilt-zoom electro-optical/infrared camera to verify, identify, classify, and track the drones. DHS said in a notice on Thursday…

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