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House Bill Introduced for DoD/FAA Collaboration on Unmanned Balloon Monitoring

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House Bill Introduced for DoD/FAA Collaboration on Unmanned Balloon Monitoring
A North Warning System radar site on Brevoort Island, Nunavut. The site, established in 1988, and 46 others is operated by Nasittuq Corporation, an Inuit majority-owned business. The government of Canada awarded Nasittuq a $592 million, 7-year contract last year to take over operation of the sites from Raytheon Technologies (Canadian Armed Forces Photo)

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) on June 20 introduced H.R. 4229 to direct the Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct a study and submit a report "on the effects of unmanned free balloons on aviation safety and how both the Department of Defense and Federal Aviation Administration might boost awareness of unmanned free balloons over United States airspace," according to a summary of the measure in the Congressional Record. Reps. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) and Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) co-sponsored…

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