Counter-UAS Advances as FAA Enlists WhiteFox for Airport Protection
/The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision to work with WhiteFox Defense on its airport drone detection program points to continuing advances in the development and deployment of counter-UAS technologies in the US.
Under the arrangement, WhiteFox, a leader in counter-drone and airspace security technologies, will join the FAA’s Airport UAS detection and mitigation research program. According to a statement from WhiteFox, the program will test “the most effective drone detection and mitigation technologies” and seek ways to provide “greater airspace awareness without disrupting other elements of the National Airspace System (NAS).”
In selecting WhiteFox for this effort, the FAA will draw on the company’s extensive experience in devising and deploying counter-UAS systems. As reported in Commercial UAV News, WhiteFox has been involved a wide range of counter-UAS operations, including providing airspace awareness at the 2022 Circuit of the Americas (COTA) Formula 1 event in Texas and coordinating drone detection services at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.