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Counter-UAS
TSA: Agencies Have Seized More Than 600 Rogue Drones Across World Cup Host Cities
TSA says federal and local agencies have confiscated over 600 illegal drones near FIFA World Cup 2026 stadiums since June 11 — double the total reported just two weeks earlier — with Kansas City, Seattle and San Francisco leading the tally.
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Counter-UAS
Drone Incursions Ground Firefighting Aircraft Over Colorado's 8th-Largest Wildfire
Unauthorized drones inside the Aspen Acres Fire's TFR forced firefighting aircraft to stand down as the blaze grew to 85,000+ acres, destroyed 180+ structures, and displaced 11,000 people.
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Counter-UAS
The Counter-Drone Drone That Caught Fire: An NYPD Skydio X10 Falls Into a World Cup Crowd in Brooklyn
An NYPD Skydio X10 malfunctioned and burned near the FIFA World Cup Fan Zone in Brooklyn Bridge Park on a match night — inside an FAA No Drone Zone where a civilian would face six-figure penalties. It was the second NYPD drone to catch fire in Brooklyn in 13 months.
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Counter-UAS
A Prohibited Zone Goes Live-Fire Ready: Secret Service Counter-Drone Teams Guard the Mall's First-Ever NSSE July 4
For America 250, the National Mall fireworks earned National Special Security Event status for the first time — putting Secret Service counter-drone teams, the FBI, and the National Guard over 150,000 people inside an airspace that has been off-limits for half a century.
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Counter-UAS
United 737 Came Within 100 Feet of a Drone on Newark Approach — and the FAA Has No Way to Stop the Next One
A United 737 with 111 aboard reported a drone about 100 feet below it on final to Newark on June 27; a second crew saw another. The FAA opened a probe — but civil airports still have no authority to detect or down drones.
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Counter-UAS
World Cup C-UAS Crackdown: 39 Drones Seized, Criminal Charges in First Six Days
Multi-agency federal operations across 8 U.S. host cities logged 145 drone incursions and seized 39 aircraft in the first six days of FIFA World Cup 2026, with criminal charges — including an illegal-reentry case in Atlanta — marking early serious enforcement outcomes.
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Counter-UAS
Counter-UAS at Airports: Why the U.S. Still Can't Stop a Gatwick-Style Closure
The 2018 Gatwick drone incident cost airlines £50 million and stranded 110,000 passengers — and the perpetrators were never found. Five years on, U.S. airports face hundreds of incursions annually while the FAA still cannot neutralize a drone on its own. Here's how the technology and authority fit together.
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Counter-UAS
Counter-UAS for Stadiums and Mass Events: How the U.S. Closes the Airspace Gap
Federal no-fly zones have covered NFL stadiums for years, but local police could only watch unauthorized drones — not stop them. Here's how the legal authority gap developed, how the World Cup became a live test for the workaround, and what still isn't solved.
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Counter-UAS
Soft Targets in the Air Age: The Drone Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure
From a copper-wire-rigged DJI Mavic to a C-4-loaded platform aimed at a Nashville substation, drone attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure have moved from theoretical to documented — yet 93% of nuclear sites, 90% of oil refineries, and most major airports remain without active counter-UAS protection.
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Counter-UAS
Fortem DroneHunter F700: The Autonomous Net-Catcher Closing the Jammer Gap
Fortem's DroneHunter F700 autonomously pursues hostile drones, fires tethered nets to capture them in flight, and tows the platform to a forensics zone — no explosives, no jamming. With 4,500+ captures, a Replicator 2 contract, and $25M from Lockheed Martin, it is the Pentagon's answer to GPS-waypoint threats that jammers cannot touch.
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Counter-UAS
Geofencing and No-Fly Zones Explained: How Drone Airspace Controls Actually Work
On January 13, 2025, DJI stopped blocking its drones from flying into restricted airspace—ending a decade of hard firmware locks. Here is what replaced them: the FAA airspace stack, Remote ID enforcement, and where every layer of the system breaks down.
