The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to conduct an anti-drone “high-energy laser test” in New Mexico over the weekend.
The announcement comes a little more than a week after the FAA had to suddenly close airspace around Fort Hancock, Texas, due to what the agency at the time called “special security reasons.”
The Department of War (DOW) shot what it thought was a “seemingly threatening” drone flying within military airspace, the Pentagon, FAA, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a joint statement at the time.
A House committee said the FAA’s closure resulted from the Pentagon using a “high risk counter-unmanned aircraft system” to shoot down a CBP drone operating near the U.S.-Mexico border….
Pentagon, FAA Will Conduct Anti-Drone Laser Tests in New Mexico
