Chamber of Commerce calls for expanded C-UAS authority pilot program
The United States Chamber of Commerce has submitted a statement for the record for today’s Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing titled “Defending Against Drones: Setting Safeguards for Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems Authorities.”
The Chamber starts by saying that drones provide substantial economic, social, and national security benefits to the United States, then warns that the misuse and illicit use of drones presents substantial public safety, national security and economic concerns.
“These concerns include endangering the flying public, disrupting major sporting and entertainment events, enabling criminal and terrorism threats to public safety, and industrial espionage activities towards our most advanced critical infrastructure facilities,” the statement reads. “These risks are not hypothetical, given the number of unauthorized drone intrusions, close calls, and use of drones globally for malicious purposes.”
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