Team USA is charged with defending the goal against swarming World Cup attackers on the field – while Team Fed is deputizing locals trained to fend off swarms of potentially deadly drones above.
Team USA is getting ready to defend its goal against swarming World Cup attackers on the field next month – while Team Fed is deputizing local authorities to fend off swarms of potentially deadly drones in the sky.
“Drones are a big threat now. I think they take it very seriously,” said Rep. Robert Aderholdt , a House Appropriations subcommittee chairman. Federal officials are increasingly focused on the threat posed by drones to large events – and training law enforcement how to counter them.
“It’s a big deal. We’ve got all of this converging on New Jersey,” added Rep. Jeff Van Drew .
“It’s a real challenge. ” In June, the FBI opened its new National Counter-UAS Training Center in Huntsville, Ala. , where it teaches local law enforcement how to identify and track – as well as “mitigate” – drones, an FBI spokesperson told The Post. That includes taking them out of the sky if necessary.
That includes “hands-on training” and a “capstone field exercises” to build “coordinated counter-drone capability nationwide. ” They will be joined by officials from FBI field offices and the Secret Service to safeguard the tournament action that stretches 39 days. The government has been doling out millions to protect against the rising threat. Texas just got another $3.2 million to “mitigate unauthorized or potentially dangerous drone activity” and guard crowds and critical infrastructure for matches in Dallas in Houston.
The World Cup is a particular concern with matches in 11 US host cities over 39 days plus events in Canada and Mexico. Officials were cagey about revealing which specific drone-neutralizing weapons will be deployed.
Commercial companies offer many options, including drone jammers, “directed energy weapons,” tech that allows the cops to override control of intruder drones, and even defensive drones The feds have their eyes on the skies after Thomas Michael Crooks flew a drone for 11 minutes in Butler, Pa. , before shooting and wounding Donald Trump in 2024.
A detection system used by the Secret Service was inoperable at the time, and an agent testified they got only about 30 minutes of initial training, according to aJarred Pennington, a branch chief with the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Protective Service, simulates using a directional jammer mitigation tool to take down a drone during a counter-unmanned aircraft systems demonstration on June 15, 2023.
“There’s great counter drone technology that they have that we just have to make sure it gets purchased,” said House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Anthony Garbarino. Federal officials are increasingly focused on the threat posed by drones to large events – and training law enforcement how to counter them. The World Cup is a particular concern with matches in 11 US host cities over 39 days plus events in Canada and Mexico.
Jarred Pennington, a branch chief with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service, simulates using a directional jammer mitigation tool to take down a drone during a counter-unmanned aircraft systems demonstration on June 15, 2023.
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