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DHS Making Clear Its Drone Jamming, Spoofing Authority, RNTF Says

The Department of Homeland Security's publishing a fact sheet earlier this month about its abilities under the Preventing Emerging Threats Act to counter threats from unmanned aircraft systems seems aimed at deterring rogue drone operations by making the agency's authority…

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"crystal clear and better known," the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation blogged Tuesday. It said such activities as disrupting or seizing control have been "fairly common" by federal enforcement authorities though "not ... talked about openly." It said federal law enforcement authorities remain exempt from Communications Act bars related to jamming and spoofing.