The Department of Defense's strategy for countering unmanned systems signals a significant shift in how the United States organises drone defense at home, and in what it expects from command and control.

The FAA gave drone pilots until March 2024 to meet the Remote ID broadcast requirement. What the six-month delay meant for agencies already building airspace awareness programs around that data.

Routine daily reporting of drone activity is proving an effective route to interdicting FAA Part 107 violations. Consistent data, not new hardware, is what turns scattered sightings into enforceable cases.