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.

Drone incursions over RAF Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Feltwell and Fairford exposed detection gaps across overseas US installations in late 2024, and raised the question of who holds authority to respond abroad.

A Chinese national faces espionage charges over drone photography of US Navy shipyards. A reminder that airspace awareness is a counterintelligence question as much as a physical security one.

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.

An unauthorized drone forced a temporary ground stoppage at Pittsburgh International Airport. A textbook case for airport airspace awareness, and for knowing who is meant to act when it happens.

Emergency crews are warning that hobbyist drones over fire scenes ground aircraft and put responders at risk. The incidents keep repeating, which is exactly the argument for shared airspace awareness.

C-UAS Hub highlights why networked Remote ID matters for airspace awareness, and what it takes to turn those feeds into a shared operating picture rather than another standalone data source.

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.

El Paso became the first US city to deploy a fully networked Remote ID system for public safety, ahead of the FAA's broadcast mandate, and in doing so showed what city-scale airspace awareness looks like.