The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within the next year hopes to have in place atestbed at a major international airport to begin evaluating different technologies that can beused to detect, track and identify small drones flying near airports and eventually would like totest the ability to mitigate drone threats, agency officials said on Wednesday.The agency is working with Miami International Airport, local police and the Federal AviationAdministration (FAA) to establish the counter-unmanned aircraft system (CUAS) testbed, KeithGoll, deputy associate administrator for TSA’s Office of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis,said at an aviation security conference. The goal would be to bring in various sensors such asacoustic, radio frequency and radar, on “a repeatable basis…and develop a catalog of UASdetection, tracking and identification technologies,” he said at the American Association ofAirport Executives annual Aviation Security Summit in Arlington, Va.
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