July 2021 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Transcript:July 2021 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems:
July 2021 Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Program Briefing WARNING: This document is FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (FOUO). It contains information that may be exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). It is to be controlled, stored, handled, transmitted, distributed, and disposed of in accordance with DHS policy relating to FOUO information and is not to be released to the public or other personnel who do not have a valid “need-to-know” without prior approval of an authorized DHS official Agenda Strategic Environment/UAS Roadmap Core 30 CONOPS Contingency/Response Planning Efforts Technology Testing & Selection Efforts 2 Strategic Environment STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT C-UAS Executive Steering Group Guides the Department’s C-UAS enterprise efforts DHS is finalizing a report to Congress regarding authorities needed to protect airports and critical infrastructure. The report is currently with interagency partners for review/clearance following OMB’s recent review. TSA UAS Roadmap & UAS Implementation Plan Overview of short-term, medium-term, long-term approaches to developing C-UAS capabilities TSA is finalizing the TSA UAS Roadmap and accompanying roll-out materials, including one-pagers focused on priority topics, such as UAS cybersecurity, table top exercises (TTXs), and technology testing & evaluation (T&E). Once the UAS Roadmap is published (expected mid-2021), TSA will develop a UAS Implementation Plan outlining how the roadmap will be achieved in more detail. As UAS proliferate and their capabilities evolve, TSA has seen 157% increase in UAS activity near airports since 2020. Between January 1 and May 9, 2021, 540 UAS events were reported to TSA’s Transportation Security Operations Center (TSOC). Of the 540 events, 440 occurred near an airport, 198 occurred near a Core 30 airport, and 15 caused an aircraft to take evasive action. To address the increasing and evolving UAS threat, TSA continues to engage with Departmental, interagency, and external stakeholders to help guide the agency’s UAS and C-UAS efforts and advance TSA’s mission. 3 Core 30 Concept of Operations (CONOPS) If a national-level response to a UAS threat at a “Core 30” airport were required, TSA is the Lead Federal Agency to coordinate this response, as described in the “Core 30 CONOPS,” and could deploy a small team of trained law enforcement personnel to respond. CORE 30 CONOPS Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) Unified National Level Response to Persistent UAS Disruption of Operations at Core 30 Airports (Core 30 CONOPS) Narrow in scope, the CONOPS focuses on national-level actions required to respond to