Drones Over U.S. - What Is Going
Segment # 297
With all the government coordination described below, I don’t believe for a minute our intelligence communities are telling us what they know. We do know that drones can be launched either inside the U.S. or along our borders and controlled from thousands of miles away. We know the technology exists to track and monitor or destroy these drones, so it is not credible in the hearings yesterday that the FBI claims they just don’t know what is going on. The last few nights in north Dallas a drone has hovered .. no one has a clue.. supposedly. Nobody is saying it yet but given the fact the Chinese flew without challenge a balloon over the US and the fact Biden has allowed at least 30,000 military age Chinese males into the country, you would need to be a moron not to be concerned.
Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) is a collaborative effort involving the FAA, NASA, military, and industry partners to develop an ecosystem for managing low-altitude drone operations
UTM coordination
FAA Involvement: The FAA remains responsible for airspace access, developing plans and policies for navigable airspace use, and assigning airspace. The FAA's Flight Information Management System (FIMS) serves as a clearinghouse for data exchange with authorized UTM participants
Military Coordination: The Air Force has tested a UTM system called Collaborative Low-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Effort (CLUE) at MacDill Air Force Base. CLUE is the first UTM system operationally assessed by the Air Force, marking a significant milestone in military airspace management for drones
Interagency Collaboration: The FAA, NASA, other federal partner agencies, and industry are working together to explore UTM concepts, data exchange requirements, and supporting frameworks. A Research Transition Team (RTT) has been established between the FAA, NASA, and industry to coordinate the UTM initiative
Information Sharing: UTM involves a distributed network of highly automated systems communicating via application programming interfaces (APIs). The system allows for real-time communication of airspace constraints and status between the FAA and drone operators
Security Considerations: Recent UTM field tests have evaluated updated security management protocols to secure UTM data exchanges. Identity and access management has been a focus area in UTM development. While not explicitly stated, these collaborative efforts and security considerations suggest potential involvement or coordination with intelligence community interests in the development and implementation of UTM systems.
