Counter-drone unit begins operations

Ahrensfelde (d.de) – Following a sequence of drone sightings at airports and over important infrastructure, the Federal Police in Ahrensfelde in the present day put a brand new counter-drone unit into service. The unit types a part of a nationwide technique that the federal government accelerated after transient shutdowns at Munich and Copenhagen airports this autumn. 

Its activity is to detect and intercept drones extra shortly utilizing superior know-how. Inside Minister Alexander Dobrindt attended the launch, the place the unit introduced its first deployment procedures. A joint federal-state counter-drone centre can also be resulting from comply with later in December, with the Convention of Inside Ministers at the moment discussing the situation. 

In parallel, the federal authorities is drafting authorized amendments that will grant the Federal Police – and, in distinctive instances, theBundeswehr – expanded powers for counter-drone operations.