Executive Order aims at protecting US from hostile drones
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Two days before he left the White House, then-President Donald Trump signed the "Executive Order on Protecting the United States from Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems".
The order restricts or bans the transfer or sale of drones to countries considered hostile (North Korea, Iran, China, Russia and any other country that in the opinion of the Commerce Department endangers the national or economic security of the US). It instructs the Federal Aviation Administration to update its policy The order says there is a need to prevent the use of taxpayer funds to procure dangerous unmanned aircraft manufactured by or containing software from hostile entities, and instructs all of the heads of relevant agencies, organizations and other bodies to conduct thorough reviews to ensure that they are not distributing systems or technologies produced by hostile entities.
For a number of years, government bodies have avoided using drones made in China and have warned against using them, while emphasizing that the Chinese may gather data using this method. Several years ago, the US military banned the acquisition of drones made by China's DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer, which is at the top of the Commerce Department's blacklist of companies to which the sale of technology is banned. In January 2020, the Interior Department grounded its entire fleet of drones until checks of their cybersecurity were completed.
The Executive Order also deals with the danger of drones hitting aircraft or crashing into civilian or military facilities. A report by The Drive website noted that there were drone incursions above the Palo Verde nuclear facility and above a battery of THAAD air defense missiles on the island of Guam. regarding the defense of the airspace of sensitive facilities and infrastructure.
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