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DHS and four departments gave the FAA a safety review of new counter-drone systems, the day FEMA's chief was billed to keynote a drone grant forum.
The White House denied the FBI's Iran drone bulletin within a day. Eight months on, nobody has said who flew drones over Barksdale's B-52 flight line.
The Pentagon says it defeated 300 drones on the US-Mexico border in 2026. The only two targets ever made public were party balloons and a CBP drone.
Houston City Council passed its FY2027 FEMA counter-drone grant bid on the consent agenda, untagged. The use policy is still being written.
TSA's 46-word 'drone' post says a no drone zone flight near an airport can cost hundreds of thousands. The FAA got there four times, never for one flight.
Houston votes Wednesday on a FEMA counter-drone grant bid. Its filing names detection and mitigation gear, and Texas's share fell to $10.5M.
FEMA's $250M counter-drone round closes November 16, but Kansas police must file by November 4 and Indiana and Mississippi close November 6.
The White House Olympics task force hosts a counter-drone forum Nov. 9, a week before states apply for FEMA's next $250M. California gets $18.7M.
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