NORAD tasked to detect, track, identify small uncrewed aircraft threats to White House, Capitol

By Jason Sherman / July 31, 2023 at 2:41 PM
North American Aerospace and Defense and U.S. Northern commands are spearheading an effort to detect, track and identify the emerging threat of attack by small uncrewed air systems on the White House, the Congress and other critically important locations in the wider National Capitol Region. Lt. Gen. Gregory Guillot, nominated to be the next NORAD and NORTHCOM commander, disclosed this development last week in responses to advance policy questions prepared for the Senate Armed Services Committee to consider his candidacy...

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