Unmanned Drones and the National Airspace System: Challenges and Considerations ( Defense, Security and Strategies )

Publication series :Defense, Security and Strategies

Author: Miles E. O'Brien  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781624172144

Subject: E9 Military Technology

Keyword: null 军事技术

Language: ENG

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Unmanned Drones and the National Airspace System: Challenges and Considerations

Chapter

Operator Training and Qualification

Addressing Potential Security Risks

Drone Weapons

Intentional Hacking and Signal Jamming

Availability and Protection of Radiofrequency Spectrum

Responsibility for Security Issues

Airspace Restrictions

Industry Initiatives

Eyes in the Sky: Sensor Payloads

Cameras and Electro-Optical Imagers

Infrared Sensors

Synthetic Aperture Radar

Specialized Sensors

Concerns over Privacy and Intrusiveness

End Notes

Chapter 2: Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses*

Summary

Introduction

Background, Uses, and Drone Technology

Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence

Privacy in the Home

Curtilage and Open Fields

Manned Aerial Surveillance

Government Tracking

Border Searches

Warrants, Suspicionless Searches, and Special Needs

Application of Fourth Amendment to Drones

Location of Search

Technology Used

Warrant Requirement and Suspicionless Drone Searches

Legislative Proposals in the 112th Congress to Constrain Domestic Use of Drones

Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2012 (H.R. 5925, S. 3287)

Preserving American Privacy Act of 2012 (H.R. 6199)

Farmers Privacy Act of 2012 (H.R. 5961) and Other Restrictions on EPA Drone Use

Alternative Proposals

Conclusion

End Notes

Chapter 3: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Measuring Progress and Addressing Potential Privacy Concerns Would Facilitate Integration into the National Airspace System*

Why GAO Did This Study

What GAO Recommends

What GAO Found

Abbreviations List

Background

Status of Obstacles to Safe and Routine Integration of UAS into the National Airspace System

Sense and Avoid Technologies

Command and Control Communications

“Lost Link” Scenarios

Dedicated Radio-Frequency Spectrum

Human Factors

Reliability

Standards

Regulations

Transition to NextGen

FAA Progress toward UAS Integration Requirements

Emerging Issues Related to UAS Integration Include Potential Security and Privacy Concerns and GPS Jamming and Spoofing

Security of Domestic UAS Use

Privacy Concerns over the Collection and Use of UAS Acquired Data

GPS Jamming and Spoofing

Conclusion

Recommendations

Agency Comments

Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology

Appendix II: Federal Entities with Certificates of Waiver or Authorization Approved from January 1, 2012, to July 13, 2012

End Notes

Chapter 4: Statement of Michael McCaul, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management. Hearing on ''Using Unmanned Aerial Systems within the Homeland: Security Game Changer?''*

Chapter 5: Statement of Todd Humphreys, Assistant Professor, the University of Texas at Austin. Hearing on ''Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within the Homeland: Security Game Changer?''(

1. Summary

2. Background

3. Example Case: Hijacking a UAV

by Civil Gps Spoofing

4. The Larger Problem

4.1. Transportation

4.1.1. Manned Aviation

4.1.2. Maritime

4.1.3. Surface Transportation

4.2. Communications

4.3. Banking and Finance

4.4. Energy Distribution

5. Assessing the Risk

5.1. What Does it Take to Build a Spoofer?

5.1.1. Cost of Hardware

5.1.2. Required Skill and Effort

5.2. Can One Buy a Spoofer?

5.3. Range and Required Knowledge of Target

5.3.1. At What Standoff Range Can a Spoofer Be Effective?

5.3.2. What Must the Spoofer Know about the Target to Be Effective?

6. Fixing the Problem: What Can Be Done

to Defend Against Gps Spoofing?

6.1. Jamming-to-Noise Sensing Defense

6.1.2. Drawbacks

6.2. Defense Based on SSSC or NMA on WAAS Signals

6.2.1. Benefits

6.2.2. Drawbacks

6.3. Multi-System Multi-Frequency Defense

6.3.1. Benefits

6.3.2. Drawbacks

6.4. Single-Antenna Defense

6.4.1. Benefits

6.4.2. Drawbacks

6.5. Defense Based on Spread-Spectrum Security Codes on L1C

6.5.1. Benefits

6.5.2. Drawbacks

6.6. Defense Based on Navigation Message Authentication on L1C, L2C, or L5

6.6.1. Benefits

6.6.2. Drawbacks

6.7. Correlation Profile Anomaly Defense

6.7.1. Benefits

6.7.2. Drawbacks

6.8. Multi-Antenna Defense

6.8.1. Benefits

6.8.2. Drawbacks

6.9. Defense Based on Cross-Correlation with Military Signals

6.9.1. Benefits

6.9.2. Drawbacks

7. Recommendations

References

The University of Texas at Austin

Chapter 6: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Use in the National Airspace System and the Role of the Department of Homeland Security. Statement of Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office. Hearing on ''Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within the Homeland: Security Game Changer?''(

Why GAO Did This Study

What GAO Found

Background

Obstacles to Safe and Routine

Integration of UAS

Role of the Department of Homeland Security in Domestic UAS Use

Preliminary Observations on Emerging

UAS Issues

End Notes

Chapter 7: Statement of William R. McDaniel, Chief Deputy, Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Conroe, Texas. Hearing on ''Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within the Homeland: Security Game Changer?''(

Chapter 8: Testimony of Amie Stepanovich, Association Litigation Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center. Hearing on ''Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within the Homeland: Security Game Changer?''(

I. Aerial Drones Pose a Unique

Threat to Privacy

II. Current Privacy Safeguards are Inadequate

III. EPIC Has Urged the Administrative Action

to Address Drone Use

IV. Congress Should Establish Safeguards Related to the Use of Drones

V. Conclusion

End Notes

Index

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