The awards to Anduril, Booz Allen, GDIT and others come as the agency grapples with lagging counter-UAS skills.

The bureau is expecting to train 250 more UAS mitigation officers by the end of next fiscal year. But stakeholders say that may not be enough.

While the city is unique in some ways, the collaboration between DHS, FBI and local police departments is a microcosm of what happened elsewhere.

The DHS inspector general office said an inexperienced counter-UAS operator and delayed technical support led to a missed opportunity to prevent the July 2024 incident.

The agency is looking for ways to partner with the Department of Justice unit as UAS threats multiply, Secretary Markwayne Mullin told lawmakers during a hearing.

Federal agencies and private-sector companies have been tight-lipped on details about counter-UAS protections due to the sensitivity of operations.

Secretary Markwayne Mullin said unmanned aircrafts are his biggest concern with just a week left before the games begin.

The Department of Transportation component will use stakeholder responses to shape the FAA’s operational evaluations and standard-setting as unmanned aircraft systems proliferate.

With just over 100 days before festivities begin, stakeholders say they are facing interoperability challenges, tool sprawl and resource constraints.

The new entity is dedicated to “rapidly procuring and deploying” drone and counter-drone technologies, according to the agency’s announcement Monday.