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State aviation and private experts urge statewide counter‑UAS strategy and caution on jamming risks
Summary
Oregon aviation and counter‑UAS experts told the committee that Remote ID provides a 'digital license plate' for many drones, that layered detection approaches are needed, that federal policy now enables state/local mitigation with training, and that the state should wait for DHS/FAA evaluations and develop a statewide strategy before large procurements.
Kenji Sugihara (Oregon Department of Aviation) and Bobby Sakaki (UAS Nexus) briefed the committee on recreational drone incursions, detection technology and the evolving policy environment.
Sakaki described a layered detection model—radar, RF/passive sensors, optics and acoustics—combined with software to classify and track objects, and stressed that…
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