Countering the Drone Threat to Airports: A TSI Roundtable

James Careless Feb 20, 2026

Drone incursions are becoming an increasingly serious problem for the world’s airports. In the United States alone, “The FAA receives more than 100 such reports near airports each month,”said the FAA’s Drone Sightings Near Airports webpage: http://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/public_records/uas_sightings_report. Even in their most benign form, drone incursions represent a serious collision risk for aircraft using airports. This is why the push for “counter-drone” solutions is gaining traction in the aviation world — to neutralize (if possible) the threats posed by drones in these airspaces. So how serious is the current airport incursion situation, why is it happening, and what can be done…