Drones (UAVs) have been around for many years, but with the wide adoption that is beginning to occur new conflicts have arisen that are causing heightened awareness of the potential threat that this technology can pose to physical security and critical infrastructure. The new FAA projection of 30x commercial drone growth to 600,000 over the next year gives context to the size of this growing issue.

These threats range from people using them as a means to spy on celebrities, interfere with fire-fighting efforts, flying over sporting events, attack the power grid and the most unsettling potential of weaponizing drones and using them as flying IEDs.