or cost far too much to imple- ment in the real world will be forced to innovate or shut their doors .
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Additionally , hardware fo- cussed companies that deliv- er best-in-class products will continue to innovate and im- prove while software focused tech firms will then snap up IP and engineering teams to bolster their own solution and offer true multi-sensor and hard- ware-agnostic Command and Control ( C2 ) software to their customers , and counter Un- manned Aerial Systems ( cUAS ) will become a fundamental part of all modern security infra- structure around the world . thanks to the lack of regulatory and government support .
Given that the FBI director , Christopher Wray , openly asked Congress for assistance and testified that the Bureau is investigating multiple in- cidents with explosives on drones , it is clear that this is a bigger problem than the US government is prepared to ad- dress or admit .
But Congress may be more amenable to expanding au- thorities for who can use counter-drone and drone mit- igation technology in 2023 – now that the 2022 midterms are out of the way .
However , the U . S . is currently behind in the race for count- er-drone security and may not be the biggest market for 2023 ,
Suppose more authorities are given to the state , local , trib- al and territorial ( SLTT ) levels to use these technologies . In
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