The Federal Aviation Administration implements temporary flight restrictions around stadiums for professional football and baseball games, NCAA Division One football, and NASCAR events.
Drones are not allowed within 3 miles of a stadium from one hour before, until one hour after, a major event.“I think it’s lack of education and situational awareness,” he said.
“We’re seeing this on a regular basis,” said Brandon Lugo of Aerial Armor, a company that has networks of sensors to detect drones around stadiums, concerts, and sensitive sites.Lugo won’t name Aerial Armor’s clients, but says the company’s systems use radar and detect radio frequencies between a drone and its remote to help law enforcement track down the operator.
“Right now, that technology is very limited to certain federal agencies,” Lugo said. “We have heard and seen situations where federal agencies are at places like stadiums using this technology, but we don’t have much information on that.”The White House proposes giving more law enforcement access to the technology, but there are concerns in Congress about civil liberties.