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Domestic Threat of Drones inquiry

Inquiry

The Defence Committee launches an inquiry examining the risk of terrorists and other extremists maliciously using drones within the UK, and what the Government should be doing to address this threat.

In recent years ever-more advanced drones have become readily available to the civilian market, and concern has increased around the world about their potential use by terrorists. The disruption caused at Gatwick and Heathrow airports last December and January highlighted the impact the misuse of drones could have, while there is growing worry that the battlefield experience gained from the use of drones in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, for both reconnaissance and attacking targets, could be used domestically. The Defence Committee has decided to explore the nature of the threat from drones, the availability of countermeasures and the UK’s preparedness for responding to this threat.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Correspondence

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Letter, dated 22 October 2019 from Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, Minister of State for Security in relation to a new UK Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Strategy
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Oral evidence transcripts

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29 October 2019
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Witnesses Gavin Wishart, Chair, Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (ARPAS-UK), Tony Burnell, CEO, METIS Aerospace Ltd, Paul Everitt, CEO, ADS, Professor Iain Gray, Chair, Drone Industry Action GroupGiles York, Chief Constable, Sussex Police
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3 September 2019
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Witnesses Dr Anna Jackman, Royal Holloway, Arthur Holland Michel, Center for the Study of the Drone, Bard College, New York
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11 June 2019
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Witnesses Tim Johnson, Policy Director, Civil Aviation Authority, Richard Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Altitude Angel, Anne-Lise Scaillierez, Financial Director, Association of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems UKProfessor James P. Scanlan, University of Southampton, Brendan Schulman, Vice President of Policy and Legal Affairs, DJI, Sir Brian Burridge, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Aeronautical Society
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Dr James Rogers (DTD0014)
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Dr Anna Jackman (DTD0013)
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Manchester Metropolitan University (DTD0003)
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Contact us

  • Email: defcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3113 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Defence Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA