Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
U.S. cabinet department; parent of CBP and cisa. Cited by Rep. gabe-vasquez as one party in the FAA / DoD / DHS coordination failure surrounding the February 2026 el-paso-international-airport and fort-hancock incidents.
SAFER SKIES Act implementing rule (July 2026)
DHS co-issued (with DOJ) the interim final rule implementing the safer-skies-act (6 CFR Part 124, effective July 1, 2026), authorizing SLTT law-enforcement/correctional-agency C-UAS operations. Contact of record: Steven A. Willoughby, Acting Executive Director, Program Executive Office for Drones and Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems. See src-safer-skies-act-counter-uas-rule-2026-07.
Sources
- src-counter-act-secure-skies-bills-2026-04
- src-safer-skies-act-counter-uas-rule-2026-07 — Jul 6 2026: DHS/DOJ SAFER SKIES Act implementing rule