FAMS Counter UAS Flight Training Collaboration

FAMS Counter UAS Flight Training Collaboration Participants. Personnel from the Airports Emerging Technology Section, provided oversight, operational control, and subject matter expertise (SME) to the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) as they trained pilots assigned to their Counter Drone program for deployment to support World Cup initiatives on June 8-11, 2026. Fifteen pilots graduated the training, which ensured operational dexterity in flying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in various operating domains, with a sound integration of operating in an airport environment and optimizing safety in the National Airspace System (NAS).

The Federal partner support epitomized all five focus areas for the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace, by way of advancing our workforce, training and testing new technologies, continuing the outreach and fortifying the Federal partnership, and putting the E263 on the map as the premier facilitators of training and testing for the communities of practice that have Counter-UAS (C-UAS) missions on or around airports.

William Perkins | ANG-E263