Breaking · FAA nationwide ground stop
- The FAA halted all U.S. departures on Friday afternoon, Nov. 13, ordering that all departing traffic remain ground stopped until further notice.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cited a communications issue affecting air traffic control centers.
- Inbound international flights are being handled case by case.
- No drone or cyber link has been reported.
Source: wcvb.com
1 · Volgograd, Russia: Refinery hit in 1,200-drone night
- Ukraine confirmed its drones hit Lukoil's Volgograd refinery, starting a fire.
- The governor said four industrial-zone workers were killed.
- Russia claims it downed 1,198 drones overnight.
Source: kyivpost.com
2 · RAF Lakenheath, UK: Drones prompt base security response
- U.S. European Command said unauthorized drone activity over the base drew a security response Friday.
- No personnel, aircraft or infrastructure were affected.
Source: ksat.com
3 · South Carolina: Prison drone pilot gets federal time
- A Sumter man got a year and a day for flying an unregistered drone that dropped a package into a prison yard.
Source: wistv.com
Why it matters
One communications failure can stop the national airspace. Site-level sensing has to keep working when the network does not.
Layered detection (RF, radar, EO/IR and Remote ID) buys the warning time that physical barriers can't. Talk to a TKG engineer about coverage at your site.
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