Drone protection for critical infrastructure: energy, water and communications sites
What owners can do today, what the FAA’s Section 2209 rule will add, and how to build detection that holds up near substations, dams and data centers.
For: Utility, water and data-center security leaders; CIP compliance teams; state homeland security
What the paper covers.
Drones have moved from nuisance to tool against infrastructure. Owners can see a drone but cannot act against it, and the FAA has only just proposed a way for them to restrict the airspace overhead.
The practical answer is to build the detection and the evidence now, so each new authority can be used the day it arrives.
Source: FAA Section 2209 proposed rule (May 6, 2026).
Recommendations
- Deploy layered detection now at the highest-consequence sites
- Build the Section 2209 case, ready to file when the FAA rule is final
- Connect to responders: share live tracks with police and the FBI
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