DHS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DEPARTMENT OF WAR JOIN FORCES TO PROTECT SOUTHERN BORDER AIRSPACE

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

Temporary flight restriction will prohibit unauthorized drone operations within one nautical mile of the U.S.-Mexico border, from the surface to 400 feet

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of War (DOW), issued the following statement announcing a new, coordinated effort to strengthen airspace security along the southern U.S. border through a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for drones. The TFR - effective today - will bar any unauthorized drone activity up to 400 feet above ground level and extend one nautical mile north of the U.S.-Mexico ...