NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

This agreement strengthens whole-of-government effort to defend the homeland

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), alongside the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of War (DoW), Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Justice (DOJ), today announced an expanded interagency effort to further coordinate counter-unmanned aircraft systems (CUAS), or counter-drone, operations. These technologies and procedures help agencies detect, track, and safely address threats from unauthorized or dangerous drones.

Through this whole-of-government approach, the agencies are strengthening collaboration to ...