Citizens and companies may be allowed to jam drones

Suppression systems for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) will be legally able to be used not only by law enforcement agencies. The State Commission on Radio Frequencies (SCRF, an interdepartmental body under the Ministry of Digital Development, which deals with the distribution of frequencies; it also includes representatives of the Ministry of Transport, the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, etc. – Vedomosti) may allow the use of powerful and medium-power anti-drone solutions with approval law enforcement agencies. This issue is on the agenda of the SCRF meeting, which is scheduled to take place on September 27, two sources familiar with the contents of the document told Vedomosti.

Now the use of local systems to suppress radio signals is illegal for everyone except the Ministry of Defense and other law enforcement agencies, explained a Vedomosti source familiar with the discussion of the issue in the SCRF. The State Commission is going to legalize the use of these systems with permission from law enforcement agencies, but it is possible that with some restrictions, he says. Vedomosti’s second interlocutor knows that back in the spring, fuel and energy and transport enterprises asked to be allowed to use so-called drone jammers to avoid attacks on infrastructure.