Beyond Detection: How Critical Infrastructure Is Rethinking Drone Risk

Beyond Detection: How Critical Infrastructure Is Rethinking Drone Risk

From Uncrewed Views by Commercial UAV News

May 13, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

Matt Collins speaks with Melissa Swisher about drone threats to critical infrastructure and the evolving landscape of airspace security.

In this week's episode of Uncrewed Views, Matt Collins speaks with Melissa Swisher, CRO at SkySafe. The two discuss drone threats facing critical infrastructure operators, how the recent Section 2209 NPRM and GridEx VII are reshaping airspace security, and what detection and response actually looks like on the ground for these owners.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Collins

Guest: Melissa Swisher

Topics covered

  • drone threats
  • critical infrastructure
  • airspace security
  • detection and response
  • risk management

Keywords

  • drone
  • critical infrastructure
  • airspace security
  • detection
  • response
  • risk
  • Section 2209 NPRM
  • GridEx VII

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SkySafe, Section 2209 NPRM, GridEx VII

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