Bipartisan bill seeks to enhance US-Israel alliance against ‘killer drones’

November 14, 2019

The Jerusalem Post:

WASHINGTON – New, bipartisan legislation in Congress is seeking to strengthen the cooperation between the US and Israel in developing technology that could counter “killer drones.”

Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), who introduced the U.S.-Israel Anti-Killer Drone Act on Wednesday, said in a statement that the legislation helps fill gaps identified by the US Department of Defense, by authorizing cooperative projects intended to thwart small, unmanned aerial systems that threaten the US and Israel.

The bill also asks to express the sense of Congress that the United States “should enhance cooperation with Israel in developing mutually beneficial counter unmanned aerial systems technologies.”

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