EU Commission to take steps to improve drone detection capabilities


FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

BRUSSELS, ⁠Feb 11 (Reuters) - The ⁠European Commission will ‌work to improve Europe's drone detection capabilities and ​propose expanding ⁠registration requirements, ⁠the bloc's executive said ⁠in ‌a new action ⁠plan published Wednesday.

The plan envisions ​strengthening ‌counter-drone testing capacity, ⁠creating ​an "EU Trusted Drone" label to ⁠identify secure equipment ​and launching a call for interested countries ⁠to team up on public procurement of counter-drone systems, ​the ⁠Commission said in ​a statement.

(Reporting ‌by Lili Bayer; ​Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)

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