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   The FBI is hunting for 'unjammable' drones  and these flying cameras use one   
   very old-school trick to stop remote attacks   
      
   Date:   
   Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:06:24 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   The FBI wants information from companies who can supply drones which use    
   fixed optic fiber connections.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   If you have a drone that can't be jammed wirelessly, then the Federal Bureau   
   of Investigation would like to speak to you: the intelligence service has put   
   out a request for information (RFI) for such a device, and any company that   
   can provide one.    
      
   According to the RFI (via DroneDJ ), the key element here is fiber optic   
   control. The drones you supply to the Bureau must use old-school wired   
   technology that keeps them connected to a ground station and controller,   
   rather than the wireless connectivity that all the best consumer drones make   
   use of.    
      
   As DroneDJ notes, drones in conflict zones are switching to wired operation   
   too, particularly in Ukraine: it means they can't be jammed wirelessly, and   
   must be shot down instead, which is more difficult to do.    
      
   The obvious downside is that you need an awful lot of cabling to get any    
   range on a wired drone  but these flying machines can now carry up to 50    
   miles of spooled cabling on them, which means they can still fly for   
   impressive distances.   
      
   'Any size, class, and capability' -- The FBI isn't saying what it wants the   
   drones for   
      
   Unsurprisingly, the FBI is being somewhat circumspect when it comes to saying   
   what these wired drones might be used for. At the moment, the agency just   
   wants to know which companies can potentially supply these tethered drones.    
      
   "Any size, class, and capability will be looked at," the FBI says, but the   
   drones put forward for consideration have to comply with the National Defense   
   Authorization Act (NDAA)  so they need to pass the relevant security checks.    
      
   The FBI says it uses drones (or unmanned aerial systems) in "a variety of   
   facets while responding, and on scene of, various incidents". Right now, it   
   seems keen to get new models that can't be jammed wirelessly  though of    
   course they could still be taken down by cutting their cables.    
      
   The role of drone technology in warfare and law enforcement continues to   
   expand: we recently saw a Chinese study outlining how a fleet of thousands of   
   drones could block satellite access for a small country.    
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/cameras/drones/the-fbi-is-hunting-for-unjammable-dro   
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