{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-dale-strong-celebrates-fbi-national-counter-unmanned-training", "Congressman Dale Strong Celebrates FBI National Counter-Unmanned Training Center at Redstone Arsenal", "2025-11-07", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Dale W. Strong", "S001220", "strong.house.gov", "strong", "https://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cThis Center represents a major step forward in how we prepare our law enforcement and security professionals to confront new and evolving threats,\u201d said Strong. \u201cIn the years leading up to today, I\u2019ve worked to strengthen our national counter-UAS posture, and the men and women trained here will play a critical role in securing our homeland and protecting millions of Americans.\u201d\n\nStrong emphasized that the creation of the NCUTC delivers on years of bipartisan, bicameral efforts in Congress to advance a unified national approach to counter-UAS training, ensuring that federal, state, and local officials have access to advanced instruction and safe, effective tactics.\n\n\u201cRedstone Arsenal continues to play a central role in our nation\u2019s security mission \u2013 from missile defense and space operations to cyber innovation and counter-UAS testing,\u201d Strong said. \u201cNow, through this center, that world-class expertise expands even further to safeguard our communities, infrastructure, and national events.\u201d\n\nBACKGROUND:\n\nThe establishment of the FBI\u2019s National Counter-UAS Training Center (NCUTC) follows Executive Order 14305, \u201cRestoring American Airspace Sovereignty,\u201d signed by President Trump on June 6, 2025. Among other things, the order directed the creation of a National Counter-UAS Training Center to train and certify law enforcement and security personnel in the safe and effective use of detection and mitigation technologies and established a Federal Task Force to strengthen America\u2019s airspace security.\n\nModeled after the FBI\u2019s Hazardous Devices School, the NCUTC will serve as the federal government\u2019s primary training and certification hub for counter-UAS operations and will play a key role in supporting security efforts for upcoming major events such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.\n\nIn Congress, Rep. Strong has worked to advance complementary legislation, introducing the National Training Center for Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act in 2024 and reintroducing it earlier this year to promote a standardized approach to counter-UAS training. The measure was incorporated into H.R. 5061, the Counter-UAS Authority Security, Safety, and Reauthorization Act \u2013 a bipartisan effort to modernize and expand DHS and DOJ counter-UAS authorities.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://strong.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-dale-strong-celebrates-fbi-national-counter-unmanned-training"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4492759946733713, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}