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The FAA closed El Paso airspace due to concerns about new Pentagon anti-drone technology near commercial flights. This action highlights the ongoing tension between the FAA and the Defense Department regarding safety and national security. The article also discusses a previous aviation disaster and related disputes.

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Closing of El Paso Airspace Adds to Tension Between F.A.A. and Pentagon
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FAA Shuts Down El Paso Airspace Over Pentagon Drone Technology
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    "parsed_content": "AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTNews AnalysisClosing of El Paso Airspace Adds to Tension Between F.A.A. and PentagonThe Federal Aviation Administration is charged with flight safety, and the Defense Department with national security. Those missions keep colliding.Listen to this article \u00b7 7:36 min Learn moreShare full articleA passenger carried his suitcase at El Paso International Airport after the F.A.A. lifted its temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso.Credit...Jose Luis Gonzalez\/ReutersBy Kate KellyKaroun Demirjian and Eric SchmittReporting from WashingtonFeb. 12, 2026The Federal Aviation Administration was alarmed.The Defense Department had passed along new laser technology to border officials who were planning to use it to interdict drones crossing into the United States from Mexico. But F.A.A. officials were concerned about the potential hazards of using lasers near the airspace where commercial planes were landing at El Paso International Airport, and wanted more information.After border officials went ahead and used the technology, ignoring the pleas, the F.A.A. determined it had no further leverage to use. So it played its only card \u2014 or perhaps overplayed it.Late Tuesday night, it abruptly closed El Paso\u2019s airspace, an extraordinary measure that disrupted travel and shocked local residents.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTIt was the latest dust-up in an increasingly fractious relationship between two powerful government agencies, the F.A.A. and the Defense Department, as they attempt to fulfill differing objectives in a chaotic administration.ImagePassengers wait on benches after an abrupt closure and reopening of El Paso International Airport.Credit...Paul Ratje for The New York TimesThe F.A.A. is responsible for the safety of the national airspace and the more than three million people who travel through it every day. The Defense Department is tasked with keeping the United States safe, at home and abroad.Those twin goals collided this week in an embarrassing spectacle, after the F.A.A., frustrated by its inability to obtain its desired safety briefing on the new anti-drone laser technology, announced a 10-day shutdown of the airspace for a city of nearly 700,000 people.Officials there felt the military had not provided them with the information they needed to ensure that airplanes could maneuver safely through the skies while the technology was being tested, according to three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the decisions.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lent the technology to Customs and Border Protection personnel, because the agency had wider legal authorities inside the United States to use such tools, said two U.S. officials who requested anonymity to talk about operational matters.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTBut the episode turned bizarre when C.B.P. officials used the technology on what they thought was a cartel drone earlier this week but appeared to have been a party balloon, according to two officials. Defense Department officials were present at the incident.On Wednesday morning, as passengers, airport workers and municipal officials in El Paso fumed over the closure, the White House quickly engineered a course reversal, resulting in the F.A.A.\u2019s cancellation of the shutdown after about seven and a half hours.Normalcy had resumed, at least for air travel. But at the Pentagon and at F.A.A. headquarters in Washington, much was unresolved.\u201cThere\u2019s no excuse as to why agencies can\u2019t work together when you\u2019re making decisions like changing airspace rules or shutting down airspace,\u201d said Jeff Guzzetti, an aviation safety expert and former accident investigator.\u201cIt appears that they\u2019re siloed,\u201d he added of the F.A.A. and Pentagon. \u201cTypically people would overcome their silos. They would come together for things like airspace design and cooperation. But that doesn\u2019t appear to be the case recently, and I don\u2019t know why.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Pentagon did not address repeated questions about the anti-drone technology. Hannah Walden, the F.A.A.\u2019s assistant administrator for communications, did not respond to a request for comment.Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, has been mum on the topic since Wednesday, when he asserted that the shutdown was caused by a military response to a Mexican drone incursion.On Thursday, several people who had been briefed on the incident said it was unclear whether the safety briefings the F.A.A. had requested from the Defense Department had occurred since the closure was lifted \u2014 or whether a moratorium on the use of the anti-drone technology was in place until those briefings could be held.ImageTransportation safety officials have been tussling with the Pentagon since Jan. 29, 2025, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter flying a training mission near Ronald Reagan National Airport crashed into an American Airlines flight.Credit...Al Drago for The New York TimesTransportation safety officials have been tussling with the Pentagon since Jan. 29, 2025, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter flying a training mission near Ronald Reagan National Airport crashed into an American Airlines flight that was en route to land there, killing 67 people.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe accident, which government officials have attributed to a variety of factors, including the Army crew\u2019s inability to properly use a safety practice involving seeing and avoiding other aircraft, was the deadliest aviation disaster on U.S. soil in 24 years.In early May last year, three months after the accident occurred, the Army resumed the same type of training flights that the fallen crew had been conducting. Almost immediately, there was a problem: a series of communications issues led another Army Black Hawk that was attempting to land near the Pentagon to fly uncomfortably close to two commercial airplanes headed for National Airport. Both airplanes aborted their landings.Mr. Duffy was furious. In a May 2, 2025, post on X, he castigated the Pentagon.\u201cUnacceptable,\u201d he wrote. \u201cOur helicopter restrictions around DCA are crystal clear,\u201d he added, using an abbreviation for National Airport. \u201cI\u2019ll be talking to the @DeptofDefense to ask why the hell our rules were disregarded.\u201dDays later, he criticized the Pentagon for falling short of its promises of \u201cradical transparency\u201d on its Washington helicopter operations.The Pentagon did not respond publicly to Mr. Duffy\u2019s broadsides, which he soon walked back. But additional tensions followed.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA government investigation into the causes of the January accident handled by the National Transportation Safety Board drew attention to the Army\u2019s practice of flying through Washington\u2019s airspace without broadcasting its position to other pilots, as most other airspace users were required to do. The Army had sought, and received, permission to fly without broadcasting technology, even on training flights, by arguing that its operations had to be kept confidential to maintain national security.ImageAir traffic controllers working at Ronald Reagan National Airport last April.Credit...Kenny Holston\/The New York TimesSome lawmakers cried foul over those exceptions, arguing that using the technology could have helped prevent the accident. Their case gained renewed attention in December, when Congress considered \u2014 and ultimately passed \u2014 an annual defense bill that effectively rolled back restrictions on when military aircraft could turn off the broadcasting technology.Days later, when a JetBlue passenger plane flying over the Caribbean came less than 20 seconds from colliding with an Air Force refueling plane that was flying without using broadcasting technology, the stakes of such disputes were thrown into sharp relief again.\u201cIt\u2019s outrageous,\u201d the JetBlue pilot told an air traffic controller, according to audio recordings of the flight communications. \u201cWe almost had a midair collision up here.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTBoth the Defense Department and the Department of Homeland Security share responsibility for securing the nation\u2019s southern border, but their remits are different.The Pentagon is authorized to detect, track and, if necessary, disable or destroy drones that threaten certain military installations in defined airspace around those sites.The Department of Homeland Security has similar anti-drone authorities, but they are related to nonmilitary venues, such as certain federal buildings, prisons and other domestic security sites. The department also focuses on protecting large events, like the Super Bowl.Kate Kelly covers money, policy and influence for The Times.Karoun Demirjian is a breaking news reporter for The Times.Eric Schmitt is a national security correspondent for The Times. He has reported on U.S. military affairs and counterterrorism for more than three decades.See more on: U.S. Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.)Share full articleRelated ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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