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Instead, officials will focus on a fleet of roughly 280-300 crewed ships, plus large numbers of unmanned vessels—called “robotic and autonomous systems”—to bridge the gap.

“We were shooting a stunt sequence where there was an unmanned car on a guide wire which was to be T-boned by another car that was driven,” he said.

But more importantly, the airport's focus on unmanned aerospace research means it is relatively free from safety regulations that would normally tightly restrict testing with drone intruders and interceptors.

It is also weighing how to confront incursions by unmanned vehicles when the culprit, and their intentions, can’t be determined.

Assisted by artificial intelligence, this unmanned aerial vehicle can find and attack targets on its own.