Regulations and Government
TSA mute on who wanted $20.8M for D.C. ADS-Bs
Ten days before the January 20 Presidential inauguration, the FAA issued a six-page national security flight advisory describing airspace restrictions surr

Ten days before the January 20 Presidential inauguration, the FAA issued a six-page national security flight advisory describing airspace restrictions surrounding the event. Besides spelling out the areas of the Washington air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and the Washington flight- restricted zone within it, and associated altitude and traffic restrictions and other security procedures, the advisory also included a section on “additional measures taken.”

Among a number of items in that section, the advisory stated that 12 law-enforcement aircraft would be on patrol over D.C., all carrying new ADS-B systems “to stop false intruder targets on radar scopes” and added that the “TSA has requested $20.8 million to outfit approximately 2,800 registered general aviation aircraft permanently based within the DCA ADIZ.”