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February 13, 2026

The shutdown of airspace over El Paso on Wednesday highlights the still vexing nature of drone threats over the U.S., as TWZ covered extensively this week.

An AeroVironment LOCUST laser directed energy weapon owned by the U.S. Army was central to the chain of events that led to the recent shutdown of airspace around El Paso, Texas. Though many questions still remain to be answered about how the flight restrictions came to be imposed, LOCUST was designed to respond to exactly the kinds of drones that regularly fly across the southern border from Mexico.

Read our full report on LOCUST here.

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