World Cup 2026: Drone threats, layered detection, and major-event preparedness
Discussion of the evolving sUAS threat, layered sensor packages, drone-as-first-responder concepts, and security planning for World Cup venues.
Selected television appearances, podcasts, interviews, and expert conversations featuring COL (R) Bill Edwards on Counter-UAS, drones, aviation, major-event security, critical infrastructure, 3D Physical Security™, and Decision Advantage.
Direct public links are provided where they can be verified. For appearances whose original network clip is not reliably public, the professional-profile record is used instead.
Discussion of the evolving sUAS threat, layered sensor packages, drone-as-first-responder concepts, and security planning for World Cup venues.
Commentary on the attempted drone attack and why the air domain must be part of 3D Physical Security™ for mass gatherings, critical infrastructure, and sensitive sites.
Expert commentary on unauthorized drone activity, the 90-second decision timeline, operator behavior, and the evolving threat to major events.
National coverage of Super Bowl LX drone security, fiber-optic drone challenges, and layered law-enforcement response options.
NBC appearance identified in Bill Edwards’ media history. The exact public clip URL is not consistently retrievable in open search, so the LinkedIn profile is used as the source-of-record link.
These episodes capture the evolution of the drone and counter-drone conversation over time—from commercial drone risk to battlefield adaptation, critical infrastructure, major events, and 3D Physical Security™.
A long-form conversation on 3D Physical Security™, drones, counter-drone security, AI, governance, and Decision Advantage.
ALPA President Capt. Jason Ambrosi and Bill Edwards discuss the drone threat to commercial aviation, detection, mitigation, and airspace security.
A one-hour discussion on Counter-UAS technologies, law, DVRA, emergency response planning, and Left of Drone Launch.
Practical C-UAS strategies for critical infrastructure, emerging drone capabilities, layered detection, training, policy, and federal authorities.
The first Utility Security Podcast episode with Bill Edwards on drone emergency response planning and infrastructure preparedness.
A return discussion with the Krulak Center on the proliferation of kinetic small UAS, Ukraine, the Red Sea, and C-UAS readiness.
A long-form discussion of the sUAS revolution in military affairs, FPV drones, Ukraine, critical infrastructure, training, and layered defense.
A long-form conversation on the rise of commercial drones and the security challenges created by widespread adoption.
A conversation with Joseph Humire on Inside Abu Ghraib, commercial drone technology, security, and the need to energize policymakers.
LinkedIn-listed interview on commercial drones, security, and the implications of drone technology on society.
Interviewed on balancing threat mitigation, access control, technology, aesthetics, throughput, and realistic security design.
A written conversation expanding on the Air Line Pilot Podcast and the aviation implications of rapidly evolving UAS.