MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. More than thirty Russian airports are planned to be outfitted with drone detection and countermeasure aids, department head of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) Sergey Martynenko said at press conference in TASS.

"It is planned within the framework of this task [air transport infrastructure support] to outfit thirty-one airports with technical aids of detection and countermeasures against unmanned aerial vehicle and provide infrastructure information security systems," Martynenko said.

Such measure is considered as part of the federal project for development of infrastructure, security and development of a specialized certification system for unmanned aerial systems, the official said. "I can say this project has already been approved and Rosaviatsiya will start implementing it in full measure from 2024," he added.