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PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- After drone sightings and even reports of a man flying in a jetpack around Los Angeles International Airport, the federal government is rolling out new tech that could better detect objects entering restricted airspace. The project, called the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Bed Program, is the second of its kind nationwide and will begin testing technology designed to detect, track and identify drones entering the airspace of LAX. "If a...

The program is the second of its kind in the U.S.

The TSA has begun testing state-of-the-art drone detection technology at Los Angeles Airport.