Infracción con drones en instalaciones de defensa

Explicación Simple

Si usas un dron sin permiso para grabar en una fábrica del gobierno, puedes meterte en problemas graves. No solo es ilegal, sino que también podría costarte mucho si te atrapan.

Es como si alguien entrara a tu casa sin permiso para grabar lo que tienes. No te gustaría, y podrías tomar medidas para proteger tu espacio.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan vuela su dron sobre una fábrica de defensa en Virginia sin autorización. Mientras graba, intenta capturar imágenes de información sensible. Si lo atrapan, Juan podría enfrentar serios cargos criminales.

Penalidades

Culpa de un delito grave de Clase 4 por grabar sin autorización en una instalación de defensa.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections A, B, and C, any person who knowingly, intentionally, and without authorization causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of and obtains or attempts to obtain any videographic or still image that contains or reveals any controlled technical information located within a contracted defense facility is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 18.2-146 , the owner or operator of a contracted defense facility and its employees shall be immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability as a result of preventing, stopping, deterring, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to prevent, stop, deter, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system from entering the property of such contracted defense facility, or attempting to stop, deter, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system that has entered such property, provided that such action does not result in injury to any person. As used in this subsection: "Contracted defense facility" means any manufacturing or engineering facility or other related facility where work involving the design, construction, repair, maintenance, modernization, or inactivation of an asset of the U.S. Department of Defense occurs pursuant to a contract issued by the federal government. "Controlled technical information" means technical information with military or space application that is subject to controls on the access, use, reproduction, modification, performance, display, release, disclosure, or dissemination, excluding information that is lawfully publicly available without restrictions, as defined in clause 252.204-7012 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, as amended. 2018, cc. 851 , 852 ; 2019, c. 612 ; 2023, cc. 24 , 25 ; 2025,