2026年2月27日 / 美国东部时间凌晨12:07 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
联邦官员证实，美国国防部周三在得克萨斯州西南部击落了一架美国海关与边境保护局的无人机。
一名美国官员表示，使用了激光武器击落该无人机，事件发生在靠近美墨边境的小社区汉考克堡附近。
“据报道，此次事件发生时，美国国防部（注：此处原文为‘Department of War’，系白宫对国防部的惯用表述）动用反无人系统当局，以减轻在军事空域内运行的疑似威胁性无人航空系统的风险。”国防部、海关与边境保护局（CBP）和联邦航空管理局（FAA）在周四深夜联合声明中表示。
声明称：“此次行动发生在远离人口密集区的地方，附近没有商业航班。”
联邦航空管理局在周四晚间向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻提供的一份先前声明中表示，一起事件促使其扩大了已在汉考克堡周围实施的临时飞行限制。联邦航空管理局称，该临时飞行限制是为了“特殊安全原因”而发布的。
联邦航空管理局表示，此次飞行限制不会影响商业航班。
众议院交通与基础设施委员会成员、民主党众议员里克·拉森（Rick Larsen）、安德烈·卡森（André Carson）和本尼·汤普森（Bennie Thompson）在联合声明中表示：“我们对国防部据称使用高风险反无人系统击落海关与边境保护局无人机的消息感到震惊。”他们指出了各机构之间缺乏协调。
这是本月第二次美国军方在得克萨斯州南部边境附近使用无人机引发空中限制。
2月11日，联邦航空管理局因与五角大楼就埃尔帕索附近布利斯堡的军事无人机测试存在安全分歧，短暂关闭了埃尔帕索周边空域，引发一片混乱。当时消息人士称，此次无人机测试涉及高能激光。
联邦航空管理局最初宣布将关闭埃尔帕索商业空域10天，但随后在数小时内撤回决定并重新开放空域。白宫官员告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，此次关闭是由墨西哥贩毒集团无人机闯入美国领空引发的。
克里·布林（Kerry Breen）、卡米洛·蒙特亚-加尔维斯（Camilo Montoya-Galvez）、詹妮弗·雅各布斯（Jennifer Jacobs）、克里斯·范克利夫（Kris Van Cleave）和埃莉诺·沃森（Eleanor Watson）对此报道有贡献。
Pentagon shoots down Customs and Border Protection drone in Texas, federal officials say
February 27, 2026 / 12:07 AM EST / CBS News
The Defense Department on Wednesday shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone in southwest Texas, federal officials confirmed.
A U.S. official said a laser weapon was used to down the drone, which occurred in the area of Fort Hancock, a small community located on the U.S.-Mexico border.
“This reported engagement occurred when the Department of War employed counter-unmanned aircraft system authorities to mitigate a seemingly threatening unmanned aerial system operating within military airspace,” the Defense Department, CBP and the FAA said in a joint statement late Thursday night. The Department of War is the White House’s preferred term for the Defense Department.
“The engagement took place far away from populated areas and there were no commercial aircraft in the vicinity,” the statement said.
In a previous statement provided to CBS News Thursday night, the FAA indicated that an incident had prompted it to expand a temporary flight restriction that was already in place around Fort Hancock. The temporary flight restriction was issued for “Special Security Reasons,” the FAA said.
The FAA said the flight restriction was not impacting commercial flights.
Democratic Reps. Rick Larsen, André Carson and Bennie Thompson, all members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, said in a joint statement, “Our heads are exploding over the news that DoD reportedly shot down a Customs and Border Protection drone using a high risk counter-unmanned aircraft system.” They pointed to lack of coordination between the agencies.
This marks the second time this month that the U.S. military’s use of drones near the southern border in Texas has prompted airspace flight restrictions.
On Feb. 11, the FAA sparked chaos when it briefly closed airspace around El Paso over a safety disagreement with the Pentagon regarding military drone tests near Fort Bliss, which is adjacent to the El Paso International Airport and located about 50 miles northwest of Fort Hancock. Sources at the time said the drone tests involved a high-energy laser.
The FAA initially announced that it would shutter El Paso’s commercial airspace for a period of 10 days, but then backtracked and reopened the airspace just hours later. White House officials told CBS News that the closure was triggered by Mexican cartel drones breaching U.S. airspace.
Kerry Breen, Camilo Montoya-Galvez, Jennifer Jacobs, Kris Van Cleave and Eleanor Watson contributed to this report.