Three Democratic lawmakers said the shootdown involved a "high risk" counter-drone system, in the second airspace incident this month over Texas.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) barred flights on Thursday after an anti-drone system was believed to accidentally shoot a U.S. government drone.

The Pentagon shot down the drone because CBP didn't coordinate with the department, an administration official told Axios.

Ranking members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released a statement on the incident on Thursday.

The US military shot down a US government drone with a laser-based anti-drone system, an accident that prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to bar flights on Thursday in an area around Fort Hancock,