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U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Ala., on Wednesday hosted Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel along with Senator Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in Huntsville to tour FBI\u2019s facilities on Redstone Arsenal.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt was an honor to welcome Director Patel to Alabama today.\u00a0His visit reaffirms his support for Redstone Arsenal\u2019s invaluable role in American national security. I\u2019m grateful he was able to meet some of the Alabamians who put in the work, day-in and day-out, to protect our homeland. The FBI\u2019s operations on Redstone Arsenal are at the forefront of 21st-century innovation and training needed to combat the threats of the future, and I am confident Redstone will be instrumental in fulfilling the FBI\u2019s core mission for decades to come. Promises made, promises kept \u2013 and we\u2019re just getting started,\u201d\u00a0said Senator Britt.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Director Patel\u2019s visit fulfills\u00a0his commitment<\/span><\/a> to Senator Britt in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing earlier this year to visit Alabama\u2019s capabilities at Redstone Arsenal,\u201d Britt\u2019s release shared. In the hearing, Senator Britt followed up on her\u00a0initial invitation<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in a meeting prior to Director Patel\u2019s confirmation, saying,\u00a0\u201cI really want you to come and visit with me the state-of-the-art facilities that we have there. They\u2019re pretty incredible . . . we have the ballistics research facility, the hazardous devices school . . . the terrorist explosive device analytics center . . . we have the sprawling North and South Campus of the FBI.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Yesterday, Patel visited the capabilities Senator Britt highlighted including the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center and the Ballistic Research Facility.<\/span><\/p>\n They also received a demonstration on the FBI\u2019s Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Here the FBI discussed their C-UAS authorities and the role it plays in securing our air spaces. Experts at FBI Redstone also briefed the director and senators on the technological developments and advancements which have made drones more lethal.<\/span><\/p>\n The tour of FBI Redstone also follows Senators Britt and Tuberville\u2019s\u00a0letter to Director Patel<\/span><\/a>\u00a0immediately following his\u00a0confirmation vote<\/span><\/a> urging him to assign additional employees to FBI\u2019s operations in Huntsville to begin to fill the open seats on campus. \u201cThis will send a message to our adversaries that the FBI\u2019s leadership is back to prioritizing the pressing threats to our homeland. We look forward to working closely with you to Make America Safe Again,\u201d stated the senators in their letter<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n In his first act as FBI Director, Patel announced his plans<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to fill 500 open seats in Huntsville.\u00a0Senator Britt\u00a0applauded the news<\/span><\/a>, saying, \u201cOur dedicated FBI agents should be out enforcing our laws, not sitting at desks in Washington DC. And there\u2019s nowhere better for them to work from than FBI-Redstone in Huntsville!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n