{"id":39987,"date":"2018-11-01T05:41:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T10:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=39987"},"modified":"2018-11-01T05:41:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T10:41:56","slug":"darpa-seeks-faa-approval-for-military-drones-over-american-cities-by-2030-at-the-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=39987","title":{"rendered":"DARPA Seeks FAA Approval For Military Drones Over American Cities By 2030 \u2013 At The Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header clearfix\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2018\/10\/darpa-seeks-faa-approval-for-military-drones-over-american-cities-by-2030-at-the-latest.html\">DARPA Seeks FAA Approval For Military Drones Over American Cities By 2030 \u2013 At The Latest<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-140657\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-1024x576.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-777x437.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420-120x67.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1420.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\" \/><\/a>Just a little over 10 years after drone surveillance inside U.S. borders was declared a conspiracy theory, it is now an indisputable fact of life. So, too, are military grade drones along the \u201cborder,\u201d which in reality constitutes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2018\/06\/new-yorks-constitution-free-zone-leading-to-warrantless-bus-searches-and-detentions.html\">100-mile-wide swath<\/a> that encircles the continental United States and 2\/3 of its population.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/technology\/2018\/10\/us-militarys-self-flying-helicopter-program-passes-critical-test\/152425\/\">a new report from <em>Defense One<\/em><\/a>, this level of access is still seen as a restriction by the DARPA-directed military apparatus. As new forms of autonomous aircraft take to the skies such as the latest Blackhawk helicopter drones that could be ready by 2019, DARPA and aircraft developers want permission to fly over large cities as needed. Utilizing a new artificial intelligence system that is literally called MATRIX, developers see an opportunity for more flexibility in potential use. Of course, surveillance isn\u2019t mentioned among those uses:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After that, similar to Predator drone maker General Atomics, they have their eyes on <span class=\"caps\">FAA<\/span> certification to fly large, unmanned aircraft within the continental United States, to help ferry people and supplies from the mainland to offshore oil rigs, among other potential jobs. Today, large drones likes Predators are forbidden to fly over the <span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span> except in a handful of largely unpopulated areas along the <span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>Mexico\u00a0border.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">FAA<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenseone.com\/technology\/2017\/08\/look-military-drones-replace-police-helicopters-2025\/140588\/\">is now figuring out how to change guidelines<\/a> to allow unmanned planes and helicopters to fly over big cities. \u201cWe are working with the <span class=\"caps\">FAA<\/span> on that. Our stated goal is 2030. It very much depends on rule making. We are certainly hoping for sooner, for the mid-2020s, to field it,\u201d he\u00a0said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In that linked article sourced above, the long-range plans of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2017\/01\/pentagon-wants-darpa-tech-convert-military-aircraft-drones.html\">converting military aircraft to drones<\/a>and incorporating them anywhere and everywhere inside America is also detailed and expanded upon as a potential replacement for the already controversial use of police drones.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DARPA Seeks FAA Approval For Military Drones Over American Cities By 2030 \u2013 At The Latest Just a little over 10 years after drone surveillance inside U.S. borders was declared a conspiracy theory, it is now an indisputable fact of life. So, too, are military grade drones along the \u201cborder,\u201d which in reality constitutes a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8126,5247,16715,22727,765,827],"class_list":["post-39987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-activist-post","tag-darpa","tag-defense-one","tag-military-drones","tag-surveillance","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39988,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39987\/revisions\/39988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}