Pegasus Research Consortium

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COMING SOON TO A SKY NEAR YOU

More Than 50 Institutions Nationwide Given Permission To Operate Drones


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story here
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304331204577354331959335276.html

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They can have their reasonable uses...

But If BB step over the mark !

Lets shoot them all down when they arrive flying where they are not welcome,

NWO threats to snoop even more of our privacy !

That pic looks so ....SkyNet.

And it looks to be the actual pic of a drone.
Scary!

:o

sorry forgot to post this list

April 20, 2012
Organizations That Have Sought to Use Drones
Police departments and universities nationwide have obtained licenses from the FAA to use drones, according to data obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group.

See a list of what groups have requested licenses, and the status of that request. Click on column headers to sort.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303425504577354362860665508.html

and now patterned after maple seeds..




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Carl Franzen- July 4, 2012, 6:25 AM
Imagine a cheap, tiny, hovering aerial drone capable of being launched with the flick of a person's wrist and able to provide manipulable 360-degree surveillance views.

It's real, it's inspired by maple seeds, and the company behind it, Lockheed Martin, envisions a future in which swarms of the new drones can be deployed at a fraction of the cost and with greater capabilities than drones being used today by the military and other agencies.

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"Think about dropping a thousand of these out of an aircraft," said Bill Borgia, head of Lockheed Martin's Intelligent Robotics Lab, in a phone interview with TPM, "Think about the wide area over which one collect imagery. Instead of sending one or two expensive, highly valuable aircraft like we do today, you could send thousands of these inexpensive aircraft, and they are almost expendable."

The new drone which looks like very similar to a maple seed, with a small pod-like body attached a single whirring blade, is called the Samarai. The name is derived from the Latin word "samara," which means a winged seed, just like the one that inspired its physical design, flight pattern and construction.

In June, Lockheed Martin released a video demo of the drone's capabilities, and it is clearly impressive, launched by hand and piloted using a tablet computer, which also displays the drone's live surveillance feed.

"You can literally pull this out of your pocket, throw it into the air, and it can start flying," Borgia told TPM. "It can take off and land vertically indoors."

Borgia said that the drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), was designed to be deployed in confined settings, such as urban environments or even inside buildings, where it could be piloted into different rooms and hover outside of windows, collecting surveillance footage with ease.

The technology behind the drone is even more sophisticated than it looks. There are only two moving mechanical parts in the entire tiny 30-cm aircraft: The piece that makes the propeller rotate and a flap on the large wing that comprises most of the drone's form.

Then there's the Samarai's realtime video feed, which an operator can pan and tilt in a full 360 degrees, a capability not found on any other drone of its class, this despite the fact that the drone only contains one camera which is constantly being whipped around by the rotating motion of the aircraft itself.

In order to obtain a steady video feed with the ability to virtually pan and tilt, Lockheed relies on a series of image processing algorithms, Borgia told TPM.

"The algorithms sort of de-rotate the video and turn it back into a frame-by-frame view, similar to what you would see on any basic TV," Borgia said. "All of the image processing is done onboard."

That means that even if disconnected from the cloud or a control server, the Samarai would still be able to provide its operators with constant surveillance capabilities.

Borgia declined to specify the drone's range or endurance, that is, the time it's able to stay aloft in the air.

However, he did note that the Lockheed researchers behind Samarai had experimented with battery-powered and carbon-based fuel versions (the battery powered version is the one demonstrated in the video). Borgia further said that the researchers had "developed simulation tools that allow us to scale the vehicle to meet specific applications," asked for by customers.

Lockheed Martin has not revealed any of its customers or potential partners on the Samarai yet, but Borgia said the company would make announcements "when the customers were ready."

Besides the 30-cm version shown in the June demo video, Lockheed also has field-tested a 17-cm version and is working now to scale down the Samarai even further, to the size of an actual maple seed.

Asked about any potential privacy concerns presented by the Samarai, especially in light of the recent release of a voluntary industry "code of conduct" from drone manufacturers, Borgia said that "customers will have to work through the hurdles."

Lockheed Martin began work on the Samarai in 2007 under a Defense Department program called "nano air," designed to produce "an extremely small, ultra lightweight air vehicle system."

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/maple-seed-drones-will-swarm-the-future.php

also vid at link

For North Dakota, Drones a Possible Growth Market

WASHINGTON April 27, 2014 (AP)
By HENRY C. JACKSON Associated Press

Forget the North Dakota energy boom. How about a drone boom?

State and federal officials have big hopes for the growth of what are known as unmanned aircraft systems. And North Dakota has positioned itself well to take advantage of its unique attributes: A first-of-its-kind academic program, an established military presence, a strong commitment from state and federal officials to find funding, and even the weather.

"North Dakota made a conscious decision, several years ago, that they wanted to focus on this," said Ben Gielow, general counsel for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a group that promotes unmanned systems and robotics. He added, "North Dakota is one of the leaders and a model that we point to."

The result is a growing footprint for a new and potentially lucrative business: According to a report compiled by AUVSI last year, drones have the potential to create more than 100,000 jobs and more than $80 billion in economic growth between now and 2025. Domestic drones could yield big rewards for states that invest now, said Greg McNeal, a law professor at Pepperdine University who researches drones.

"Basically, you're saying that you want to be a hub for technological development, that you want to be the new Silicon Valley," McNeal said. "And that Silicon Valley might be in North Dakota, but it might not be in a state like Texas because of anti-drone legislation."

Becoming a nexus of drone research could build on the state's oil prosperity. Drilling at the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations have led the state's oil production to surge over the past several years, bringing economic stability, population growth and low unemployment.

The push to make North Dakota a drone leader as well got a boost this month when Michael Huerta, the Federal Aviation Administration administrator, announced in Grand Forks that his agency had granted North Dakota a two-year certificate to begin flying small drone test flights. That's the first of six FAA-selected test sites to get such approval. North Dakota is one of six states, along with Alaska, Nevada, New York, Texas and Virginia, picked to research integrating drones into the civilian airspace.

The FAA does not yet allow the commercial use of drones, but is working on operational guidelines and has said as many as 7,500 small commercial drones could be flying within five years of getting widespread access to U.S. skies.

Grand Forks, the location of the FAA's approved test site, is at the center of the state's drone ambitions. The Air Force is expected in June to finalize a 50-year lease at Grand Sky, an aerospace and technology park in the city. That facility will be anchored by defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. With the FAA's designation, state officials and others hope to attract more investment and interest.

Privacy issues tend to hover over any discussion of investment in domestic drones. North Dakota has largely avoided a backlash by working on the issue proactively. When Gov. Jack Dalrymple set up a committee to oversee the Grand Forks site's operations, he included establishing public safety procedures and privacy restrictions as core goals.

John Villasenor, a UCLA professor and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said privacy issues chilled drone investment in some states, "but drones have many applications, such as crop spraying, that don't raise privacy concerns at all."

The first FAA-approved test flights next month will showcase that sort of use. The Draganflyer X4ES will fly over North Dakota State University's Carrington Research Extension Center. Missions are scheduled for the summer over Sullys Hill National Game Preserve near Devils Lake. In both cases, they will avoid private property and focus on research of agriculture-related uses.

NDSU's extension service is examining how drones can be used to improve seed applications, fertilizer and pesticide, which could potentially reduce costs and improve crop performance. The drones will also collect data designed to help look at how they can be integrated into commercial airspace.

While the state already had the University of North Dakota's first-of-its-kind unmanned aircraft degree program. Gielow also cited the presence of the Air Force's unmanned aircraft mission at the Grand Forks Air Force Base as a reason for the state's strong position.

North Dakota officials have also spent money to welcome drone research. The state put more than $14 million in the Grand Forks site, and the congressional delegation has consistently pitched federal officials that it would be a good home for drone research.

Then there is North Dakota itself. The weather provides a variety of test conditions, and the relatively small population and lack of commercial air traffic make it an attractive location to run test flights.

"For testing purposes, that is what you want," Gielow said


http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/north-dakota-drones-growth-market-23490104

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So Northdrop Grumman X47 A drones have a Pegasus logo also !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus

I was initially thinking "Z" and the PRC  Inventor team had come up with their own version !


Not sure if this is a mini type drone that is available to us all...or if its just a mini type coptor

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/product/7810930/?grossPrice=Y&cm_mmc=UK-GDN-_-Dynamic-_-4_GDN_Aristotle-_-7810930&gclid=CLWnxd-ggr4CFZShtAodQysAvw

Quote from: astr0144 on April 28, 2014, 04:56:45 AM
So Northdrop Grumman X47 A drones have a Pegasus logo also !

Yup  someone at Palmdale told me they were thinking of us :P

QuoteI was initially thinking "Z" and the PRC  Inventor team had come up with their own version !

Not yet :D but we should

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maybe we can get these guys to make us one. Somamech has Taiwanese connections :D

http://www.pegasus-uav.com.tw/

PWMs was talking about inventing something to destroy drones if it gets to a time when they become a concern to us !

It may be that also, those who also have their own drones can use them to shoot down or stop any offending drones if they are armed or have the relevant technology to do so... so it may become a battle in the sky's with opposing Drone like dog fights as in WW1 & WW2.

As for the link to the Taiwan Pegasus Aviation Technology Co.,Ltd...

Their logo is the same as is shown in the Northdrop Grumman X47 A picture...so it may be them that made the USA one unless they also have companies both in the USA & Far East..

Quotemaybe we can get these guys to make us one. Somamech has Taiwanese connections :D

http://www.pegasus-uav.com.tw/

NZ design & Manufacture of Drones and associated Computer Systems.

Quote from: The Matrix Traveller on April 28, 2014, 07:20:19 AM
NZ design & Manufacture of Drones and associated Computer Systems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbWufghu-lw

It would be interesting to see the amount of the different types of drones to include the small sized ones and even the micro-drones.  It would be nice to start a thread with the various types of drones one might encounter here in the states.

Hopefully soon in a few months time, I am going to build a second Miniature "Dynamic Converter",
to be used in "Drones" which can be used to explore our solar system.

I kid you not.    :)

At present, I am Planning to build a demonstration model, and show it here in Peggy by Videos,
both the manufacture and demonstration of a "Dynamic Converter".

 ;D

bwhahahahahahah... you guys don't understand that my low tech can pullerize your hi tech..
cheaply too 10 bucks

just got one of these babies to chase coons from the upstairs bedroom window at night..
i thought of using paint balls but  marbles work and are easier to find in the morning..


;D


ooh yeah..no recoil or noise  to wake the neighbors.. ;) 8)



http://www.safetytechnology.com/slingshot.htm

I am sure we all await in anticipation and severe curiosity Matrix !  :)

I was thinking that the Dynamic Converters would be used more in Saucers or Disc type craft for space travel rather than Drone type craft  that I thought may tend to be more within the Earths atmosphere.

Or maybe you can include them in both !

QuoteHopefully soon in a few months time, I am going to build a second Miniature "Dynamic Converter",
to be used in "Drones" which can be used to explore our solar system.

I kid you not.    :)

The type of Drone I'm referring to is Disc shaped....  :)

Just use ebay to search for "quadcopter".There is already a MASSIVE choice.

Astro, that RS kit is expensive and primitive in it's capabiilty.
Also they seemingly went to hobbyking (google it) for many of the components...

FB

matrix.. i wasn't referenceing you or your work..just those buzzing my house






and then there is this..and soon air triffic signals




http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140427&id=17560100


Santa Fe real estate agent takes to using drone
April 27, 2014 8:58 PM ET.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A Santa Fe real estate agent is taking marketing homes to new heights, along with new complications in federal aviation laws.

Agent Brian Tercero has been using a drone to help advertise homes on the market, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican (http://bit.ly/1fiIj9U). Video footage from a drone can better convey the appeal of a property than standard marketing photos of trees, he said.

"Flying over (the property) adds a whole other dimension," Tercero said. "It's powerful. And it was instrumental in getting the buyer to bite."

The Federal Aviation Administration has banned the use of drones for commercial purposes except in the cases of those with special permission from the agency. But a federal judge recently ruled that drones for commercial use don't fall under FAA regulations.

In March, a judge with the National Transportation Safety Board dismissed a $10,000 fine for a businessman who used a glider to take aerial photos for a University of Virginia Medical Center ad. The judge said the drone was not an aircraft as defined by the FAA's own regulations.

The FAA is appealing the decision as it works on new regulations to cover drones.

Congress recently requested that the FAA devise a plan to safely integrate unmanned aircraft by September 2015.

Tercero said he should be able to use the drone as a real estate agent if the homeowner gives consent. So far, he said, the DJI Phantom, which is 18 inches in diameter, has been used to show undeveloped land in northern New Mexico and for more high-end listings.

"This just makes so much sense for out-of-state and out-of-country clients," Tercero said.

But what has become the latest trend in the real estate industry has privacy advocates concerned. Peter Simonson, director of the American Civil Liberties Union in New Mexico, said the public doesn't get the same protections against invasions of privacy when private entities use drones.

"A drone that hovers over a municipal area with an extremely high-resolution camera captures video of everything that transpires over a long period of time," Simonson said. "That kind of data can discern people's movements, what meetings they're attending, who is important in their life and why."

Hal Wingo, a client of Tercero's who has been trying to sell his home for the past six months, said they are being respectful of neighbors' privacy.

"We're not going to home in on any other property. If someone felt you were looking down on their house, they might not like that," Wingo said.

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Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, http://www.sfnewmexican.com

Hi Fruitbat,

I don't know much about the Kits.. to be able to say how drones or quadcopters compare in their variations & quality or what is an acceptable price without spending some time researching them in some detail.

I just looked on ebay and I can see what you mean...quite unbelievable !  ...you can also type in Drone and get similar results...but I think we can only see the small type ones on offer....

The more expensive ones range between £2000 to £4000 (Est upto about $6750) 

but these are NOT the Airplane type ones the Military used to use...more the Helicopter types !


Not sure how many years these things have been available...but I get the impression only in recent last two to five years ...

I think I only started noting about Drones since I came a member on PRC since 2011/12...and initially after Alex Jones informed me about them..

It seems Now there are Numerous companies making them...and so many variations of them..

Back around 2011, I recall searching to see if I could buy a drone..and I found a website selling the large military type ones that the Military were using in Afghanistan..and If I recall they were about $16,000. or may have been £16,000s  not sure which....

I got the impression back then anyone could buy them if they had the money !

Unfortunately I cannot find that website.... it came up easily on google back then...now all I see is a list of companies that make them on pages 1 and 2 in google...but no direct websites like back then listed that immediately took me to the info that I was looking for . They may have now made this info less easily available  .if I find the website, I will post the link.

Now there are some sites that list numerous manufacturers..but I could not find a site similar to the one I found back then at least so far..

Some of the more modern high tech drones today I think cost in the millions...

I wanted to know HOW far they would fly ?. what height etc...and had been thinking if they had been available to the public that if you had a group of people club together you may be able to send one into certain places that you may want to take a look at ! that otherwise would be very difficult or impossible to do so...

If I recall they could fly for about 15 to 20 miles based upon what ever fuel or capacity of the fuel tank & other aspects were back then..

They probably now have drones that will fly a lot further than they did back then....and like other technologies, they should now be considerably cheaper..I would hope !

Although I am not sure for certain if they will sell them to the public !

for shorter distances...we will have to use the quadcopter type ones !

Just added this .............
Here is one website of various Drone type aircraft manufactures...
Ive selected some from the USA.. but they list worldwide...408 entries.
you may have to put USA in the search to find American manufacturers.

http://www.uavglobal.com/

Upon clicking on a few sites, many seem more helicoptor type drones.
and they do not seem to show the costs on the websites .. at least the ones I looked at so far...

One I found so far  flies for upto 5 hrs....

http://www.uavglobal.com/


http://www.americanunmannedsystems.com/product.html

Quote from: Fruitbat on April 29, 2014, 03:05:15 AM
Just use ebay to search for "quadcopter".There is already a MASSIVE choice.

Astro, that RS kit is expensive and primitive in it's capabiilty.
Also they seemingly went to hobbyking (google it) for many of the components...

FB

Is Seattle Being Buzzed By Drone-Equipped Peeping Toms?

QuoteFrom the Yes-We-Live-In-The-Future file we have the story of an unnamed Seattle woman who looked out her upper-floor window a couple of weeks ago to allegedly find an aerial drone hovering outside. On the sidewalk next to her house, on public property, she also found the man operating the drone, which we must assume is similar to the one in the image below, complete with video camera. This man — who is also nameless at this point — claimed that he was doing research and that what he was doing was "perfectly legal". And while the whole situation does sound creepy, it turns out that he may be well within his rights.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2013/05/28/is-seattle-being-buzzed-by-drone-equipped-peeping-toms/

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Drone Falls Dangerously Out of Sky; Local News Station Reveals What It Had Been Filming

QuoteA small drone obtained by a local Florida news station is revealing just why some have privacy — and safety — concerns regarding the ever expanding use of such surveillance technology by both the government and hobbyists.

WKMG-TV, covering the Orlando area, reported one if its reporter finding a RC aerial vehicle that fell out of the sky after losing control and crashing into a tree. The news station was able to obtain more than two hours of footage that was taken by the attached GoPro camera, revealing what the drone had been observing before its fall.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/26/drone-falls-dangerously-out-of-sky-local-news-station-reveals-what-it-had-been-filming/

Quote from: The Matrix Traveller on April 28, 2014, 07:41:52 AM
Hopefully soon in a few months time, I am going to build a second Miniature "Dynamic Converter",
to be used in "Drones" which can be used to explore our solar system.

I kid you not.    :)

At present, I am Planning to build a demonstration model, and show it here in Peggy by Videos,
both the manufacture and demonstration of a "Dynamic Converter".

Matrix, my friend, I am patiently waiting... perhaps I have enough spark in the ol meatsuit to attempt a build from your plans...

Me and Z need a way to travel... 8)

planes are less and less  safe ..





U.S. passenger jet nearly collided with drone in March: FAA


NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American Airlines Group Inc aircraft almost collided with a drone above Florida earlier this year, a near-accident that highlights the growing risk from rising use of unmanned aircraft, the U.S. air safety regulator said.

The pilot reported seeing a small, remote-control aircraft very close to his plane while preparing to land at Tallahassee Regional Airport, said Jim Williams, manager of the Federal Aviation Administration's Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Office.

"The airplane pilot said that the UAS was so close to his jet that he was sure he had collided with it," Williams said at an industry conference on Thursday, referring to an unmanned aircraft system.

The aircraft, operated by an American subsidiary, did not appear to be damaged when it was inspected after the March 22 incident, Williams said.

But the incident served to highlight the risk of remote-control aircraft, he said.

"The risk for a small UAS to be ingested into a passenger airline engine is very real," Williams said. "The results could be catastrophic."

The FAA currently bans the commercial use of drones in the United States and is under growing pressure to set rules that would permit their broader use. Hobby and many law-enforcement uses are permitted.

Last year, the agency began establishing test sites where businesses can try out commercial uses. [ID:nL2N0K90QW] Two of the centers have started working ahead of schedule.

"The FAA is working aggressively to ensure the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace," the agency said in a statement.

The March incident was reported to the Tallahassee control tower by the pilot for Bluestreak Airlines, a US Airways commuter carrier. US Airways is part of American Airlines.

The plane, a Bombardier CRJ-200, was a traveling from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Tallahassee.

It was at 2,300 feet and about five miles from the airport when it encountered the remote controlled jet. The FAA investigated but could not identify the pilot of the drone.

American said it is "aware of the published report alleging an incident with one of our express flights and we are investigating."

The airline said it would share any information with the FAA and would not comment further.

The incident was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

In his address to the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo in San Francisco, Williams also showed videos of several drone accidents, including one in which a drone crashed into a crowd during the running of the bulls in Richmond, Virginia, last fall.

The crash was caused by a battery failure and resulted in minor injuries, he said.

Williams also noted the "Miracle on the Hudson," in which birds hit the engine of a flight leaving New York, prompting an emergency landing on the river.

"Imagine a metal-and-plastic object, especially that big lithium battery, going into a high-speed turbine engine," he said.

(Reporting by Alwyn Scott; Editing by Diane Craft)

http://news.msn.com/us/us-passenger-jet-nearly-collided-with-drone-in-march-faa