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Including 4 authorized places in the Colorado:
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/...l2&y=1&tmplt=2
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Map of current domestic drones
Sorry if this is a repost
Including 4 authorized places in the Colorado:
https://www.google.com/fusiontables/...l2&y=1&tmplt=2
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Those 4 are:Originally Posted by jhirsh5280
Governmental Body/Entity: Mesa County Sheriff's Office
Type of Drone: CLMax Engineering Falcon Unmanned Ariel Vehicle
Status: Active
General Location of Drone Activity: Mesa, CO
Stated objective/purpose of COA: The objective of our program is to create a higher standard of safety for members of our community by utilizing the CLMax Engineering Falcon Unmanned Ariel Vehicle in support of numerous Law Enforcement related functions which could include but are not limited to: Crash site related to interstate transport of hazardous materials Crash site related to railroad transport of hazardous materials Search & Rescue operations Reconnaissance in support of Law Enforcement operations
Effective Dates: 9/12/2011-9/11/2012
Comments: Mesa County has withheld significant information about how it wants to use its drone (see 2011 "COA_STATUS_DOCUMENT_redacted.pdf")
Link to Records: https://www.eff.org/document/mesa-county-sheriff
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Governmental Body/Entity: University of Colorado, Boulder
Type of Drone: NexSTAR miniature UAS
Status: Active
General Location of Drone Activity: Pawnee National Grasslands, CO Table Mountain, CO
Stated objective/purpose of COA: The NexSTAR miniature UAS, owned and operated by the Research & Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) at the University of Colorado, is a very small 9-lb unmanned aircraft that RECUV will use to advance research in the areas of in situ sampling of meteorological conditions using UAS and in the study of ad hoc wireless networks with UA acting as communication relays.
Effective Dates: May 12, 2010-May 11, 2011
Comments: Sampling of meteorological conditions
Link to Records: https://www.eff.org/document/univers...-drone-records
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Governmental Body/Entity: Air Force - 2011-WSA-28-COA
Type of Drone: RQ-7 Shadow
Status: Active
General Location of Drone Activity: Pinon Canyon, CO
Stated objective/purpose of COA: Request approval for RQ-7 Shadow operations for Pilot/Operator proficiency and integration training that will provide persistent organic ISR for SOF personnel in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) objectives. Training will be conducted entirely within the Pinon Canyon Military Operations Area (MOA) located approximately 27 miles northeast of Trinidad, CO. Single Shadow UAS operations in the Pinon Canyon MOA will be conducted within the activated Pinon Canyon MOA and Class G airspace from the surface up to but not including 4,000 feet AGL. Operations will be conducted a maximum of 6 days a week and up to 12-hours per day in VFR conditions. Operations between the hours of sunset to sunrise will be isolated in an area within 3 NM from the Pinon Canyon AAF over the Fort Carson Military Reservation and observers will be aided with night vision goggles (NVGs);
Effective Dates: 8/1/2011-7/31/2011
Comments: The RQ-7B Shadow 200 is a small tactical unmanned aerial vehicle with a 20.0 foot wingspan and 11.4 feet in length. The maximum gross weight is 425 pounds. ("TSO.pdf")
Link to Records: https://www.eff.org/document/air-force-2011
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Governmental Body/Entity: University of Colorado, Boulder; Research & Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles
Type of Drone: Tempest miniature UAS
Status: Active
General Location of Drone Activity: Kit Carson County Airport, CO
Stated objective/purpose of COA: The Tempest miniature UAS, owned and operated by the Research & Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) at the University of Colorado, is a very small 11-lb unmanned aircraft that RECUV will use to advance research in the areas of in situ sampling of meteorological conditions using UAS. The waypoints defined in the flight operations denote a university owned farm where we want to fly our UA. We plan to use this area to tune and test our UA at most 3 times a week with four hours of flight time. These flights could take place from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm depending on the sunrise/sunset and the wind speed.
Effective Dates: 2008 - 2012; renewals each year
Comments: There were a large number of changes to the grant of this COA each year from 2008 - 2011. U of CO is also flying drones out of Flagler Airport, CO Limon Municipal Airport, CO Morris Private Airport, CO Yuma Municipal Airport, CO, Colorado Plains Regional Airport, CO Jackson Airfield, CO Holyoke Airport, CO
Link to Records: https://www.eff.org/document/univers...-drone-records
I don;t see why folks get so up in arms about drones.....
Law enforcement has been using airplanes and helicopters for decades.... whats the difference ?
im against that too. using a helo in the active pursuit of a violent offender only. no surviellance, no watching our every move. and now recording everything.no traffic enforcement.
no thanks. what we need is more privacy, not more government watching us.
Ya, some of these are nothing more than over-glorified model airplanes with small cameras on them. There are a lot of potential uses for these UAVs that have nothing to do with LE activities, and in a lot of cases are there for training military troops to do aerial surveillance in front of troop movements. These UAV's are not weapons capable. All four of these fall into this category. The SOCOM one is the largest of the four and still not weapons platform deployable.
Mom's comin' 'round to put it back the way it ought to be.
Anyone that thinks war is good is ignorant. Anyone that thinks war isn't needed is stupid.
Advancements in drones as weapons platforms is good for the person using them and bad for others............................ (Disclaimer: this video is probably a repost but relevant to this thread.)
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Talking of drones
Am I correct in assuming that map is of civilian/LEO drones and not military? Because if not, its wrong.
I live near Holloman AFB and see the drones operating over the highway all the time. Both MQ-1s and MQ-9s, they frequently travel directly overhead the highway running from Holloman to Las Cruces. As far as I know, they do quite a bit of drone pilot training at Holloman.
Wondering if the gun Jesse jackass was talking about can bring down a drone?
Mark Levin Approved!Talking of drones
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