Comments on: Desk Jockeys vs. Border Drones

By: 2moons dil

2moons dil — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:09:39 +0000

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By: fiesta Gold

fiesta Gold — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:33:28 +0000

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By: Shaiya money

Shaiya money — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:15:19 +0000

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By: Joe Pembroke

Joe Pembroke — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:33:29 +0000

My son is currently in the air force…and works with the maintaince as a satcomm tech.…and is getting out this july.…and will be looking for a job.….is this a job within the border patrol

By: Randy McCleary

Randy McCleary — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:37:21 +0000

Unlike a military battlefield, drones have to coexist with licensed, piloted aircraft that can be talking with a controller or may choose to not to be under positive control. Pilots have defined rules for aircraft avoidance, frequencies for notification and alerts, transponder codes to feed TCAS (traffic Collision Avoidance Systems) and the Mark-1 Eyeball. Drones lack the oversight and rules needed to safely navigate in congested airspace alongside real flesh/blood pilots.
For those who opt for carving out airspace for drones-only, that is where they are now, in military airspace. However, even in military airspace, civilian aircraft in the US can traverse with FAA clearance or without. Also why should a pilot-less drone be afforded more rights to airspace than piloted aircraft? The FAA and many pilots agree.
No more would I want a ROV roaming around my neighborhood than similarly want a ROV flying around me in the much more dangerous airspace.

By: Eric Duckworth

Eric Duckworth — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:46:49 +0000

I think that with thhe FAA vs DHS/Fed Gov’t on the UAV issue, the FAA needs to be beaten with a stick and told how it’s going to be.
I for one would love to see more use of UAVs domestically to help augment that human assets in all gov’t agencies.
Guess I’m one of the weirdos who aren’t afraid of my government.
Eric the Dread0395

By: Joe Katzman

Joe Katzman — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:04:31 +0000

This bit about UAVs needing advance clearance, etc.? Not just a US issue. It’s also an issue in Iraq:
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2005/11/field-report-on-raven-shadow-uavs-from-the-101st/index.php

By: David Warnock

David Warnock — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 02:25:27 +0000

The problem that the FAA has has thre facets.
1. The FAA does not have the equipment and personnel to monitor unmanned flights along the borders. Their authorized workforce and equipment is barely able to handle the traffic load they currently handle.
2. Training and communications with the operators of the drones. FAA can reasonably demand a level of training of the operators and the ability to make immediate contact with the operator of any given drone. FAA orders about flight path must take precedence over all other orders, since they are always given for flight safety reasons.
3. Ability to track and identify the unmanned air vehicles requires onboard radar beacons on the UAV to respond with flight identification and altitude. FAA cannot meet its air safety separation requirements without being able to locate the drones on radar and know their altitude at all times. UAVs are very small radar targets, very difficult to detect and track. That is an advantage on the battlefield, but a serious problem in civilian airspace.
These requirements are not mere bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo. They affect the safety of flight of all commercial and military flights in the vicinity of the U. S. borders, particularly international flights. The FAA is correct to require that these problems be solved before the UAVs operate along the border. Their job is flight safety.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 03:42:59 +0000

I disagree with Mr. Skinner. Clearly the government should know how many blackholes someone might have in their yard, becouse even one blackhole in the hands of terrorists would be too much.
It could swallow the whole panet!