Embedded real-time operating system software secures military mission-critical data from growing threats

From:  Military & AeroSpace Electronics 

COMMENT - As you read down you find out it is Green Hills Software and INTEGRITY Global Systems who are the eager suppliers of this War Technology.  " David Kleidermacher, chief technology officer of Green Hills Software and Integrity Global Security LLC in Santa Barbara, Calif., is involved in “a firestorm of activity surrounding virtualization, and adding the ability to run Linux and Android on top of [Green Hills’] RTOS. In many ways, this is the future of the RTOS -- being able to handle mixed criticality requirements that include security, safety, and real-time critical applications alongside increasing requirements for rich multimedia and connectivity, app stores, GUIs, etc.”"

The present direction for war has turned war-based corporations into the equivilent of small nations who, in exact parallel with the de Rothschilds, are making money from both sides.  "Why don't you guys fight?" said the scraggy Dan O'Dowd from the sidelines, smiling at the huge profits accruing to him personally.

by Courtney Howard

March 30, 2012

Posted by Courtney Howard

TECHNOLOGY FOCUS, 30 March 2012. The adoption of secure real-time operating system (RTOS) software and related embedded computing security software tools for military embedded systems continues to grow, driven by increased security threats and concerns, real and perceived.

Many pundits agree that the need for information security, especially for critical and classified data, as well as the computing and data storage systems on which it resides, has never been greater. Industry has responded with myriad innovations designed to deliver security and protection at not only the system level, but also at the embedded, component level.

“There is no single architecture, product, or capability that can protect against a continuously evolving threat landscape,” cautions Chip Downing, senior director of Aerospace & Defense at Wind River in Alameda, Calif. “Today’s connected systems need to integrate a wide range of capabilities to achieve continuous security in hostile network environments. Layered, proven security components, along with capabilities to update these system components, need to be integrated to enable continuous application and service availability, while maintaining the required security capability.”  Much More

Northrop Grumman moves to next phase of DARPA laser weapons-based missile-defense program

From:  Military & AeroSpace


COMMENT - You see what the Corporate War for Profits is costing Americans in the number of food banks now failing to keep up with demand.  Of course, if you live and work in Santa Barbara for either Green Hills Software or Integrity Global Security you can keep the illusions going.  For a little longer.
 

by John Keller, Editor

ARLINGTON, Va., 26 Nov. 2014. Laser weapons experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems segment in Redondo Beach, Calif., are moving forward with a military research program to use lasers for defending manned and unmanned military aircraft from heat-seeking missiles.

 

Officials of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., announced a $20.2 million contract to Northrop Grumman on Friday for the second phase of the DARPA Project Endurance to develop laser weapons to defend aircraft from electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR)-guided surface-to-air missiles.

Late last year DARPA awarded a $14.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman for the first phase of Project Endurance. Also receiving a phase-one contract for the program was the Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training segment in Akron, Ohio.

Full Article

NEWS RELEASE and Commentary

From:  PR Wire

COMMENT -  First excuse me for neglecting posting here for some time.  I was busy with other matters which actually have a direct relationship to the unbridled greed and lack of conscience exhibited by War Contractors. (Although they changed the name of the Department long ago "War" was actually more accurate, as one realizes as soon as the matter is mentioned.)

Now, Nigel clearly moved on from Green Hills Software, Inc., and probably was aware of the close, nay, incestuous relationship between Dan's Main Money train and INTEGRITY Global Security.  But I wonder if Nigel could enlighten us on a curious issue which came up a few months ago when I was Googling INTEGRITY Global Security, LLC 

INTEGRITY Global Security is one of the multiplicity of companies and corporations where  Dan is piling up the product of his unbridled and unprincipled greed.  I say one because when I went poking around I found many more.  Those do not appear to be openly owned by Dan. 

Remember, Dan's sole ambition is to be wealthier that Bill Gates and this could well be his strategy for achieving that goal while remaining largely anonymous.   Clever Dan!  

Bill and Warren Do Bomb Trains Together!

See Koch Truths for our own special version of Kenny Roger's The Gambler, dedicated to Bill and Warren.

Of course, Bill has clearly enjoyed his notoriety.  Sort of.  

But I digress.  I also found another company using the same name, minus the CAPS on INTEGRITY, which claimed to be incorporated in Nevada.  At the bottom of the site the text read, " © 2013 Dragon Master Security, LLC DBA Integrity Global Security."

Their kind of security has nothing to do with Software.  Check it out.  So, Dan, is this Integrity Global Security another acquisition?   We eagerly await your response.  

And say "hi" to Nigel for us if he is actually still working for you. One never knows when Dan has his eye on the Gold. 

NEWS RELEASE

Vector Software, the world’s leading provider of innovative software solutions for robust embedded software quality, announced today that Nigel Rozier joins the company as Sales Manager, Scandinavia and Benelux. Continued strong demand for the VectorCAST™ tool suite in the region is driving Vector Software’s continued growth in the European marketplace.

In his new role, Rozier will be serving the Benelux and Nordic regions, and adding value to the sales process by leveraging his extensive technical background to customers in Vector Software traditional markets: aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial controls, medical, transportation markets as well as emerging markets of banking, office automation systems and telecommunications,

“Vector Software’s European operation is thrilled to have Nigel Rozier on the sales team”, said Niroshan Rajadurai, Executive Vice President for EMEA, Vector Software. “The VectorCAST toolset is very popular in Europe, and Nigel’s market and regional acumen will enable us to service the region’s technical needs, in addition to furthering our growth objectives in the area.”

Rozier is a fifteen-year veteran of the embedded software industry gained in EMEA Sales Management roles for Raima, Inc., Green Hills Software and Telelogic UK Limited. A graduate of the University of Brighton, Mr. Rozier is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. 

“We’re very pleased to bring Nigel on board in Europe, especially with the surge in demand for the VectorCAST suite in the Nordics and Benelux nations,” said Bill McCaffrey, Chief Operating Officer, Vector Software. “His presence will broaden our reach in the region, and ensure that we maintain our high level of customer service across the Globe.”

About Vector Software, Inc.

Vector Software is the world’s leading provider of software testing solutions for safety and business critical embedded applications. Companies worldwide in the automotive, aerospace, medical devices, industrial controls, rail, and other business critical sectors rely on Vector Software’s VectorCAST™ test solution. The VectorCAST environment enables software development teams to easily automate complex testing tasks to improve software quality, using Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Change-Based Testing processes to engineer reliable software for accelerated time-to-market release cycles. Vector Software is headquartered in East Greenwich, Rhode Island USA with offices worldwide, and a world-class team of support and technology partners. To learn more, visit: http://www.vectorcast.com.

Exposed: Pentagon Funds New Data-Mining Tools To Track and Kill Activists, Part I

From:  Occupy

COMMENTS - This is a must-read article.  Note that:  Arizona State is officially an NSA-designated university and more about the tools which will be applied to Americans, and for which we pay more contractors to develop.  Look for subsection, "When Data Mining leads to Drone Strikes."  Links to Parts I & II of IV are below.  III and IV will be posted as they appear.

Arizona State is officially an NSA-designated university - See more at: http://www.occupy.com/article/exposed-pentagon-funds-new-data-mining-tools-track-and-kill-activists-part-i#sthash.KHlGIh3A.dpuf

by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is funding a multimillion dollar university research program to develop new data mining and analysis tools for the U.S. military intelligence community to track political radicalism among British Muslims and other activist groups around the world.

Leading intelligence experts including former National Security Agency (NSA) official Thomas Drake – the whistleblower who inspired Edward Snowden – confirm that the tools are designed to enhance the intelligence community’s capabilities to identify potential terrorism suspects that could face a range of sanctions, from surveillance to no-fly injunctions to, at worst, being targeted for extrajudicial assassination via the CIA’s "kill lists."

But, they say, inherent flaws in the program are instead likely to facilitate the criminalization of political dissent and the targeting of innocent civilians – and that such trends are increasingly likely to affect not just "hostile theatres" abroad, but even domestic populations in the U.S., Britain and Europe.  MORE

MEDIA RELEASE FROM Green Hills Software, Inc. On to India!

 From:  Marketwired

COMMENT - it is truly amazing how the cooperative relationship between GHS and the Greedville community has worked for them.  Of course, it always turns my stomach to see them use the word, INTEGRITY.  

How many other companies does GHS own?  Inquiring minds are about to find out. 

SOURCE: Green Hills Software

August 20, 2014 08:00 ET

Green Hills Software to Exhibit at Freescale Technology Forum 2014 in Bengaluru, India

SANTA BARBARA, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 20, 2014) -  Green Hills Software, the largest independent software vendor for the Internet of Things (IoT), will demonstrate its latest embedded software solutions at the Freescale Technology Forum, Leela Palace, Bengaluru, India, August 26 - 27, 2014. As a silver sponsor of the event, Green Hills Software will offer the following demonstration on the show floor:
OpenGL Graphics for i.MX6 Devices
Next-generation devices need modern graphics capabilities. See pre-integrated OpenGL ES 2.0-enabled graphical solutions from partners including Crank Software Storyboard, DiSTI GL Studio, Elektrobit EB Guide, and Rightware Kanzi for the INTEGRITY® RTOS on a Freescale i.MX6 processor.
The Latest MULTI IDE and Optimizing Compilers
Green Hills technical personnel will be available to discuss customer project requirements and give personalized demonstrations of the latest Green Hills MULTI® IDE and optimizing C/C++ compilers.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software is the largest independent software vendor for the Internet of Things. In 2008, the Green Hills INTEGRITY-178 RTOS was the first and only operating system to be certified by NIAP (National Information Assurance Partnership comprised of NSA & NIST) to EAL 6+, High Robustness, the highest level of security ever achieved for any software product. Our open architecture integrated development solutions address deeply embedded, absolute security and high-reliability applications for the military/avionics, medical, industrial, automotive, networking, consumer and other markets that demand industry-certified solutions. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software at www.ghs.com.

Green Hills, the Green Hills logo, MULTI and INTEGRITY are trademarks or registered trademarks of Green Hills Software in the U.S. and/or internationally. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact Information

Contact:
Green Hills Software
Barbel French 805-965-6044
bfrench@ghs.com

Memo Justifying al Awlaki Assassination Does End-Run Around the US Constitution

From:  Activist Post

COMMENT - What does being an American mean to people who profit from tyranny?  Hope your 4th of July was lots of fun, Green Hills Team.

Janet Phelan
Activist Post

In response to a Freedom of Information Request filed by the ACLU, the Department of Justice this week released the memo providing legal analysis in support of justification for the 2011 assassination of Anwar al Awlaki, a US national living in Yemen.

Al Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico, was a Muslim cleric considered to be in a leadership position in Al Qaeda. He was killed in a targeted drone strike in Yemen, after Obama placed him on the targeted assassination list in 2010. The fact that President Obama had taken the unprecedented step of ordering the assassination of a US citizen was repeatedly highlighted in the press. The ACLU went to court to attempt to inhibit the assassination, albeit unsuccessfully.

The DOJ memo, authored by David Barron, is a compelling study in government double speak. Large chunks of the memo were redacted before its release, with approximately ¼ removed from public purview.

What was made available to the public delves into the legal inhibitions which might come into play with a targeted government murder of a US citizen. Title 18 Section 1119 of the US Code is referenced repeatedly, and the prohibitions against murder contained in this section resolved essentially due to the invocation of “public authority.” MORE

US, fess up to drone killings!

From:  RBN

COMMENT - A picture is worth a thousands words

By RMN

 The White House administration continues to deny its drone program is a violation of human rights that kills innocent civilians. We’ve seen evidence from countries affected directly, outrage from the international community, and now protests from American organizations including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. What’s it going to take to get it through the US’ thick skull that its drone program is a blight upon the planet? The Resident (aka Lori Harfenist) discusses.

Spy Drone lobbyists and a WSJ propaganda piece

From:  Battery Park 


COMMENT - Actually, if private people, AND corporations, were allowed to have drones, for which they would have to be entirely accountable, this would result in limitations on their the use of drones.  Of course, the personal drones are smaller, used mostly for photography so, perhaps the personal liability would become an addition on their homeowners insurance.   Corporations, for instance BP, Exxon, and other Big Oil concerns, self insure, instead doubling down on legal evasions of accountability. 

If only our justice system worked to enforce accountability for everyone equally! 

Visit Koch Truths for insights on the lack of limits for corporate greed.  

It is the pesky pretense government is sovereign, instead of sovereignty being entirely held by the people, for whom government is just a tool, which causes the misapprehension proven to be so useful to the folks of Greedville. 

Dan, GHS President and Founder, and Craig, formerly Senior Vice President and the guy who made Dan's take over of the company from Glenn Hightower possible,  are smaller level corporates, subcontractors for the Big Guys. ON HOW THIS HAPPENED

An org chart making these complexities clear will appear in the new edition of GREED - The NeoConning of America.

 Craig is now working diligently to make it to the next level, himself, at FireFly CPU.   For some strange reason Craig started using his born name, Allen C(raig) Franklin around the time he started FireFly.  You can see this on the WYSK website, which records for public viewing such details as where the company is incorporated.  FireFly filed its incorporation as a Delaware Limited Liability Company | Wysk # BHX7FLH.  They have six officers, who you can find HERE.

Now, what would we find out about Dan O'Dowd and Craig Franklin if we could position drones to report their most intimate and emotionally vulnerable moments with a well-placed drone which could, possibly, be using software they, themselves, produced? 

Dan works very hard to keep his face off the web.  You can check this by Googling him with Images.  He does not even have his name on the Green Hills Software, Inc., website, instead presenting these four guys.  TEAM

Dan's life long ambition is to have more money than Bill Gates.  Craig's ambitions are very different.  You can find out about those HERE.  

 

ARTICLE

By Steven E. Greer, MD

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is truly an evil organization for many reasons. For example, they have a large feature section today touting drones as safe friendly ways to take family vacation photos.

Are you kidding me? 

The article states, “Flying a drone isn’t just exhilarating; it also fundamentally changed how I think about photography. It is hard to get excited about vintage filters on Instagram after shooting a drone selfie (call it a “dronie”) or panning hillside Napa vineyards at sunrise...”

Then, buried within the much larger article, one cover-your-ass statement goes, “I, too, am concerned about cameras fluttering outside my bedroom window. But we shouldn’t dismiss a technology that has the potential to empower us—safely—to record footage once available only to big-budget Hollywood productions and news choppers. Drones have even been used to record protests in Ukraine, Turkey and other areas. In reality, these consumer drones tend to make terrible spy machines, because most have cameras with wide-angle lenses and their propellers sound like swarm of angry bees. Still, people will think you’re a jerk if you fly one too close.“.  MORE

Italy Tailors Rules To Allow UAVs, Military Aircraft in Civil Airspace

From:  Defense News 

COMMENT -  There are sooo many reasons for Dan to want an office in Italy.  Amy is in Santa Barbara. Oh, yes.  And, of course they want drones in Italy, too.

By TOM KINGTON 

Rules of the Road: Italy has established guidelines to allow UAVs, such as its Predator, and military aircraft to share civilian airspace. (Italian Air Force)

ROME — Italy is crafting regulations to manage the use of civilian airspace by military UAVs and aircraft.

While many UAV users are content to focus on how to fly their drones in war zones, where flight regulations are lax or nonexistent, the Italian Air Force has teamed with local civil aviation authorities over the past decade to work out UAV regulations for peacetime.

As well as flying its unarmed Predator or Reaper UAVs in Iraq, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Libya, a 2004 law has allowed Italy to send UAVs to patrol airspace over special events, including a 2007 visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the 2009 G-8 gathering.  MORE

 

Iran claims to have copied U.S. stealth drone; what's the threat from this captured technology?

From:  Military & AeroSpace

COMMENT - And will Dan O'Dowd be opening up a branch office for Green Hills in Iran?  If they can pay, and they can, the answer is probably YES!!!!!!!  Time will tell.....

May 13, 2014

By John Keller  Editor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MIL & AERO BLOG, 13 May 2014. Leaders of the Iranian government claim to have copied a U.S. stealth spy drone, which the Iranians captured three years ago while the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) reportedly was flying a surveillance mission over Iranian nuclear and military sites.

 

At first it's easy to dismiss the military threat that this copied U.S. low-observable UAV might pose. It's taken U.S. experts decades to develop the most sophisticated drones in the sky. How could the Iranians copy one in three years with anywhere near the capabilities that U.S. unmanned aircraft have?

Plus, Iranian government officials have shown themselves prone to bluster. They have claimed to have advanced attack submarine capability, formidable air-to-air jet fighter capability, and now advanced UAV capability allegedly with surveillance and attack capability.  MORE

Drone strikes in Pak-Afghan border area, casualties feared

From:  The News International

 

 May 14, 2014 - Updated 103 PKT

From Web Edition

 

KHYBER AGENCY: A drone fired missiles in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area of Nazyan on Wednesday, Geo News reported.

According to the political administration of the area, an unmanned aircraft fired three missiles in the border area of Nazyan today which is reported to be a safe haven of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Islam.

The administration further told that casualties are expected in the attack. However, further details about the strikes are yet to be ascertained.

Green Hills Software—Technology Showcase @ AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2014—A Jelly Bean Demo (Event)

From:  SatNews Daily 

COMMENT - 

Satnews Daily

May 12^th, 2014

NEWS RELEASE 

[SatNews] Green Hills Software, an independent software vendor for the Internet of Things (IoT), will demonstrate its latest embedded software solutions focused on software security, safety and availability for the autonomous control and payload community at the AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference, May 12 – 15, 2014, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

In booth #915, Green Hills Software will demonstrate a Linux-based (Android Jelly Bean) platform simultaneously running unmanned vehicle mission applications alongside native INTEGRITY® applications. This demo is the world's first ARM Virtualization Extension (VE)-enabled hypervisor, INTEGRITY Multivisor™, running on a Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) OMAP™ 5 processor with two ARM® Cortex®-A15 cores. The unique SMP-enabled INTEGRITY Multivisor architecture provides hard real-time capabilities with fast boot performance that enable embedded resilience for mission functions such as video surveillance, while securely separating open mission application environments—providing mission-critical resiliency and availability and a rich application environment for unmanned vehicle missions.

The Green Hills Software infosite is accessible via http://www.ghs.com/index_main.html

Bundy Ranch: DoD Approved Drone Strike? OathKeepers Evacuating?

From:  Freedom Outpost 

COMMENT - Now, we will be checking to see what contractors provided the technologies in the drone which will be used. 

by  Dean Garrison April 28, 2014

 

Last week, we printed a short article with a report from a concerned Patriot in Bunkerville. The gentleman was concerned that a mole was in their midst and seeking to turn supporters against each other. The latest report I got was that, whether a mole is present or not, paranoia seems to be setting in rapidly. Paul Joseph Watson reported last week that some idiots were taking to twitter to suggest a drone strike on the Bundy Ranch. Who would have thought that we would be seriously talking about that this week? 

 

Again, I am going to keep my source secret until given the green light. The man I have been talking to is somewhat high profile and giving any clue of who he is might cause him problems. Here is the latest email I received: 

Things at camp bundy are deteriorating quickly. Bundy has taken charge of things, or his bodyguard Ryan. They are now running oathkeepers out and bringing in militia to train under the "Bundy Flag". Oathkeepers received a call 2 nights ago telling them there was an imminent drone strike and to clear out. Turns out they were bringing militia in as they left. A couple of fist fights actually broke out and weapons were drawn.

1 of 2 things is happening. The spook inside this thing is trying to break apart the biggest most organized "militia" on the scene or Cliven Bundy is trying to form an army for whatever reason.

MORE

Things at camp bundy are deteriorating quickly. Bundy has taken charge of things, or his bodyguard Ryan. They are now running oathkeepers out and bringing in militia to train under the "Bundy Flag". Oathkeepers received a call 2 nights ago telling them there was an imminent drone strike and to clear out. Turns out they were bringing militia in as they left. A couple of fist fights actually broke out and weapons were drawn.

1 of 2 things is happening. The spook inside this thing is trying to break apart the biggest most organized "militia" on the scene or Cliven Bundy is trying to form an army for whatever reason.

Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/bundy-ranch-dod-approved-drone-strike-oathkeepers-evacuating/#IM3lWkPkLyjf4wup.99

Last week, we printed a short article with a report from a concerned Patriot in Bunkerville. The gentleman was concerned that a mole was in their midst and seeking to turn supporters against each other. The latest report I got was that, whether a mole is present or not, paranoia seems to be setting in rapidly. Paul Joseph Watson reported last week that some idiots were taking to twitter to suggest a drone strike on the Bundy Ranch. Who would have thought that we would be seriously talking about that this week?
Again, I am going to keep my source secret until given the green light. The man I have been talking to is somewhat high profile and giving any clue of who he is might cause him problems. Here is the latest email I received:

Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/bundy-ranch-dod-approved-drone-strike-oathkeepers-evacuating/#IM3lWkPkLyjf4wup.99

Activist Art Against Drone Killing Redesigns The Landscape in Pakistan

From:  Activist Post

COMMENT - And Green Hills Software, Inc., continues to ring the cash register for killing children.

Joe Wright
Activist Post

The continuing impact of unmanned drones across the target countries of the U.S. has inspired many short videos that attempt to personalize the death and destruction that has been wrought. One of the most poignant is titled "Living Under Drones." This 7-minute video can be seen here.

Another short video which really captures the general lack of compassion and disconnect that drones inspire can be seen in the montage below where the drone chief himself, Barack Obama, laughs it up about the use of predator drones. As his little inside joke is juxtaposed with the heart-breaking reality of the innocents killed by actions Obama has commanded, it further highlights the ruthlessness of remote control death and destruction, as well as the personalities of those in power.

The fact remains that even the warmongering Brookings Institution has concluded that there are 10 civilians killed to every 1 "militant" in Pakistan alone. Obama denies this, and a range of other documented evidence, when he states that only "precision strikes against al Qaeda and their affiliates" are undertaken.

A new form of activist art is taking shape to ensure that human beings should be recognized as more than just "collateral damage" in a war that the vast majority of global citizens have no interest in continuing. This art form aims to literally get right in the face of those who pull the trigger.

  MORE

The risk of reporting US drone strikes

From:  Al Jazeera

COMMENT - Why do they persist in hitting wedding parties?   Perhaps Dan O'Dowd can tell us.  

Hyder Iftikhar Abbasi Last updated: 12 Feb 2014 14:17

Yemen researcher says he received a death threat after investigating deadly wedding-convoy attack.

A photo of alleged victims killed in a December 12, 2013 drone strike in central Yemen [Reprieve]

The disturbing phone call came after Baraa Shiban investigated a drone strike on a wedding party that killed 12 people in central Yemen in December. A clear message was delivered to the human rights researcher over the phone after a major news network reported the story based on his research.  "The caller refused to identify himself and threatened my life if I continued my investigation of the strike," Shiban told Al Jazeera, noting he conducted similar studies of US drone operations in the past, but had never before received death threats.  Shiban works for the UK-based human rights group Reprieve and interviewed survivors two days after the attack. His investigation ascertained that 12 people were killed after four missiles were fired at the convoy. There were also 14 victims with severe wounds; some lost limbs, others their eyes.     Along with the eyewitness testimony, Shiban gained access to video and still images of the alleged victims of the drone strike. Photos of the aftermath of drone attacks - whether in the tribal regions of Pakistan, or in the deserts of Yemen - are rarely captured. Most occur in obscure regions with hostile terrain, making access difficult for journalists and activists.  MORE

Indiana House Committee Approves Anti-Drone Bill By A 6-1 Vote

From:  The Liberty Crier 

COMMENT - Despite the many protestations of those who profit the use of drones against Americans is still on the Federal agenda.  Tenth Amendment action is growing. 

ARTICLE 

Today, an Indiana state house committee gave preliminary approval to a bill which would severely restrict the use of drones within the state.

Introduced by Rep. Eric Allan Koch (R-65), House Bill 1009 (HB1009) “Prohibits the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and tracking devices to conduct warrantless searches,” with very limited exceptions.

HB1009 was referred to the State House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code where a hearing was held this morning. After a short discussion, the bill passed by a vote of 6-1. Voting yes were committee chair, Rep. Jud McMillin (R-68), along with Reps. Pierce, McNamara, Harman, Mahan and Rhoads. The lone no vote was cast by Rep. DeLaney (D-86).

 The legislation does include some narrow exceptions to the warrant requirement to allay the fears of law enforcement officials who did not want to be hamstrung in emergency situations when a drone’s use might spell life or death.

Indiana House Committee Approves Anti-Drone Bill By A 6-1 Vote [continued]