31 October 2018 .
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 “border,” which in reality constitutes a 100-mile-wide swath that encircles the continental United States and 2/3 of its population .
According to a new report from Defence One, 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 Black hawk helicopter drones that could be ready by 2019, DARPA and aircraft developers want permission to fly over large cities as needed. Utilising a new artificial intelligence system that is literally called MATRIX, developers see an opportunity for more flexibility in potential use. Of course, surveillance isn’t mentioned among those uses .
https://www.activistpost.com/2018/10/darpa-seeks-faa-approval-for-military-drones-over-american-cities-by-2030-at-the-latest.html .