Air Force's new Gorgon Drone "can see everything"

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Awesome.


With Air Force's Gorgon Drone 'we can see everything'
By Ellen Nakashima and Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, January 2, 2011; 12:09 AM

This winter, the Air Force is set to deploy to Afghanistan what it says is a revolutionary airborne surveillance system called Gorgon Stare, which will be able to transmit live video images of physical movement across an entire town.

With Air Force's Gorgon Drone 'we can see everything'
 
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The military purchases the technology. But the technology is developed by "scientists".
 
Awesome.


With Air Force's Gorgon Drone 'we can see everything'
By Ellen Nakashima and Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, January 2, 2011; 12:09 AM

This winter, the Air Force is set to deploy to Afghanistan what it says is a revolutionary airborne surveillance system called Gorgon Stare, which will be able to transmit live video images of physical movement across an entire town.

With Air Force's Gorgon Drone 'we can see everything'

In related news, the US announced that its' "Daisy Cutter" bombs were sure to kill Osama Bin Laden
 
The military purchases the technology. But the technology is developed by "scientists".
The development of Gorgon Stare began about 18 months ago. It is based on the work of Air Force scientists who came up with the idea of stitching together views from multiple cameras shooting two frames per second at half-meter resolution.
:eusa_whistle:
 
The military purchases the technology. But the technology is developed by "scientists".
The development of Gorgon Stare began about 18 months ago. It is based on the work of Air Force scientists who came up with the idea of stitching together views from multiple cameras shooting two frames per second at half-meter resolution.
:eusa_whistle:

Proof that the govt can perform better than the private sector when it comes to developing new tech
 
what replaces now the combat jets, will come soon as well by the troops

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww[/ame]

it isn´t that hard to imagine to put a rocket blaster and a m-16 on it.
 
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The military purchases the technology. But the technology is developed by "scientists".
The development of Gorgon Stare began about 18 months ago. It is based on the work of Air Force scientists who came up with the idea of stitching together views from multiple cameras shooting two frames per second at half-meter resolution.
:eusa_whistle:

Proof that the govt can perform better than the private sector when it comes to developing new tech

CAN? Sure, but rarely ever does.
 
The military purchases the technology. But the technology is developed by "scientists".
The development of Gorgon Stare began about 18 months ago. It is based on the work of Air Force scientists who came up with the idea of stitching together views from multiple cameras shooting two frames per second at half-meter resolution.
:eusa_whistle:

Proof that the govt can perform better than the private sector when it comes to developing new tech
yes, you can ignore the fact rdean was talking out of his ass again
 
Proof that the govt can perform better than the private sector when it comes to developing new tech

CAN? Sure, but rarely ever does.

says the wingnut, on the internet (developed and funded by the govt), which he connected to through either a phone, cable, or satellite link (all financed to some extent by the govt).

"Some extent":lol:

I'd love to have the debate over who's pioneered better tech. over the last century dumbass. You can make your home on my pwned belt too.
 
CAN? Sure, but rarely ever does.

says the wingnut, on the internet (developed and funded by the govt), which he connected to through either a phone, cable, or satellite link (all financed to some extent by the govt).

"Some extent":lol:

I'd love to have the debate over who's pioneered better tech. over the last century dumbass. You can make your home on my pwned belt too.

I see we have another wingnut who likes to brag about pwning instead of actually pwning.

Put up or shut up
 
says the wingnut, on the internet (developed and funded by the govt), which he connected to through either a phone, cable, or satellite link (all financed to some extent by the govt).

"Some extent":lol:

I'd love to have the debate over who's pioneered better tech. over the last century dumbass. You can make your home on my pwned belt too.

I see we have another wingnut who likes to brag about pwning instead of actually pwning.

Put up or shut up

Looks like we have another lefty "calling the kettle black" wacko who wants to further display why freak shows like him are 20% of the population TOPS.:lol::cuckoo:

Let's start with recent:

New page in history books
Despite the white-knuckle moments, Melvill, Rutan and the rest of the Scaled Composites team wrote a new page in the aviation history books — marking an era in private suborbital spaceflight that some hope will open the final frontier to regular tourists.

"It may take many decades," said California millionaire Dennis Tito, who became the first paying space passenger in 2001 when he took an orbital flight on a Russian spacecraft to the international space station. "It may take 50 to 100 years. But it's going to lead to a new industry."
Private rocket ship breaks space barrier - Technology & science - Space - New Space Race - msnbc.com

NASA is sadly HOW UNDERFUNDED, UNDER PERFORMING, AND LACKING AGAIN?

Then we have, oh yea, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
MAN LEARNED HOW TO FLY, AND 1ST FLEW IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WAKE UP.

Seriously, I just destroyed you with 2 of the most important, profound, awesome accomplishments of human kind, both either pioneered, or vastly improved upon and reborn by the private sector.


Then we have this little gem:
According to the Office of Personnel Management’s 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which was released July 12, the widest gaps are in workers' perceptions about receiving information from managers about the organization, training and being encouraged to work more efficiently.

Just 51 percent of government employees say they are content with the feedback they receive from their superiors, the report states. That's 14 percent below the private-sector response.

The survey compares the “strongly agree” and “agree” answers of 14 questions in separate polling.

Sixty-six percent of private-sector employees said they were satisfied with the training they had received for their current position compared with 56 percent of government employees.
Want to advance, feds? Try the private sector. -- Washington Technology

We also have THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, FROM MOVIES, TV, VIDEO GAMES, ETC.


I don't see any government involvement there, except for propaganda vids you clearly watch.:lol:

Another gem:
Mexico Turns to U.S. Private Sector for Drug-Busting Technology
Why wait for U.S. government money? Mexico shops on its own to improve its army and police forces, and finds that American companies deliver faster than Uncle Sam.

As Mexico struggles to wrench control from drug cartels, New Jersey–based defense company Dynamic Defense Materials (DDM) may be giving police an advantage while they battle for the nation's roads: snap-together ballistic barriers that can be set up in minutes. The armored system protects against machine gun and rifle fire, as well as fragments from mortars, grenades and rockets. Roadblocks serve as a way to choke contraband and limit the mobility of drug lord soldiers, but also become targets for cartel members seeking to intimidate soldiers with random attacks. Small numbers of the portable forts, called McCurdy's Armor after a fallen U.S. Marine killed by a sniper, have been deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Colombia.

Mexico Turns to U.S. Private Sector for Drug-Busting Technology - Popular Mechanics


Oh yea...this will be my final nail in your coffin-THE ENTIRE STATE OF GEORGIA TURNING TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR TECH. SALVATION. It's EVEN WRITTEN BY A STATE EMPLOYEE

Private-sector help needed to fix state's tech problems

Patrick Moore, State CIO & GTA Executive Director

Patrick Moore

Imagine yourself as the CEO of a 24/7/365 operation with a $20 billion annual budget and nine million customers. Now imagine your primary data center goes down and your backup power systems fail. All your major business applications, website, online services and Internet access – down for 16 hours as the remnants of a hurricane sweep through the area.

Picture an IT environment so outdated and fragile that critical systems go down because of rats gnawing on electrical cables and broken air conditioners causing server rooms to overheat to 115 degrees. Imagine a single point-of-failure that leads to data center shut downs for seven critical business centers.

Now, stop imagining. This scenario is not a “what if”; it is real. The CEO is Governor Sonny Perdue, the operation is the state of Georgia, and we have been charged with fixing it.

We could give you more examples, but the bottom line is this: Technology is critical to the operation of state government and the delivery of services to Georgians, and an IT infrastructure that is aging, fragmented and lacking in enterprise-wide standards poses an unacceptable risk.

Why are we turning to the private sector instead of fixing it ourselves?

Simply put, we can’t fix it ourselves. The fix will require a partnership that leverages both public and private sector capabilities and expertise. A 2007 assessment of IT operations in 13 of the state’s largest agencies came to this conclusion: “The capabilities within the state to fix the problem have deteriorated to such an extent that only an enterprise-wide initiative that draws services and skills from the market has the opportunity to make timely repairs.”

Equally as important, technology changes far too rapidly for government to keep up without help from the private sector.

What’s our solution?

It was clear that we needed to turn to the private sector to help us manage our technology. Thirty-one companies submitted initial responses to bid on the work. Thanks to extensive due diligence of our IT needs performed during our 2007 assessment, we are a well-informed customer. After one of the most competitive and transparent procurements in the state’s history, the Georgia Technology Authority signed a contract with IBM to provide IT Infrastructure Services beginning April 1, 2009. The contract is valued at $873 million over eight years and covers mainframes, servers, printing, service desks, end user computing and disaster recovery. Dell and Xerox will be subcontractors.

georgia.gov - Private-sector help needed to fix state's tech problems
 
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"Some extent":lol:

I'd love to have the debate over who's pioneered better tech. over the last century dumbass. You can make your home on my pwned belt too.

I see we have another wingnut who likes to brag about pwning instead of actually pwning.

Put up or shut up

Looks like we have another lefty "calling the kettle black" wacko who wants to further display why freak shows like him are 20% of the population TOPS.:lol::cuckoo:

Let's start with recent:

New page in history books
Despite the white-knuckle moments, Melvill, Rutan and the rest of the Scaled Composites team wrote a new page in the aviation history books — marking an era in private suborbital spaceflight that some hope will open the final frontier to regular tourists.

"It may take many decades," said California millionaire Dennis Tito, who became the first paying space passenger in 2001 when he took an orbital flight on a Russian spacecraft to the international space station. "It may take 50 to 100 years. But it's going to lead to a new industry."
Private rocket ship breaks space barrier - Technology & science - Space - New Space Race - msnbc.com

NASA is sadly HOW UNDERFUNDED, UNDER PERFORMING, AND LACKING AGAIN?

Then we have, oh yea, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
MAN LEARNED HOW TO FLY, AND 1ST FLEW IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WAKE UP.

Seriously, I just destroyed you with 2 of the most important, profound, awesome accomplishments of human kind, both either pioneered, or vastly improved upon and reborn by the private sector.


Then we have this little gem:
According to the Office of Personnel Management’s 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which was released July 12, the widest gaps are in workers' perceptions about receiving information from managers about the organization, training and being encouraged to work more efficiently.

Just 51 percent of government employees say they are content with the feedback they receive from their superiors, the report states. That's 14 percent below the private-sector response.

The survey compares the “strongly agree” and “agree” answers of 14 questions in separate polling.

Sixty-six percent of private-sector employees said they were satisfied with the training they had received for their current position compared with 56 percent of government employees.
Want to advance, feds? Try the private sector. -- Washington Technology

We also have THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, FROM MOVIES, TV, VIDEO GAMES, ETC.


I don't see any government involvement there, except for propaganda vids you clearly watch.:lol:

Another gem:
Mexico Turns to U.S. Private Sector for Drug-Busting Technology
Why wait for U.S. government money? Mexico shops on its own to improve its army and police forces, and finds that American companies deliver faster than Uncle Sam.

As Mexico struggles to wrench control from drug cartels, New Jersey–based defense company Dynamic Defense Materials (DDM) may be giving police an advantage while they battle for the nation's roads: snap-together ballistic barriers that can be set up in minutes. The armored system protects against machine gun and rifle fire, as well as fragments from mortars, grenades and rockets. Roadblocks serve as a way to choke contraband and limit the mobility of drug lord soldiers, but also become targets for cartel members seeking to intimidate soldiers with random attacks. Small numbers of the portable forts, called McCurdy's Armor after a fallen U.S. Marine killed by a sniper, have been deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Colombia.

Mexico Turns to U.S. Private Sector for Drug-Busting Technology - Popular Mechanics


Oh yea...this will be my final nail in your coffin-THE ENTIRE STATE OF GEORGIA TURNING TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR TECH. SALVATION. It's EVEN WRITTEN BY A STATE EMPLOYEE

Private-sector help needed to fix state's tech problems

Patrick Moore, State CIO & GTA Executive Director

Patrick Moore

Imagine yourself as the CEO of a 24/7/365 operation with a $20 billion annual budget and nine million customers. Now imagine your primary data center goes down and your backup power systems fail. All your major business applications, website, online services and Internet access – down for 16 hours as the remnants of a hurricane sweep through the area.

Picture an IT environment so outdated and fragile that critical systems go down because of rats gnawing on electrical cables and broken air conditioners causing server rooms to overheat to 115 degrees. Imagine a single point-of-failure that leads to data center shut downs for seven critical business centers.

Now, stop imagining. This scenario is not a “what if”; it is real. The CEO is Governor Sonny Perdue, the operation is the state of Georgia, and we have been charged with fixing it.

We could give you more examples, but the bottom line is this: Technology is critical to the operation of state government and the delivery of services to Georgians, and an IT infrastructure that is aging, fragmented and lacking in enterprise-wide standards poses an unacceptable risk.

Why are we turning to the private sector instead of fixing it ourselves?

Simply put, we can’t fix it ourselves. The fix will require a partnership that leverages both public and private sector capabilities and expertise. A 2007 assessment of IT operations in 13 of the state’s largest agencies came to this conclusion: “The capabilities within the state to fix the problem have deteriorated to such an extent that only an enterprise-wide initiative that draws services and skills from the market has the opportunity to make timely repairs.”

Equally as important, technology changes far too rapidly for government to keep up without help from the private sector.

What’s our solution?

It was clear that we needed to turn to the private sector to help us manage our technology. Thirty-one companies submitted initial responses to bid on the work. Thanks to extensive due diligence of our IT needs performed during our 2007 assessment, we are a well-informed customer. After one of the most competitive and transparent procurements in the state’s history, the Georgia Technology Authority signed a contract with IBM to provide IT Infrastructure Services beginning April 1, 2009. The contract is valued at $873 million over eight years and covers mainframes, servers, printing, service desks, end user computing and disaster recovery. Dell and Xerox will be subcontractors.

georgia.gov - Private-sector help needed to fix state's tech problems

I stopped reading when you claimed that sending a civilian into space was an example of the private sector beating the govt in developing technology and that aviation was the greatest technological achievement ever:lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
I see we have another wingnut who likes to brag about pwning instead of actually pwning.

Put up or shut up

Looks like we have another lefty "calling the kettle black" wacko who wants to further display why freak shows like him are 20% of the population TOPS.:lol::cuckoo:

Let's start with recent:

New page in history books
Despite the white-knuckle moments, Melvill, Rutan and the rest of the Scaled Composites team wrote a new page in the aviation history books — marking an era in private suborbital spaceflight that some hope will open the final frontier to regular tourists.

"It may take many decades," said California millionaire Dennis Tito, who became the first paying space passenger in 2001 when he took an orbital flight on a Russian spacecraft to the international space station. "It may take 50 to 100 years. But it's going to lead to a new industry."
Private rocket ship breaks space barrier - Technology & science - Space - New Space Race - msnbc.com

NASA is sadly HOW UNDERFUNDED, UNDER PERFORMING, AND LACKING AGAIN?

Then we have, oh yea, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
MAN LEARNED HOW TO FLY, AND 1ST FLEW IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WAKE UP.

Seriously, I just destroyed you with 2 of the most important, profound, awesome accomplishments of human kind, both either pioneered, or vastly improved upon and reborn by the private sector.


Then we have this little gem:
According to the Office of Personnel Management’s 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which was released July 12, the widest gaps are in workers' perceptions about receiving information from managers about the organization, training and being encouraged to work more efficiently.

Just 51 percent of government employees say they are content with the feedback they receive from their superiors, the report states. That's 14 percent below the private-sector response.

The survey compares the “strongly agree” and “agree” answers of 14 questions in separate polling.

Sixty-six percent of private-sector employees said they were satisfied with the training they had received for their current position compared with 56 percent of government employees.
Want to advance, feds? Try the private sector. -- Washington Technology

We also have THE ENTIRE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, FROM MOVIES, TV, VIDEO GAMES, ETC.


I don't see any government involvement there, except for propaganda vids you clearly watch.:lol:

Another gem:
Mexico Turns to U.S. Private Sector for Drug-Busting Technology
Why wait for U.S. government money? Mexico shops on its own to improve its army and police forces, and finds that American companies deliver faster than Uncle Sam.

As Mexico struggles to wrench control from drug cartels, New Jersey–based defense company Dynamic Defense Materials (DDM) may be giving police an advantage while they battle for the nation's roads: snap-together ballistic barriers that can be set up in minutes. The armored system protects against machine gun and rifle fire, as well as fragments from mortars, grenades and rockets. Roadblocks serve as a way to choke contraband and limit the mobility of drug lord soldiers, but also become targets for cartel members seeking to intimidate soldiers with random attacks. Small numbers of the portable forts, called McCurdy's Armor after a fallen U.S. Marine killed by a sniper, have been deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Colombia.

Mexico Turns to U.S. Private Sector for Drug-Busting Technology - Popular Mechanics


Oh yea...this will be my final nail in your coffin-THE ENTIRE STATE OF GEORGIA TURNING TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR TECH. SALVATION. It's EVEN WRITTEN BY A STATE EMPLOYEE

Private-sector help needed to fix state's tech problems

Patrick Moore, State CIO & GTA Executive Director

Patrick Moore

Imagine yourself as the CEO of a 24/7/365 operation with a $20 billion annual budget and nine million customers. Now imagine your primary data center goes down and your backup power systems fail. All your major business applications, website, online services and Internet access – down for 16 hours as the remnants of a hurricane sweep through the area.

Picture an IT environment so outdated and fragile that critical systems go down because of rats gnawing on electrical cables and broken air conditioners causing server rooms to overheat to 115 degrees. Imagine a single point-of-failure that leads to data center shut downs for seven critical business centers.

Now, stop imagining. This scenario is not a “what if”; it is real. The CEO is Governor Sonny Perdue, the operation is the state of Georgia, and we have been charged with fixing it.

We could give you more examples, but the bottom line is this: Technology is critical to the operation of state government and the delivery of services to Georgians, and an IT infrastructure that is aging, fragmented and lacking in enterprise-wide standards poses an unacceptable risk.

Why are we turning to the private sector instead of fixing it ourselves?

Simply put, we can’t fix it ourselves. The fix will require a partnership that leverages both public and private sector capabilities and expertise. A 2007 assessment of IT operations in 13 of the state’s largest agencies came to this conclusion: “The capabilities within the state to fix the problem have deteriorated to such an extent that only an enterprise-wide initiative that draws services and skills from the market has the opportunity to make timely repairs.”

Equally as important, technology changes far too rapidly for government to keep up without help from the private sector.

What’s our solution?

It was clear that we needed to turn to the private sector to help us manage our technology. Thirty-one companies submitted initial responses to bid on the work. Thanks to extensive due diligence of our IT needs performed during our 2007 assessment, we are a well-informed customer. After one of the most competitive and transparent procurements in the state’s history, the Georgia Technology Authority signed a contract with IBM to provide IT Infrastructure Services beginning April 1, 2009. The contract is valued at $873 million over eight years and covers mainframes, servers, printing, service desks, end user computing and disaster recovery. Dell and Xerox will be subcontractors.

georgia.gov - Private-sector help needed to fix state's tech problems

I stopped reading when you claimed that sending a civilian into space was an example of the private sector beating the govt in developing technology and that aviation was the greatest technological achievement ever:lol::lol::lol::lol:

^^^^^^^^
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Keep running from my points, as you obviously can't refute them sheep.:lol:
 
The wingnut really does think that aviation is the greatest invention ever!! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Even funnier, he doesn't know that aviation was generously funded by our government
 

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