ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED REREIN TS UNCLASSIFIED OTD) (FBI) ee bic joo) (FB!) TRUSTEY AUGUST 182011 12:35 PM Geren (Fei) RaITUAV Services and DHS-CBP-MQ-9 Predator Services Available —- UNCLASSIFIED Classification: UNCLASSIFIED here is the EC and a short description of whatt the Field Offices are-required to have before we submita 6 ‘COA request to the FAA. You can forward this email and the attachment to anyone in the FBI that need the oe formation, From| (OT) (FBI) b6 Sent: Thursday 11 7:40 AM. bre To: Fen] (eso Liren;l BIE =n (FB); Tira ces (ny CeO TD) FBI) ‘Subject: FBI Small UAV Services and DHS-CBP-MQ-9 Predator Services Available ~~ UNCLASSIFIED Classification: UNCLASSIFIED ECSOP.wpd Hybrid Squad ssA’s, We Operational Technology Division (OTD) and Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG)are offering our services in support of| for the Hybrid Squads and across all Field Offices. bTE OTD’s Video Surveillance Group (VSU), the Tech guys who give you Jand cool gadgets and CIRG's Field Flight Operations (FFO) the guys who fi have been working jointly fo Jn an effort to create an operational Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)Program. The time'is now here and we are offering these services. We have available several small Unmanned Aerial Systems available for deployment. a Our team is composed of two certified Vehicle Operators (VO) which are also certified pilots bre from CIRG) and 4 Mission Operators (MO) who are ETs from OTD. In order to legally fly and operate the UASs, we need to submit what is known as a Certificate of Waiver and.Authority (COA) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Once the authority is granted (usually 2-3 months) we can deploy the tear BIE CREW-4975 ©We currently have several approved COAs and have applied for a county wide COA inf] bIE Allwe need from your Squads are the GPS coordinates for the target area(s) and we (OTD and CIRG)will review these for any National Airspace conflicts. If approved we will them submit these coordinates on the COA to the FAA via our new ‘and streamlined online COA process. (Once approved by the FAA, we will require certain administrative assistance and approvals from your office management (see attached EC). We have successfully operated the small UASs in| |And are planning more deployments. b7E Please take a moment to read the attached EC for requirements once a COA is approved. fF you are interested in these services please contact me or fiave your case agent contact di with the process. ctly and | can assist you Regarding the DHS-CBP Predator, | returned from their training several weeks ago. While at the training we were able to. b7E utilize th ased MQ-9 Predator for a ‘These services are also available and we are coordinating these between OTD and Aviation Surveillance Branch] Once a determination is made that Predator Services are feasible, we will contact| Remember, Predator is on a case by case basis and not a blanket offer. Any Questions please feel free to contact your Technical Advisor, your Aviation Coordinator or me directly. Thank You ssal bs Program Manager Be OTD-VSU FBI Academy Quantico, VA Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Classification: UNCLASSIFIED CREW-4976,