35,000,000 idea...but is it practical?

[Southern_Lenders]

A Private Aerial -Surveillance based business that contracts with large companies, and the US Govt

to undertake spy missions on people of interest from a high altitude, and assist local and federal

authorities in hostile situations (International Drug sting ops, etc..) I would need a few RQ-4 Global

Hawks at 34 million a pop, made by Northrop Grumman, some pilots, a contract with the local city

airport to house the planes, and some scissors to cut through the red tape. As far as I know, there is

no private company that does this, and givin the rise of drug violence in Mexico and the border states,

this would be a big help to the govt of the US and Mexico. The planes have a range of 8.2 thousand

miles and would be able to assist anywhere in the US easily.

[Encrypted]

First off, this is not very practical for an individual starting a new company. If anyone were to do this, I would expect it to be a large profitable corporation that's looking to expand their business. Next, you're better off investing in UAV's and attaching expensive high-res camera's to them. There's no point in hiring a pilot to fly around for long periods of time when you can throw a UAV up in the air and not have to worry about the pilot becoming tired or something.

[akula]

umm..so do you have military/intelligence experience?

A Private Aerial -Surveillance based business that contracts with large companies, and the US Govt

to undertake spy missions on people of interest from a high altitude, and assist local and federal

authorities in hostile situations (International Drug sting ops, etc..) I would need a few RQ-4 Global

Hawks at 34 million a pop, made by Northrop Grumman, some pilots, a contract with the local city

airport to house the planes, and some scissors to cut through the red tape. As far as I know, there is

no private company that does this, and givin the rise of drug violence in Mexico and the border states,

this would be a big help to the govt of the US and Mexico. The planes have a range of 8.2 thousand

miles and would be able to assist anywhere in the US easily.

[Stefanhunter]

I think that this is a great idea and you have clearly done your research on the military! I think that instead of trying to develop this idea yourself, you should write up a summary of the idea, with great detail. And then you should try and speak to someone who may be able to develop your idea!

[rogercbryan]

I don't get it... I'm prior military and it seems like you want to start a business around outdated technology. I would wager to say the use of a UAV or satellite may have relative upfront costs but lower operational costs. I know there is a huge move to privatize the police and military in the US but I can't see (and maybe I'm naive here) the US Government allowing a contractor the opportunity to violate international or country wide airspaces. Wars have been started because of things like this.

It is an interesting concept and on a very large scale (we don't see much of that in here). If I was to judge this based solely on the info you provided above I would say you are on the wrong track... but that doesn't mean much... interesting topic none the less.

[Mega B]

If you can get this project off the ground i guess the skies the limit

[/LFG]

Uhh.. You should call the government and tell him predator drones would be a lot cheaper than flying 6 apaches around the city all day.

Each one of them has TWO people to pay!