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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 1 November 2013 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | Global |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drones; unmanned aerial vehicles; UAVs; Phantom; Phantom 2 Vision |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | BBC News |
| Title | Can drones appeal to the masses? |
| Dateline | New York (Kim Gittleson) |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24762835 |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2013-11-01|bbc|dji-phantom-2-washington-square |
| Source grade | B1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — B1]** Kim Gittleson flew DJI’s Phantom 2 Vision with CIO Colin Guinn in Washington Square Park. The white textbook-sized quadcopter has four detachable props and a hanging camera; range up to 1,000 feet via a wireless router; ~25-minute battery. U.S. hobbyist rules: under 400 feet, under 55 lb. Retail: B&H, $1,199. Teal Group: worldwide commercial drone market could top $89bn in 10 years. Chris Anderson (3D Robotics, ex-Wired) said the firm had doubled sales yearly since 2009 and recently raised $30m; new Iris about $800. ACLU’s Jay Stanley said public-place photography rights would extend to drones and peeping-Tom laws would cover window-spying. Guinn said the big worry was FAA commercial ban; FAA planned 2015 rules and estimated 10,000 new drones in the first years after the ban lifts. Hobbyist firms DJI, Parrot and 3D Robotics were growing fastest ahead of Christmas.

**Kinematic object.** DJI Phantom 2 Vision; 3D Robotics Iris (~$800); Parrot (named as a peer hobbyist firm)

**Coverage frame.** consumer / regulatory

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original
- Wire reprint status: BBC original New York report with on-record Guinn, Anderson, Stanley.
- What was excluded

- Date 1 November 2013 is the date the 30 December 2013 BBC test-sites page attaches to this title.
- Deduped from the same-day Verge product story (different outlet, park-demo vs spec sheet).

## LRRK relevance

Lab / Control Fabric. Consumer Phantom in public space against the FAA commercial ban.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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