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[td]==Engineering career==[/td] [td]In 1979, <ref>{{cite web |title=Karem, Abraham βAbeβ |url=https://goefoundation.org/eagles/karem-abraham-abe/ |publisher=Gathering of Eagles Foundation |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>Karem founded Leading Systems Inc. in his home garage in California with engineer Jack Hertenstein, whom he had previously worked with at U.S. Aerospace company Developmental Sciences, and Jim Machin, a pre-med student whom Karem had met at a modeling meet.<ref name="smithsonian" /> The trio then manufactured their first drone, the Albatross, which weighed 200 pounds and carried a television camera in its nose.<ref name="smithsonian">{{cite web |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=The Man Who Invented the Predator |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025072...ne/the-man-who-invented-the-predator-3970502/ |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Magazing |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref> The Albatross gained [[DARPA]] funding for flight tests, and its exceptional performance led Leading Systems to collaborate further with DARPA to collaborate further on a more sophisticated variant of the Albatross, called [[LSI Amber|Amber]].<ref name="economist">{{cite news|title=The dronefather|url=https://www.economist.com/news/tech...-transformed-way-modern-warfare|newspaper=The Economist|publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited|date=December 1, 2012|accessdate=June 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="smithsonian"/>. Both the Albatross and Amber were radio controlled and could be launched either like conventional aircraft, with retractable tricycle landing gear, or by canister like a rocket<ref name="smithsonian"/>.[/td]
[td]In 1979<ref>{{cite web |title=Karem, Abraham βAbeβ |url=https://goefoundation.org/eagles/karem-abraham-abe/ |publisher=Gathering of Eagles Foundation |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>, Karem founded Leading Systems Inc. in his home garage in California with engineer Jack Hertenstein, whom he had previously worked with at U.S. Aerospace company Developmental Sciences, and Jim Machin, a pre-med student whom Karem had met at a modeling meet.<ref name="smithsonian" /> The trio then manufactured their first drone, the Albatross, which weighed 200 pounds and carried a television camera in its nose.<ref name="smithsonian">{{cite web |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=The Man Who Invented the Predator |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025072...ne/the-man-who-invented-the-predator-3970502/ |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Magazing |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref> The Albatross gained [[DARPA]] funding for flight tests, and its exceptional performance led Leading Systems to collaborate further with DARPA to collaborate further on a more sophisticated variant of the Albatross, called [[LSI Amber|Amber]].<ref name="economist">{{cite news|title=The dronefather|url=https://www.economist.com/news/tech...-transformed-way-modern-warfare|newspaper=The Economist|publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited|date=December 1, 2012|accessdate=June 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="smithsonian"/>. Both the Albatross and Amber were radio controlled and could be launched either like conventional aircraft, with retractable tricycle landing gear, or by canister like a rocket<ref name="smithsonian"/>.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Karem expected to build large numbers of the Amber for the U.S. military<ref name="smithsonian"/>. However, both the Army and the Navy rejected the aircraft, and around the same time, the project was transferred from DARPA to a different office, which "promptly cancelled it"<ref name="smithsonian"/>. In 1990, the US defense contractor [[General Atomics]] bought the assets of Leading Systems out of bankruptcy, and hired Karem and either members of his team<ref name="smithsonian"/>. General Atomics had been working in parallel, and making little success, on their own UAV, which they dubbed "the poor man's cruise missile"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=Predator: the Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution |publisher=Picador |isbn=978-1250074799 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Secret-Origins-Drone-Revolution/dp/B01LTHXKC2 |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>. Together, they built the [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator]], which entered service in 1995 and was retired in 2018.<ref>Steve Coll, ''Ghost Wars'' (Penguin, 2005 edition), pp. 527-8 and 658 note 5.</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=Connor |first1=Roger |title=The Predator, a Drone that Transformed Military Combat |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/predator-drone-transformed-military-combat |website=National Air and Space Museum |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Karem expected to build large numbers of the Amber for the U.S. military<ref name="smithsonian"/>. However, both the Army and the Navy rejected the aircraft, and around the same time, the project was transferred from DARPA to a different office, which "promptly cancelled it"<ref name="smithsonian"/>. In 1990, the US defense contractor [[General Atomics]] bought the assets of Leading Systems out of bankruptcy, and hired Karem and either members of his team<ref name="smithsonian"/>. General Atomics had been working in parallel, and making little success, on their own UAV, which they dubbed "the poor man's cruise missile"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=Predator: the Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution |publisher=Picador |isbn=978-1250074799 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Secret-Origins-Drone-Revolution/dp/B01LTHXKC2 |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>. Together, they built the [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator]], which entered service in 1995 and was retired in 2018.<ref>Steve Coll, ''Ghost Wars'' (Penguin, 2005 edition), pp. 527-8 and 658 note 5.</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=Connor |first1=Roger |title=The Predator, a Drone that Transformed Military Combat |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/predator-drone-transformed-military-combat |website=National Air and Space Museum |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]==Engineering career==[/td] [td]In 1979, <ref>{{cite web |title=Karem, Abraham βAbeβ |url=https://goefoundation.org/eagles/karem-abraham-abe/ |publisher=Gathering of Eagles Foundation |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>Karem founded Leading Systems Inc. in his home garage in California with engineer Jack Hertenstein, whom he had previously worked with at U.S. Aerospace company Developmental Sciences, and Jim Machin, a pre-med student whom Karem had met at a modeling meet.<ref name="smithsonian" /> The trio then manufactured their first drone, the Albatross, which weighed 200 pounds and carried a television camera in its nose.<ref name="smithsonian">{{cite web |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=The Man Who Invented the Predator |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025072...ne/the-man-who-invented-the-predator-3970502/ |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Magazing |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref> The Albatross gained [[DARPA]] funding for flight tests, and its exceptional performance led Leading Systems to collaborate further with DARPA to collaborate further on a more sophisticated variant of the Albatross, called [[LSI Amber|Amber]].<ref name="economist">{{cite news|title=The dronefather|url=https://www.economist.com/news/tech...-transformed-way-modern-warfare|newspaper=The Economist|publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited|date=December 1, 2012|accessdate=June 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="smithsonian"/>. Both the Albatross and Amber were radio controlled and could be launched either like conventional aircraft, with retractable tricycle landing gear, or by canister like a rocket<ref name="smithsonian"/>.[/td]
[td]In 1979<ref>{{cite web |title=Karem, Abraham βAbeβ |url=https://goefoundation.org/eagles/karem-abraham-abe/ |publisher=Gathering of Eagles Foundation |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>, Karem founded Leading Systems Inc. in his home garage in California with engineer Jack Hertenstein, whom he had previously worked with at U.S. Aerospace company Developmental Sciences, and Jim Machin, a pre-med student whom Karem had met at a modeling meet.<ref name="smithsonian" /> The trio then manufactured their first drone, the Albatross, which weighed 200 pounds and carried a television camera in its nose.<ref name="smithsonian">{{cite web |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=The Man Who Invented the Predator |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2025072...ne/the-man-who-invented-the-predator-3970502/ |website=Smithsonian Air and Space Magazing |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=3 September 2025}}</ref> The Albatross gained [[DARPA]] funding for flight tests, and its exceptional performance led Leading Systems to collaborate further with DARPA to collaborate further on a more sophisticated variant of the Albatross, called [[LSI Amber|Amber]].<ref name="economist">{{cite news|title=The dronefather|url=https://www.economist.com/news/tech...-transformed-way-modern-warfare|newspaper=The Economist|publisher=The Economist Newspaper Limited|date=December 1, 2012|accessdate=June 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="smithsonian"/>. Both the Albatross and Amber were radio controlled and could be launched either like conventional aircraft, with retractable tricycle landing gear, or by canister like a rocket<ref name="smithsonian"/>.[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Karem expected to build large numbers of the Amber for the U.S. military<ref name="smithsonian"/>. However, both the Army and the Navy rejected the aircraft, and around the same time, the project was transferred from DARPA to a different office, which "promptly cancelled it"<ref name="smithsonian"/>. In 1990, the US defense contractor [[General Atomics]] bought the assets of Leading Systems out of bankruptcy, and hired Karem and either members of his team<ref name="smithsonian"/>. General Atomics had been working in parallel, and making little success, on their own UAV, which they dubbed "the poor man's cruise missile"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=Predator: the Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution |publisher=Picador |isbn=978-1250074799 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Secret-Origins-Drone-Revolution/dp/B01LTHXKC2 |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>. Together, they built the [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator]], which entered service in 1995 and was retired in 2018.<ref>Steve Coll, ''Ghost Wars'' (Penguin, 2005 edition), pp. 527-8 and 658 note 5.</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=Connor |first1=Roger |title=The Predator, a Drone that Transformed Military Combat |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/predator-drone-transformed-military-combat |website=National Air and Space Museum |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Karem expected to build large numbers of the Amber for the U.S. military<ref name="smithsonian"/>. However, both the Army and the Navy rejected the aircraft, and around the same time, the project was transferred from DARPA to a different office, which "promptly cancelled it"<ref name="smithsonian"/>. In 1990, the US defense contractor [[General Atomics]] bought the assets of Leading Systems out of bankruptcy, and hired Karem and either members of his team<ref name="smithsonian"/>. General Atomics had been working in parallel, and making little success, on their own UAV, which they dubbed "the poor man's cruise missile"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whittle |first1=Richard |title=Predator: the Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution |publisher=Picador |isbn=978-1250074799 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Predator-Secret-Origins-Drone-Revolution/dp/B01LTHXKC2 |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>. Together, they built the [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator]], which entered service in 1995 and was retired in 2018.<ref>Steve Coll, ''Ghost Wars'' (Penguin, 2005 edition), pp. 527-8 and 658 note 5.</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=Connor |first1=Roger |title=The Predator, a Drone that Transformed Military Combat |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/predator-drone-transformed-military-combat |website=National Air and Space Museum |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>[/td]
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