Richard Banduric
Richard Banduric
01 Executive_Summary
Richard Banduric is the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Investigator (PI) of **Field Propulsion Technologies, Inc. (FPT)**, based in Aurora, Colorado. He is an aerospace veteran with over 40 years of experience in electrical engineering and applied physics, including documented work on Lockheed systems, reverse-engineering, and flight software for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. Banduric serves as the primary intellectual catalyst for a "Gray Track" research vector focused on **Extended Electrodynamics (EED)** and metamaterial-based force amplification.
03 Deep_Dive_Intelligence
Intelligence Summary: Richard Banduric
Node Identity: Richard Banduric is the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Investigator (PI) of Field Propulsion Technologies, Inc. (FPT), based in Aurora, Colorado. He is an aerospace veteran with over 40 years of experience in electrical engineering and applied physics, including documented work on Lockheed systems, reverse-engineering, and flight software for NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. Banduric serves as the primary intellectual catalyst for a "Gray Track" research vector focused on Extended Electrodynamics (EED) and metamaterial-based force amplification.
Relevance to CFR and Exotic Propulsion: Banduric is assessed as a critical node in the U.S. clandestine aerospace portfolio, providing the hardware-based maneuvering capability for the Compact Fusion Reactor (CFR) "Orb" platform.
- Technological Vector: His research, termed "New Electrodynamics," revisits Maxwell’s original bi-quaternion equations to exploit "unresolved longitudinal Ampere Tension forces." He has patented methods for propellant-less maneuvering (US20140009098A1) using electrodynamic potentials to position craft without conventional thrusters.
- Weaponization Nexus: Banduric is currently leading a $1.25M AFRL Phase II SBIR project for a Compact Radiation Emitter (CRE). This device is assessed as the weaponized application of the same physics (3D turbulent magnetic reconnection) underpinning the FRC high-energy release mechanism.
- Operational History: Intelligence assessments link Banduric’s propellant-less maneuvering technology to the 2014 MH370 event, where it reportedly functioned in synergy with Dr. Salvatore Pais’s inertial mass reduction systems to control the multi-orb platform utilized in that operation.
Strategic Assessment: Banduric represents the transition of unconventional physics into tangible, government-vetted hardware. While his public theories serve as a secondary misdirection (the "intellectual honeytrap"), his multi-million-dollar contracts with the AFRL and NSF confirm his status as a genuine developer of dual-use platform technologies for both exotic propulsion and directed energy weapons.
Campaign B Update (R1014)
- FPT received Air Force SBIR awards (2020-2024)
- Technology transitioned from informal cut-out to acknowledged government contracting
- 'Static Displacement Field Drive' = 'Ampere Tension' — same technology
- APEC presentation alongside Hermanson (December 2020)
04 Network_Linkage
Richard Banduric is the founder and PI of Field Propulsion Technologies (FPT), which serves as his corporate vehicle for receiving over $2.8 million in dual-use federal funding from DARPA, AFRL, and the NSF. He is the central node connecting FPT to the broader 'Gray Track' ecosystem. His relationship to the NSF 'Edge Physics' Meeting (identified as the 'US Space Disruptors Day' or 'Advanced Propulsion & Energy' forums) is that of a key presenter and government-vetted expert. At the December 2024 NSF-sponsored Disruptors Day, Banduric was strategically placed in the same 'Extended Electrodynamics' session as Charles Chase (UnLAB) by their shared program manager, Anna Brady-Estevez. This curated intersection is dispositive evidence of a government-managed effort to facilitate cross-pollination between Banduric's metamaterials research and Chase's quantum vacuum propulsion concepts.
05 Related_Entities (2)
05b Related_Topics (7)
06 Research_Findings (3)
Banduric is FPT CEO/PI. FPT and InterNASA are separate entities.
FPT Ampere Tension DISPUTED in mainstream physics literature.
07 Key_Findings
- ▸ ### Intelligence Summary: Richard Banduric **Strategic Role:** Richard Banduric is assessed as a primary technical architect and key node within the "Gray Track" of the U.
- ▸ **, Banduric provides the critical hardware-based alternative to more theoretical quantum vacuum propulsion concepts.
- ▸ His strategic significance lies in the development of **propellant-less maneuvering** and **High-Power Microwave (HPM)** directed energy systems, which are assessed as the operational steering and lethal output mechanisms for the "Orb" platform architecture [US_FRC_Propulsion_2024.
08 Intelligence_Analysis
Intelligence Summary: Richard Banduric
Strategic Role: Richard Banduric is assessed as a primary technical architect and key node within the "Gray Track" of the U.S. clandestine aerospace and propulsion portfolio. As the CEO and Principal Investigator of Field Propulsion Technologies (FPT) Inc., Banduric provides the critical hardware-based alternative to more theoretical quantum vacuum propulsion concepts. His strategic significance lies in the development of propellant-less maneuvering and High-Power Microwave (HPM) directed energy systems, which are assessed as the operational steering and lethal output mechanisms for the "Orb" platform architecture [US_FRC_Propulsion_2024.pdf, FPT_FRC_Propulsion_2024.pdf].
Operational Significance: Banduric is verifiably linked to the "Trivergence Protocol"—a synergistic weapon system architecture. While Dr. Salvatore Pais provided the theoretical basis for inertial mass reduction, Banduric’s patent (US20140009098A1) is assessed to have provided the precise maneuvering capabilities used by the three-orb system during the MH370 intercept operation on March 8, 2014. His technology allows for high-velocity, reactionless positioning by manipulating electrodynamic potentials, a capability essential for maintaining the localized "spinning wormhole" effect [US_FRC_Propulsion_2024.pdf, LANL_FRC_Spacetime_Weaponry_2024.pdf].
Institutional Nexus: Banduric represents the ideal "Gray Track" asset: a subject matter expert with deep institutional ties (former Lockheed systems and NASA Europa Clipper engineer) operating through an agile, deniable corporate structure (FPT Inc.) to mature high-risk technologies under the cover of Department of Defense (DoD) and National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR/STTR grants [US_DoD_Gray_Track_Propulsion_2024.pdf, FPT_Propulsion_Ecosystem_Assessment_2024.pdf].
09 Timeline_Mentions (10)
Banduric Electromagnetic Propulsion Patent
Richard Banduric files a European patent (EP0436405A1) for an electromagnetic energy propulsion engine that expels magnetic field pulses.
fusion-physicsBanduric Electromagnetic Engine Patent
Richard Banduric files (and later withdraws) a European patent for an electromagnetic energy propulsion engine.
fusion-physicsComplex Electric Field Patent Filed
Richard Banduric files a patent for interacting complex electric fields and static electric fields to effect motion without magnetic fields.
fusion-physicsBanduric Maneuvering Patent
Richard Banduric files US20140009098A1 for a propellant-less maneuvering system using interacting electric fields.
fusion-physicsEric Hermanson joins Field Propulsion Technologies as CSO
Eric Hermanson contacted Richard Banduric and became Chief Strategy Officer of Field Propulsion Technologies (FPT), an Aurora, Colorado company pursuing novel electrodynamics propulsion.
PersonnelField Propulsion Technologies Inc. Founded
Richard Banduric founds FPT in Aurora, Colorado, to pursue 'New Electrodynamics' and propellant-less propulsion concepts.
fusion-physicsField Propulsion Technologies Founded
Richard Banduric founds Field Propulsion Technologies, Inc. (FPT) in Aurora, Colorado, to pursue 'New Electrodynamics'.
personnelEcosystemic Futures Podcast Convergence
Richard Banduric appears on a NASA-affiliated podcast with Dr. Hal Puthoff to discuss Extended Electrodynamics (EED), signaling a socialization of gray track theory.
historical-contextUS Space Disruptors Day
Richard Banduric (FPT) and Charles Chase (UnLAB) present in the same NSF-curated session, confirming a government-managed community of practice for exotic propulsion.
historical-contextNSF Interagency Meeting on Disruptive Tech
An NSF-hosted meeting brings together Forsley, Chase, and Banduric, signaling a unified 'Gray Track' strategy.
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