Richard Banduric

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 SBIR Awards:

• 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)