to track individuals. we track flying objects. so i can not track cell phones. i can not track cars on the ground. i can not track people itself. i don t have recording information. i don t have photography information aboard. it is strictly a radar. reporter: but the electronic privacy information center or epic does not think americans should feel so comfortable. the independent, non-profit research center in d.c. sued for more information about jlens capabilities. the arrow stat will be on duty 24/7 which epic says is the very definition of persistent surveillance. because of the way that these things often work with mission creep, it would not be surprising at all if capras were put on these devices in the future. reporter: jlens will feed real time information to the north american aerospace defense command based in colorado. launch is planned for monday. heather, a study out of houston found that 30,000 drones will be in the area in our country by the year 2020. so the u.s.