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• AFRL research currently underway
• Unmanned Aircraft System payloads
• UAV acquisition and certification
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• Developments toward greater UAV
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• DoD visions for the UAVs of the future
Meet key decision-makers and hear from a distinguished speaker faculty that includes:
Lieutenant General David Deptula, USAF, Captain Mike Carsley, USN, Section Head,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance US Navy UAS Requirements
and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force
Captain Paul Stewart, USN, Commander,
John Stanton, SES, Executive Director, National Air US Naval Research Laboratory
Security Operations, Customs and Border Protection,
Colonel Jessie O. Farrington, USA, Assistant
Department of Homeland Security
G-3 for Operations and Aviation, U.S. Army
Colonel Eric Mathewson, USAF, Director, UAS Forces Command
Task Force, US Air Force
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technology/service providers, and
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Achieving Maximum Unmanned Capabilities • Program Managers
April 26 - 29, 2010 • Washington, DC Metro Area • Project Managers
• Directors
• Branch Heads
• Project Leads
• Commanders
Deployed US Forces in places such • Scientists and Engineers
as Iraq and Afghanistan demand the
be greater use of unmanned veh re
icles wherever possible. Previously,
contracts in the millions of dollars UAV
were big news; now these awards
the billions of dollars. In addition are in
to procurement, research funding for
unmanned aerial vehicles could exce
ed $20 billion through 2018. About IDGA
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) prov
ide the intelligence, armament and
sensors which could dramatically dec The Institute for
rease the number of casualties. The
role of UAVs is expanding, and Defense &
their unlimited role on the futu
battlefield is inevitable. Rapid tech re Government
nological advances promise to Advancement (IDGA) is a non-
radically alter the realm of possibilities
for unmanned aerial warfare and partisan information-based
next-generation models. There is
a need to discuss developments in organization dedicated to the
propulsion, Artificial Intelligence, mul promotion of innovative ideas in
ti-spectral sensors, and energy use.
public service and defense through
IDGA’s UAV Summit will deliver a live conferences and events. We
comprehensive overview of thes
focus areas, requirements, emergin e bring together speaker panels and
g policies, programs, methods and events comprised of military and
technologies that are accurate and
responsive to mission managers’ and government professionals while
commanders’ needs.
attracting delegates with decision-
making power from military,
This conference will probe into government, and defense
the following key topics:
• The latest upd industries.
ates on UAV program developmen
ts and requirements
• Communications
and frequency issues In addition to our live events, IDGA
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3. UA TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP DA
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UA TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP DAY Monday, April 26, 2010
Sign up for this in-depth and interactive workshop day examining the latest technologies that enhance UAV autonomy and persistence.
7:30am Registration & Coffee
8:00am-9:30am Leverage capabilities of a team of vehicles!
Autonomous Path Planning
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown promise in recent years for What will be covered:
autonomous sensing. UAV systems have been proposed for a wide range of • Real-Time task allocation algorithm that assigns assets to tasks
applications, such as mapping, surveillance, search and tracking operations. The • A mission definition language for multiple UAVs
recent availability of low-cost UAVs suggests the use of teams of vehicles to • Distributive data fusion for cooperative search missions
perform sensing tasks. To leverage the capabilities of a team of vehicles, efficient • Multiple UAV experiments
methods of decentralized sensing and cooperative path planning are necessary. The Session Leader: J. Karl Hedrick, James Marshall Wells Professor of
discussion will examine practical control strategies for a team of fixed-wing vehicles Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Director,
performing cooperative sensing in order to develop decentralized, autonomous Berkeley’s Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory, Principal Investigator, Center for
control strategies that can account for a wide variety of sensing missions. the Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles
9:35am-11:05am Gain insight into best practices in a UAS environment!
Research Directions and Best Practices for UAS in the National Airspace System
The NSF/AUVSI/FAA/DHS Workshop on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research (autonomy, computer vision, human-robot interaction, multi-robot systems,
Directions for National Air Space was held in June 2008. An outcome of this networks, security, and simulation and training)
workshop was the establishment of the 15-member FAA Research Advisory Group, • A translation of needs into basic research objectives for academic research, and
co-chaired by Professor Robin Murphy (Texas A&M Univ.) and Brian Argrow, and an new mechanisms to facilitate timely academic research, especially for small UAS.
Executive Committee with members from NSF, AUVSI, FAA, and DHS. The mission of • Synthesis of experiences into practitioner-based guidelines for safe UAS operations
the Group is to advise the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Program Office on research results which can be incorporated into certificates of authorization or waiver (CoAs) and
and directions affecting the safe operation of UAS in the National Airspace System future regulations, to ease entry for new UAS users and researchers, create safer
(NAS). This workshop will discuss this Group’s expertise as a mix of traditional systems, and lead to more expeditious, confident processing of CoAs.
aerospace disciplines and non-traditional disciplines related to unmanned systems. Session Leader: Dr. Brian Argrow, Alfred and Betty Look Professor,
What will be covered: Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Director, Research and Engineering
• New basic research directions for UAS in “non-traditional” areas of research Center for Unmanned Vehicles, University of Colorado, Boulder
11:10am-12:40pm Understand the most effective way to use UAV sensor technology!
Achieving Robust Tactical Seeability™ through Integrated Sensor Guidance
The development of sensor payload technologies has outpaced the ability to What Will be covered:
manage these new capabilities in a way that does not place undue burden on the • Operationally relevant definitions of quality of sensing delivered by optical
human operator. Given a set of operational requirements, environmental factors, sensor packages carried onboard Tier I and Tier II UAVs
and an available sensing platform, significant uncertainty can exist on how best to • Advanced techniques for planning and correcting the trajectory and
position, orient, and electronically configure imaging payloads over time in a configuration of airborne sensors to improve the quality of optical sensing
manner that maximizes the tactical utility of the video and metadata streams delivered to human operators and automated exploitation systems
delivered to an operator. • Methods for robustly fusing video streams with geospatial and navigational
information to achieve unique capabilities for real-time overlay of map
This workshop will cover the challenging nature of this problem and introduce an features on imagery and dynamic markup of optically observed scenes
approach for obtaining robust solutions across a spectrum of operational and
environmental conditions. Capabilities at the platform, sensor, and ground station Session Leader: Dr. Stephen Pledgie, Director of Advanced Autonomy &
levels will be discussed as will advanced techniques for automatically assessing the Applied Cybernetics, Mosaic ATM
Tactical Seeability™ of terrain regions that have been viewed by one or more
imaging sensors. Testbed activities supporting advanced research & development
in this area will be summarized and future directions in sensing-intelligent UAV-
based RSTA will be presented.
12:40pm-1:40pm Lunch
1:40pm-3:10pm
Identify high-level tasking of UAV teams
Cooperative Delivery Using Teams of UAS
This session will discuss recently developed technologies in support of a mission • Vision-based target tracking
thread consisting of autonomous search, acquisition, tracking, and effects delivery. • Video enhancement for user context-awareness
The technologies are focused on allowing a single operator to effectively task the • User interface for control of multi-agent teams
team of UAVs to accomplish this mission thread while maintaining persistence-of- • Terminal guidance of UAS for effects delivery
vision on target. • Cooperative timing algorithms for sequential arrival at target
What you will be covered: Session Leader: Blake Barber, Senior Controls Engineer, Procerus
• Probabilistic search Technologies
3:15pm-4:45pm Gain insight into UAV communication technology!
Development of Conformal “Paint-On” Antenna Materials Technology and Experimental
Investigations for UAV Applications
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This presentation discusses the development of conformal “paint-on” antennas and • Differences between “paint-on” antenna technology over conventional antenna
several experimental demonstrations of the technology such as a phased array technology
antenna on a composite wing section model of the Air Force Sensorcraft profile; UAV • Application of “paint-on” technology for airships
GPS/Iridium Satellite design, ballistic helmet, and a high altitude airship flight test.
What will be covered: Session Leader: Mr. Thomas Campbell, IEEE Fellow, Program Manager
• Application of novel “paint-on” antenna technology for UAVs (Advance Programs), Applied EM Inc
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4. MAIN SUMMIT DAY 1 MAIN SUMMIT DAY 2
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Wednesday, April 28, 2010
7:00 Registration & Coffee 7:30 Registration & Coffee
8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks 8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:15 Remotely Piloted Aircraft: Charting a Way Ahead
KEYNOTE
•Concept to capability at an operational pace 8:15 Morning Opening Keynote Session
•Joint solutions for the future BGen. Kelly Thomas, USA, Deputy Commanding General, Assistant
Lt Gen. David A. Deptula, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Commandant, US Army Aviation Center of Excellence
Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters US Air Force
8:55 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Homeland Environment 8:55 Engineering UAVs for Airworthiness: Past, Present and Future
What is UAV airworthiness: USN perspective
KEYNOTE
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• Current homeland S&T initiatives
• Future integration into operations
• UAV acquisition and certification
• What we need from our contractors
•
Benefits and challenges for using UAVs in a homeland environment
John Stanton, SES, Executive Director, National Air Security Operations, Capt. Stephen C. Rorke, US Navy, Military Director, Air Vehicle
Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security Engineering Department, Naval Air Systems Command
9:35 Networking Break 9:35 Navy UAS Vision
10:20 Air Force Roadmap for UAVs • Impact on maritime awareness
• Joint development for a family of vehicles •
Current and future requirements
• Challenges and obstacles
•
Anticipated challenges
• Future flight plan and requirements • Vision moving forward
Col. Eric Mathewson, USAF, Director, Air Force UAS Task Force Capt. Mike Carsley, USN, Section Head, US Navy UAS Requirements
10:55 MQ-X Update: Examining Current Capabilities 10:15 Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Current and Future
• ACC's next generation UAS, projecting 2022 IOC Operations
• Targeting analysis of alternatives beginning early CY10 • Manned and unmanned teaming
• Payload modularity/flexibility, enhanced speed, ability to integrate with civil air
traffic (file and fly)
• Current fight tactics, techniques and procedures
• Future army concepts & organization
•
Enhanced ability to fly in contested airspace
Col. Bruce Emig, USAF, Chief, Irregular Warfare Division, Headquarters Col. Jessie O. Farrington, USA, Assistant G-3 for Operations and
Air Combat Command (ACC/A8Q) Aviation, U.S. Army Forces Command
11:35 UAV Pilot Panel Discussion 10:55 Networking Break
Hear feedback directly from UAV Pilots. Ask a moderated panel your questions
regarding UAV operation, capabilities and performance. 11:30 Striving for Unmanned Capabilities
Moderator: •
Army UAS roadmap
Col. Eric Mathewson, USAF, Director, Air Force UAS Task Force • Strategy from 2010-2035
• Synchronizing the soldier, equipment and the network
Panel:
CW2 Germell Milton (DES), Directorate of Evaluation and Glenn Rizzi, Deputy Director, US Army UAS Center of Excellence
Standardization, USAACE, Fort Rucker
SFC Brian Miller (DES), Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization, 12:10 Lunch
USAACE, Fort Rucker
1:35 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Maritime Environment
12:15 Lunch • Key areas and scenarios
• Current UAS initiatives for a maritime environment
1:30 Air Force Research Laboratory Session Introduction •
UAS operations in the way ahead
Lead by: Col. Jeffrey Turcotte, USAF, Chief Air and Weapons Division, Air Capt. Ted Venable (Ret.), US Naval Forces, Counter Illicit Program
Force Research Laboratory Manager, US Southern Command
1:50 Technology Maturation for a Next Generation Tactical UAS
•
Systems engineering and concept definition 2:15 UAV Innovations and Vision at the Naval Research
•
Desired capabilities (a system perspective) Laboratory
• Technology maturation challenges
•
Future sensor systems and the UAV platform innovations to support them
David A Brown, Senior Aerospace Engineer, Air Vehicle Directorate, AFRL • UAV power and energy
• Autonomous behavior and command and control
2:30 AFRL Airspace Integration Research Capt. Paul C. Stewart, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Research
• Automatic collision avoidance technology Laboratory
• UAS sense and avoid
AFRL SESSION
• UAS terminal area operations
Joe Mackrell, Principal Investigator, Naval Research Laboratory
Mr. Robert Smith, Cooperative Aerospace Operations Lead 3:05 Networking Break
3:10 Networking Break
3:40 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Army Payloads
3:50 Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) at AFRL •Army non-optical UAV payloads
• Micro air vehicles •Data link and survivability considerations
• AFRL vision for 2015 and 2030
• Technological challenges
•Test facilities and ranges
Dr. Leslie S. Perkins, Micro Air Vehicle Lead, Air Force Research Jan Moren, Deputy Director, Intelligence and Information Warfare
Laboratory Directorate, CERDEC RDECOM, US Army
4:30 Fuel Cell Powered SUAV's and MAV power System Development 4:20 National Airspace Access
• Logistically fueled SOFC power systems • Current UAS operations
•
Fuel cell hybridized SUAV power systems • Mid-Term integration plans
•
Long endurance MAV power systems • NextGen integration
Lt. Mark Roosz, USAF, Special Purpose Power Lead, John H. Page Jr., Lead, Air Traffic Control Specialist, UAS NextGen
Air Force Research Laboratory Integration, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office, Federal Aviation
5:10 Depot Technology in Future Support of UAS Administration
• Depot/industry partnerships
• Flight test range capability upgrades for supporting future UAS systems and 5:00 End of Main Conference
sensors
• Depot Technology upgrades for full sustainment capability of all UAS systems
Lt. Col. John Primbs (Ret.), USAF, Director, Advances Technology
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5. UAV FOCUS DAY Thursday, April 29, 2010
8:00 Registration & Coffee unimproved terrain, provided no harm comes to people or property on
the ground. While existing autopilots can fly an aircraft from takeoff
8:30 Current UAS Capabilities through landing, perhaps the greatest impediment to fully-
MORNING
REMARKS
autonomous flight is proving safety in the presence of anomalous
OPENING
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Army requirement documents: emerging UAS capabilities
•
Soldier comments from the field events, such as unexpected traffic, onboard failures, or receipt of
Colonel Robert J. Sova, USA, TRADOC Capability Manager for conflicting data (e.g., from sensors). We will describe a method to
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TCM UAS) capture a system-level “flight envelope” that accounts for evolving
physical, computational, perceptual, and environmental constraints.
9:15 MCWL UAS Test Efforts This envelope is used to develop and execute flight plans
•
Cargo UAS – Transition to NAVAIR for contracting efforts (decisions/trajectories) that maximize safety margins primarily and
•
Experimental STUAS payloads traditional efficiency metrics secondarily. The key to certification of
•
Testing efforts for Lethal aerial munitions (LAM) such a system is to guarantee acceptable risk levels are maintained,
Colonel Stephen Medeiros, USMC, Director, Technology both real and perceived. As a realistic metric, we propose that such a
Division, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab system is certifiable when proven at least as capable of anomaly
management as today’s human pilot, exploiting the “closed world
10:00 Networking Break assumption” that a human pilot or ground operator without visual
cues (e.g., due to flight through fog/clouds) can only sense and act
10:45 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) UAS Sense and with the same information available to the autonomous system.
Avoid (SAA) Development What will be covered:
•
UAS air space integration overview • Method to synergistically define and exploit a new concept of “flight
•
AFRL SAA system architecture envelope” that accounts for evolving UAS physical, computational,
•
AFRL SAA development and progress perceptual, and environmental constraints
Vince Raska, AFRL Air Vehicles Directorate, UAS SAA Program • Building or altering flight plans that preserve safety margins, primarily
Manager in the context of collision avoidance and off-nominal event
management
11:30 Lunch • A proposed certification process by which the UAS must be
guaranteed to manage off-nominal events at least as well as (or
12:30 Making the UAS Better better than) a human pilot or ground operator
There is a rich S&T base can be applied to increase UAS engine Ella M. Atkins, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace
efficiency, decrease the weight of the UAS structural components, and Engineering, University of Michigan
improve airborne ISR. Analysis leads us to believe that order of
magnitude increases in UAS engine efficiency are possible. Improved 4:00 END OF CONFERENCE
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