Presentations from 8 July 2015 CDE Innovation Network event. For more information see: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cde-innovation-network-event-with-uk-defence-solutions-centre
Presented by Paul Howland, DSTL, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
Presented by Anil Shukla, QinetiQ, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - presented by Raj Sivalingam, techUK - Cluster 1 pr...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary Meeting ā 9 October 2014
Presented by Raj Sivalingam, Executive Director, Telecoms and Spectrum, techUK
Update from Cluster 1: Spectrum Applications and Demand
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum ā Dr Anil Shukla, QinetiQ - Introduction to the Defe...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Cluster 1 Meeting (Defence) ā 30 September 2014
Dr Anil Shukla, Fellow, QinetiQ
Introduction to the Defence use of spectrum
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Mike Willis, UK Space Agency - Spectrum DependencytechUK
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Presented by Mike Willis, UK Space Agency, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
Presented by Paul Howland, DSTL, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
Presented by Anil Shukla, QinetiQ, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - presented by Raj Sivalingam, techUK - Cluster 1 pr...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary Meeting ā 9 October 2014
Presented by Raj Sivalingam, Executive Director, Telecoms and Spectrum, techUK
Update from Cluster 1: Spectrum Applications and Demand
More information at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum ā Dr Anil Shukla, QinetiQ - Introduction to the Defe...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Cluster 1 Meeting (Defence) ā 30 September 2014
Dr Anil Shukla, Fellow, QinetiQ
Introduction to the Defence use of spectrum
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Mike Willis, UK Space Agency - Spectrum DependencytechUK
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Presented by Mike Willis, UK Space Agency, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Saunders, Real Wireless Ltd - Update from Cl...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary Meeting ā 3 July 2014
Prof Simon Saunders, Cluster 1 Chair, Director - Technology, Real Wireless Ltd
Update from Cluster 1: Spectrum Applications and Demand
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Andy Cutting, Ofcom - The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from A...techUK
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Presented by Andy Cutting, Ofcom in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
5G may be the point of true convergence for the fixed line and mobile broadband services, where technology focus should now be shifted towards: new generation of protocols from IETF, implementation of Software Defined Networks, Virtualisation of Network Functions infrastructure along with its management and orchestration in creating network slices specific to a vertical industry, such as V2x, eHealth, social care, and etc...
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Saunders, Real Wireless - Cluster 1 progress...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Simon Saunders, Director - Technology, Real Wireless
Cluster 1 progress summary
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Public Private Sharing: can it be made to work?techUK
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Current approaches for Public Spectrum sharing - Andy Hudson, Director of Spectrum Policy, Ofcom at UK Spectrum Policy Forum Cluster 2 meeting on 9th Sep. on 'Public-Private sharing'
Charles Curry, Chronos Technology - CNI reliance on GNSStechUK
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Presented by Charles Curry, Chronos Technology, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
A brief description of optical wavelength services, including dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM). More information can be found at https://fiberguide.net/wavelength-services.
Birds, Bats and Beyond. Whatās that got to do with Water? - Nick Elderfield (...Stephen Flood
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2015 DHI UK & Ireland Symposium
Birds, Bats and Beyond ā Whatās that got to do with Water?
Nick Elderfield (DHI),
Tuesday 21 April 2015 at 12:40 - 13:00
Innovation in modelling water environments is what DHI has been about for over 50 years. A detailed understanding of the controlling physical conditions, coupled with a behavioural knowledge of critical species dependant on the water environment, provides a scientifically robust approach to assessing historic and future change spatially and temporally. Our habitat modelling approach has been successfully applied on a number of projects in the UK and the wider North Sea region, combining expertise in water environments with the critical issues for todayās projects. Models always rely on data and, to this end, DHI have developed sensing technologies from low cost, web-ready devices to integrated observation systems for birds and mammals.
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Saunders, Real Wireless Ltd - Update from Cl...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary Meeting ā 3 July 2014
Prof Simon Saunders, Cluster 1 Chair, Director - Technology, Real Wireless Ltd
Update from Cluster 1: Spectrum Applications and Demand
Download and more information at: : http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
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Andy Cutting, Ofcom - The Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from A...techUK
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Presented by Andy Cutting, Ofcom in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
5G may be the point of true convergence for the fixed line and mobile broadband services, where technology focus should now be shifted towards: new generation of protocols from IETF, implementation of Software Defined Networks, Virtualisation of Network Functions infrastructure along with its management and orchestration in creating network slices specific to a vertical industry, such as V2x, eHealth, social care, and etc...
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Saunders, Real Wireless - Cluster 1 progress...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Simon Saunders, Director - Technology, Real Wireless
Cluster 1 progress summary
More information at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
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Public Private Sharing: can it be made to work?techUK
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Current approaches for Public Spectrum sharing - Andy Hudson, Director of Spectrum Policy, Ofcom at UK Spectrum Policy Forum Cluster 2 meeting on 9th Sep. on 'Public-Private sharing'
Charles Curry, Chronos Technology - CNI reliance on GNSStechUK
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Presented by Charles Curry, Chronos Technology, in the UK Spectrum Policy Forum UK SPF Workshop: Spectrum Infrastructure Resiliency & Interference on the 18 April 2016.
http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
A brief description of optical wavelength services, including dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM). More information can be found at https://fiberguide.net/wavelength-services.
Birds, Bats and Beyond. Whatās that got to do with Water? - Nick Elderfield (...Stephen Flood
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2015 DHI UK & Ireland Symposium
Birds, Bats and Beyond ā Whatās that got to do with Water?
Nick Elderfield (DHI),
Tuesday 21 April 2015 at 12:40 - 13:00
Innovation in modelling water environments is what DHI has been about for over 50 years. A detailed understanding of the controlling physical conditions, coupled with a behavioural knowledge of critical species dependant on the water environment, provides a scientifically robust approach to assessing historic and future change spatially and temporally. Our habitat modelling approach has been successfully applied on a number of projects in the UK and the wider North Sea region, combining expertise in water environments with the critical issues for todayās projects. Models always rely on data and, to this end, DHI have developed sensing technologies from low cost, web-ready devices to integrated observation systems for birds and mammals.
TestWorksConf 2015 Keynote Test Automation Conference AmsterdamAlan Richardson
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http://compendiumdev.co.uk/page.php?title=testworks2015
"Automating application execution isn't easy, even with a lot of experience. Applications find ways of making themselves hard to automate. And if it isn't the application, then it's the tools we use. And if it isn't the tools, then it's the people and the processes. Automating can seem like a hunt for workarounds which sometimes fly in the face of 'best practice' advice. Alan will describe solutions he's used on real world challenges. And he offers to help with real life dilemmas including: How do you build abstraction layers that work? If BDD tools aren't test tools why do we use them test? How technical do you need testers to become? And how do you find time to test when you are automating so much?
High-Altitude Solar Glider for Internet AccessJeffrey Funk
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These slides use concepts from my (Jeff Funk) course entitled analyzing hi-tech opportunities to analyze the increasing economic feasibility of high-altitude solar glider for Internet access. The falling cost of electronics and solar cells are making these glider economically feasible when compared to traditional satellites. They have lower manufacturing and launch costs than do traditional satellites and lower installation costs than do fiber optic cable. This enables them to provide cheaper Internet access in developing countries where Internet access is still limited to cities.
The ORE Catapult and Future Opportunities,David Arnold,Technology strategy BoardInvest Northern Ireland
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Presentation from the Supply Chain Opportunities in the Onshore and Offshore Wind Operation and Maintenance Sectors held at Down Royal Racecourse, Lisburn 27th November 2013
Powered by the ADVA FSP 3000 open line system, spectrum as a service is a whole new way for communication service providers (CSPs) to drive more revenue from their already deployed fiber networks. CSPs can now sell different frequency blocks to different customers, enabling them to fully harness the untapped value in their networks.
UK Spectrum Policy Forum - Simon Trist, Arqiva - Unlocking the promise of the...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Plenary - Tuesday 3 February 2015
Simon Trist, Product and Proposition Director, Arqiva
Unlocking the promise of the Internet of Things
More information at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
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Actility and Solvera Lynx webinar: LoRaWAN for smart citiesActility
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SUMMARY
Actility is hosting a joint webinar with our partner Solvera Lynx to provide an overview of smart city solutions including energy management, smart parking, smart lighting and waste management. Real-life projects will then be used to demonstrate the possibilities and achievements to date.
IN THIS WEBINAR YOU WILL LEARN:
about smart city key applications for LoRaWAN
about key trends
how LoRaWAN enables energy monitoring, efficiency and flexibility
how to create cost savings for your facilities
about environmental and carbon emissions monitoring
what the best technologies and systems are for your facilities
how LoRaWAN can improve your projects
about relevant use cases
[10/6/15, 9:34:23 AM] Amy Sesol: Check out the NEDAS Toronto presentations from September 29th at 2nd Floor events. These presentations discuss the trends, challenges and development of in-building wireless solutions. Some key presentations include: Cellular Capacity in Crisis! The Evolution of Airport Communications and the Demand for Technology and Bandwidth, Business Model Trends, Stepping through and In-Building Project Lifecycle, and more!
[10/6/15, 9:38:03 AM] Amy Sesol: NEDAS photo presentations: In case you missed it, check out the photo highlight form the NEDAS Toronto Workshops & Social event on September 29th at 2nd Floor Events. The event had well attended discussions which provided specific insight into the in-building wireless community, followed by a cocktail reception to network, interact and grow with the over 125+ attendees.
ISCF Subsea Autonomous Systems: Next Generation Technologies - Competition Br...KTN
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The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fundās Robotics and AI challenge, through Innovate UK, (as part of UK Research and Innovation), is collaborating with The Royal Navy, Oil & Gas Technology Centre, BP, and the Oil & Gas Authority. Together they will invest up to Ā£6 million, from a cross government and industry joint fund, in collaborative business led projects.
Individuals can apply to join a 5-day collaborative workshop to develop proposals for autonomous subsea systems that can significantly improve mission duration, sensing and communications.
Participants are sought to develop collaborative projects in next generation autonomous subsea systems which improve levels of autonomy, sensor miniaturisation, mission planning, monitoring, communications, navigation, data management, and operations together with improved endurance in the water column up to 3000 metres deep.
The challenge is to develop Next Generation Subsea Autonomous System technologies which are modular in design with common interfaces and open architectures that make trusted unmanned operations the standard approach in areas such as off-shore energy, aquafarming, deep sea mineral exploration and maritime defensive security operations.
Find out more: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/webcast-subsea-autonomous-systems-next-generation-technologies-iscf-competition-briefing-event
Presentations from CDE themed call launch event on 23 April 2013 - for full details of this call see: http://www.science.mod.uk/events/event_detail.aspx?eventid=201
UK Spectrum Policy Forum ā Andrew Stirling, Larkhill Consultancy - Long-term ...techUK
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UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Andrew Stirling, Managing Director, Larkhill Consultancy
Long-term UHF Spectrum Policy
See more at: http://www.techuk.org/about/uk-spectrum-policy-forum
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SMi Group's 2nd Annual M2M for Oil & Gas conference & exhibitionDale Butler
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SMi Group's 2nd Annual M2M for Oil & Gas conference & exhibition returns to London next April. The first sponsors, Swire Oilfield Services have recently signed up. The Early Bird expires next week
Similar to 8 July 2015: Persistent surveillance from the air themed competition (20)
DASA Innovation Partner, Tony Collins, discusses International Outreach.
DASA Senior Exploitation Manager, Eleanor Rice, discusses exploitation of innovation.
DASA Access to Mentoring and Finance Lead, Alan Scrase, discusses how his support will add value
Defence and Security Accelerator seminar presentation at Innovate 2017
Case study: Our Accelerator journey - Blue Bear Systems
Presented by Dr Lucy Mason, Ben Whitaker & Dr Yoge Patel.
9 November 2017
Defence and Security Accelerator
Part 2 - Finding, funding and exploiting innovations for the benefit of defence and security
Challenge and Opportunity
Jim Pennycook, Innovation Partner
DSEI 2017
Beyond battery power is a Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) themed competition. Second part in the competition outline focusing on future autonomy and removing the technical hurdles.
An introduction to the themed competition and an overview of how it would be applied in a military setting. Presentation first shown on 1 December 2016.
Introduction to innovation and network event hosted by the Centre for Defence Enterprise. This presentation outlines CDE's role and signposts the future direction of the project.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
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The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
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I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
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In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
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In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
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Clients donāt know what they donāt know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clientsā needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projectsā efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, youāre in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part āEssentials of Automationā series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Hereās what youāll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
Weāll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Donāt miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
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Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
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As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an āinfrastructure container kubernetes guyā, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefitās both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
ā¢ The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
ā¢ Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
ā¢ Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
ā¢ Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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Export potential
ā¢Global addressable Unmanned Air
Systems market from 2014-2035
ā¢Land surveillance market is Ā£11.6B
ā¢Maritime surveillance is Ā£5B
ā¢Target markets
ā¢West Europe
ā¢Far East & Pacific
ā¢South East Asia
ā¢Middle East
Letās begin by agreeing some definitions. By persistent surveillance we mean providing visibility or eyes-on an area of interest for an extended period of time. It could be weeks or even months in some cases. The area of interest could be a village, a choke point in a mountain range or even an international border. It could be a relatively small area or a large area such as in wide area persistent surveillance.
It this context, persistent surveillance covers the technologies to collect the data, i.e the sensor technologies such as radar / full motion video but also the processing needed to extract information from the data. It also covers the communication technology needed to provide timely information to the commander or analyst.
One way to think of the requirement is that the persistent surveillance needs to be able to establish the pattern-of-life of an area of interest. Once that understanding of the normal activity is established then anomalous behaviour or activities might be identified.
It is the hope that the technology that will be developed through this call and in subsequent activities will support our ability a capture a higher level of situational awareness and that there are benefits to be gained by considering the sensing, processing and communications as closely coupled entities.
We believe that persistent surveillance will become increasingly important as operations move more towards an effects based approach. That is the military commander knows the effect or influence that he wants to have on the operation but they might not have complete situational awareness at many levels (geographic, social, physical). By providing trustworthy, precise and timely intelligence it will allow us to move from situational awareness to situational understanding.
The requirement to make the right decision under the media spot-light places increasing demands on the decision maker. A greater understanding of the battlespace both at the strategic and tactical levels should help support these decisions.
It is our belief that in certain operations a greater level of persistence, improved discrimination and autonomous processing will be needed to support future missions.
So what are the current issues that restrict us from providing persistent surveillance today.
Most platforms certainly ground based and maritime rightly provide the information needed to operate in their environment. The sensor systems are designed to provide tactical and operational information to the user. The areas covered by their sensors is relatively small and generally you canāt afford to leave that platform on task to observe an area of interest for an extended period as you have the man closely coupled to the data to information step (i..e the operator is sitting looking at a screen and getting bored!
Similarly manned air-platforms have a man-in-the-loop who also needs to be operating flying the aircraft. So typically you are talking about very limited time-on-station.
Observation from space is one option but geostationary satellites are at very long range so the resolution is extremely limited. Whereas satellites with closer orbit are unable to dwell over the area of interest for any reasonable period of time.
The larger UAVs provide one potential solution but they are expensive, limited in number and have their own logistics infrastructure. We are looking for a more cost effective solution that can provide the level of persistence that is needed.
There are some potential platforms that we might exploit to provide the level of persistent surveillance that we needed but these have there own issues.
The long endurance HAPS (High altitude Pseudo satellite) type platforms could provide the level of endurance required but the size, weight and power of current sensor, processing and communication technologies restricts the current capability of these platforms.
Another barrier to innovation and exploitation of novel sensor technology in the air-borne environment is the extensive use of propriety architectures and interfaces. Everything is possible over course but the cost then limits exploitation. To minimize integration issues we want to use open and published international interface standards from the outset when designing future persistent surveillance capabilities.
Other barriers or letās call them hurdles to persistent surveillance
Obviously persistent surveillance implies huge volumes of data therefore we need to be smart about what data we collect, how and where it is processed (on-board versus off-board) . Obviously more processing on-board uses more power but potentially saves power for the communications system whereas more off-board processing saves power in one way but implies a higher bandwidth. Other important considerations are levels of compression that are appropriate and what data or information is released to the communications network.
Looking at the communication network, it will need to be secure, which generally implies more power, and also be persistent or at least managed in an appropriate way.
It is clear that there needs to be a greater level of assisted, automatic or autonomous processing to ensure that the analyst has the right information at the right time available to him. Presented in a way that is easily assimilated.
Moving onto the technology challenges.
This CDE themed competition seeks inventive and innovative technologies that will enable persistent surveillance from the air.
The focus should be on the sensor technologies, the processing techniques and the communications system keeping in mind our requirements for reduced size, weight and power.
The technologies should be useful across a range of platforms. The focus is on the sub-systems not the platform itself.
There has been lots of discussion on the types of platform that should be in scope for this competition.
Please keep in mind that the main focus is on low size, weight and power whilst providing capability at relatively large stand-off range. So high altitude pseudo satellite, HAPS type platforms such as Zephyr is a good example of the type of platform we have in mind. However other persistent platforms of interest include the relatively long endurance mini-UAVs such as Scan Eagle and even perch-and-stare platforms that might provide persistence in certain operations.
Again the emphasis is on low size, weight and power and any solutions that match the requirements for these should then be compatible with other endurance platforms such as tethered lighter than air platforms (Balloons) and HALE and MALE UAVs where power constraints may not be so severe.
We donāt expect to receive proposals where the innovation could only really be implemented in the large and heavy sensor systems that are already widely deployed.
Space based observation is considered out of scope for this call as it doesnāt provide the level of persistence coupled with resolution that we believe we need. Plus a recent CDE themed call addressed that domain.
Finally just to re-emphasis that that we would like to constrain ideas to the air-to-ground domain.
We thought that it would be useful to go through the HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo satellite) type platform as an example to help put the requirement into context.
Typically one might expect to be operating at a height up to 23 km but the slant range to the area of interest might be greater ā maybe up to 40 km.
By using solar generated power and power management system at night one might expect to have no more than 50 W available for the sensors, processing and communications functions.
Weight is critical, the whole sensor/processing/communications payload cannot be more than 4 kg in total. 3 kg is a more realistic target to enable the levels of persistence envisaged.
For the HAPS platform the size constraints are not too onerous ā the sensor and processing package could have a volume up to 25 litres and a single antenna length of up to 25 m.
In terms of endurance and the time available to build up a understanding of the pattern-of-life, it is reasonable to assume a time on target of up to 1000 hrs or approximately 40 days (and nights).
The HAPS platform also has some physical constraints that need to be managed within the SWAP budget.
The temperature varies hugely from night to day ā with extremes from -70 Celsius at night to 40 degrees during the day.
Similar the sensor needs to be able to operate at 1 atmosphere on the ground to approximately 20 mBar at the operational heights of interest.
Moving on to the first challenge and the types of sensors of interest. I think that it is fair to say that there are no constraints in terms of the types of sensor that could be of interest (full motion video, thermal imaging, synthetic aperture radar). It is more likely that the sensor options will be severely constrained by the SWAP envelope.
It is reasonable to say that we are interested in innovative single sensor technologies but also approaches that might generate more than the sum of the parts by operating as a sensor array and communications network. It is conceivable that we will have a number of platforms, unlikely to be a swarm (100s, 1000s) but certainly 10-20 separate airborne platforms to provide wide coverage and persistence beyond the 1000 hrs available with a single platform.
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From an electro-optic and infrared perspective the types of innovation areas that spring to mind include high operating temperature thermal imaging. Around the world there is a drive to push up the operating temperature of high performance thermal imagers to reduce the cooling requirements and thereby shrink the size, weight and power. It might be possible to exploit these developments in the HAPS type platform.
However there will also need to be novel developments in the optical design as multi-component Germanium lenses would be too heavy. So novel materials, devices and approaches that reduce lens weight would be of interest.
Thermal imagery provides the 24 hr capability but in many circumstances shorter wavelength imaging provides higher resolution and better discrimination but a separate sensor adds power and weight. So novel approaches (such as multi-band) that provide thermal and reflective imaging in the same sensor would be of interest.
For a low SWAP platform pointing and stabilisation associated with long range imaging creates a huge challenge. Novel ideas (non-mechanical steering or stablisation) would be of interest.
In the RF sensing domain the potential availability of multiple platforms could be used to cover a much wider area of operation or provide multiple different view points for target discrimination.
With certain sensor modes different viewing angles with enable higher precision target location and tracking.
Obviously if the performance of one platform is degraded, perhaps due to RF interfere then the network can compensate or allow gradual degradation in performance.
Other areas of interest include modular scalable approaches based on lightweight conformal antennas. Leading on phased arrays to avoid moving parts and wideband multi-function to reduce whole system SWAP.
Novel sensor processing techniques designed for the challenging environment that convert from data to information whilst operating at low power perhaps building upon bio-inspired approaches to low power processing or exploiting mobile computing technology in a novel way.
Recently there has been huge academic interest in sparse sampling (sensing) and compressive sensing ā perhaps there are some technologies or concepts emerging from that field that would be applicable to our problem space.
One concept is to couple the sensing function to the information requirement such that only information of direct relevance is recorded, processed, stored and transmitted.
Challenge 2 is focussed towards the sensor communications network but as we mentioned earlier proposals should be thinking about the whole system. The sensor and communication channels cannot be considered in isolation.
To follow on the āeyes onā analogy ā the brain cannot process the sensor information if the optic nerve is degraded, damaged or just not able to transmit the electrical signals with sufficient integrity. The communication channel is at least as important as the sensor and processing functions.
As with the raw sensor information, any potential impact of the communication transmission process needs to be understood (for example excess delays, likelihood of errors) as part of the provenance meta-data of the sensor information.
Remember the goal is to provide the decision maker with timely, trustworthy information that can be acted upon.
Security is to be considered in the broad sense covering confidentiality, integrity and availability. In relation to sensor data all three are relevant, but the focus for innovation in this call should be on the latter two (integrity and availability), particularly taking advantage of a multi-node network for resilient and redundant routing. However novel techniques that allow these three components to interact to best meet the mission needs is also of interest.
Power efficiency is a key theme, of particular interest is how the network nodes working together can minimise power consumption through cooperation. How can the characteristics of the sensor data be better used to minimise power consumption (e.g. store and forward between nodes for delay tolerant data)
The dynamic nature of airborne networks, where network density is variable, needs to be effectively managed real time and must be resilient to node failures.
Rather than treating these as separate problems, cross-layer approaches to optimising performance parameters (e.g. power efficient routing) may be where the biggest gains lie.
Effective information management can not just improve the timely and accurate delivery of information, it can also reduce network load. What novel information management techniques can be employed (cooperatively) with network management to better shape and filter information flows?
What new bearers can be utilised? Such as non traditional comms methods like laser optical communications, or even using civilian networks, including the internet. Thinking more out of the box, can an optical/RF sensor also be a comms bearer?
With increasing demands on the radio spectrum but decreasing supply, techniques to improve spectrum efficiency are required. In this particular context, it is desirable to be able to reuse radio frequencies as much as possible, and thus techniques that enable spectrum sharing with and between airborne networks will be of benefit to MOD. At the same time, the exposed nature of airborne networks means there is greater potential of interference, and thus interference protection measures may be required.
Your proposal should provide a clear description of the technology or concept that will be developed and explain how it will operate in the context of persistent surveillance from the air.
You should consider how the size, weight and power can be minimised and explain the effect that that will have on the overall performance of the sensor or communication system.
You should indicate the type of persistent platform that would be most appropriate for your innovation. Obviously if it compatible with the more stretching constraints then it could be more readily exploited onto a number of different platforms.
Please consider how you innovation would operate within an open architecture and what other information you might need to access to fully exploit your innovation.
Building on that please consider the system and implementation issues, what additional infrastructure might be needed.
Please make the assumption that your phase 1 proposal will be funded and be successful and give an indication of the cost and timescale to take your innovation to the next level and what that might entail.
For proposals against challenge 1 ā sensor technology
Please indicate the stand-off range at which your innovation will operate and what ground level resolution it should be able to achieve.
In your proposal, please consider the quantity of data that your sensor will generate and the storage and processing requirements to turn that data into information. In addition what type of information will be generated, tracks, positions, target identification.
In the same vein ā please consider the bandwidth requirements and whether the data/information can be compressed without degradation.
Finally, the novelty and innovation might be clear to you but it is not always clear to the reviewer so it helps to put your innovation into context with contemporary work. And remember that technical risk is good so long as it doesnāt break any laws of physics.
Similarly for challenge 2 your proposal needs to provide a clear description of the technical approach and put the proposal into context.
The proposal needs to clearly explain why your proposal is new and novel.
Indicate the range and bandwidth that can be achieved and any potential limitations. If your explain the limitations then the reviewer is more likely to believe that you have consider the military implications in a wider context.
Donāt forget that power management is as important for the communication system as for the sensor and processing system.
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The headline figures are large, and the market is global.
The ability to provide a unique UK proposition into the persistent surveillance marketplace is both real and urgent. This is not research for the sake of understanding, but research that seeks innovation to rapidly bring products to market. The expectation from this CDE themed call is that both sensor and communication package technologies can be exploited for immediate use on current and planned future unmanned platforms.
The UK is a recognised leader in the development of High Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS) and from a recent Royal Aeronautical Society report, the UK leads both the US and Israel in this area. You will have seen the Airbus Defence and Space Zephyr platform static model in the foyer. This ground breaking, world record holding, solar powered aircraft forms the basis of the operational envelope constraints for the challenges.
This platform has benefited greatly from UK SME innovations in aeronautics, power usage, power generation, storage and low power, low revolution DC motors. Developed in the research programme by QinetiQ, Airbus Defence and Space are industrialising the airframe and building an eco-system of UK SME companies to support the development of the HAPS capability ā the challenges will feed directly into this exploitation route.
At this stage it is important to differentiate this challenge from other CDE challenges particularly within the low SWAP ISTAR area ā this challenge focuses specifically on HAPS, HALE and touches on MALE UAS whereas other CDE calls were in the low āearth orbit and the Land/tactical air domains. The envelope for sensor and communication packages will be described in more detail later in this presentation.
Today, the concept of border security shares a complex relationship with the persistent threat of terrorism and the illegal movement of people between countries. Border security includes the protection of land borders, ports, and airports and therefore, can encapsulate a wide rage of sensors, terrains, crossing points and the surveillance of many people and assets.
Traditional surveillance methods can include fixed surveillance towers, UAS, aerial surveillance, biometric tracking, acoustic sensing and many 100ārds of kilometres of CCTV and radar surveyed fences working in conjunction with specialist intelligence gathering. These systems are often integrated and the products of sensors analysed and acted upon from both regional and central command and control centres.
For example, it is estimated that in Turkey, a country in which the UKDSC is proposing an integrated systems approach to border security, that there is a total of ~8000kms of sea borders, and ~3000Kms of land borders to monitor along with the airspace and aircraft landing points.
However, due to terrain and other environmental and/or geographical factors, some areas along these borders will fall into āblack spotsā or areas where primarily due to terrain considerations, there is no sensor or communications systems coverage.
One method of reducing these so-called āblack spotsā is to elevate your sensor above the level at which the terrain masking occurs by using a sensor/communications tower, or by utilising airborne platforms such as balloons, light aircraft, helicopters and increasingly, UAS.
Some nations have extended this concept further and use bespoke, instrumented aircraft with sophisticated sensor and communications packages to detect, monitor and track objects of interest over wide areas.
However, these platforms are complex and involve many specialists to operate effectively. Therefore, it is expected that the use of high and very high altitude unmanned aircraft, and the dissemination of information between sensing nodes will become an increasingly important capability in providing robust, integrated border security systems in the future.
Maritime security forms the third layer of the border protection system along with Air and Land. Broadly, maritime security falls into three areas: Port, vessel and facility security.
Where high altitude aerial surveillance comes into its own for maritime security is in the ability to cover (survey) very large geographical areas of open waters from a single sensor pass and to build up a picture of the emergent pattern of life, or movement of objects within an area of interest.
Using sophisticated hyper and multispectral sensors, along with traditional EO/IR and GMTI radar, a sensor at 70,000feet can potentially have a field of view of many 100rds of kilometres over the sea surface. This is important where persistence and the creation of a pattern of life over a long period (weeks and months rather than days) is needed, particularly when tracking sea vessel movements or spotting discrepancies from trade routes and designated maritime shipping channels which may indicate suspicious behaviours of the vessel. In addition, high altitude assets are able to be re-tasked and provide āeyes onā a particular area or object of interest and track its movements to identify potential hostile movements or actions alerting commanders to take actions.
We are interested in receiving proposals that exploit the coverage that high altitude platforms offer and that can provide novel, or more effective maritime sensing capabilities which can provide a persistent maritime surveillance capability and that can be potentially re-tasked to operate over other areas of interest.
Pipelines and energy transmission lines such as electricity routes, form an integral part of our energy and fuel supplies transporting gas, oil and electricity from the production facility to the consumer. The security of these kinds of assets is therefore paramount in ensuring that energy and fuel is supplied and not disrupted.
It is estimated that in the UK alone there are over 20,000Kms of pipelines transporting oil, gas and refined products across the nation. In other European countries this figure can vary between 1-30,000Km of pipeline and in the United States, the figure is as high as 2MKms.
The security of these assets and monitoring the āhealthā of these installations is therefore critical to ensure a safe and reliable energy supply. Land based security such as radar, CCTV and acoustic sensing such as Fibre Optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS)Ā (QQ Optisense) can be used to effectively monitor and report disturbances to the pipeline often locating the disturbance very accurately. However, each of these sensor types requires good communication packages and the ability to persistently survey an area of interest for months autonomously.
Therefore this innovation challenge seeks to explore the possibility of monitoring such installations from a very high altitude and/or providing the communications networks to link up distributed sensing nodes and become part of a wider persistent surveillance network.
We have all become familiar with these kinds of videos that are provided from sensor packages operating on High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) such as Global Hawk and tactical/Medium Altitude UAVs such as Watchkeepr and Reaper.
This video clip, however, was produced from a low-cost, low power sensor operating on a High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) platform at 70,000feet. Even at this altitude, re-purposing consumer electronics (in this case a digital camera and mobile phone for comms) allows a workable ground separation distance, or resolution of approximately 50cm to be achieved.
The advantages of operating at a high stand-off range have been known for decades and was first fully exploited by programmes such as the US U2 and SR71 aircraft - providing the ability to have āeyes onā an object or area of interest rapidly, and being able to remain āon-taskā for a sustained period of time.
In addition to high altitude UAS platforms, areal intelligence is successfully gathered from low and high orbit space sensor constellations and fused with intelligence gathered from other sources to form a complete intelligence picture.
Add words about NASA programmes (endurance, altitude, surveillance)
Google and Facebook ā comms rebro etc
Describe operating environment
In the near future, payloads flying on Stratospheric UAVs will be far more relevant to such operations than will today's Conventional UAVs, even with similar payload capabilities.
This is one of the conclusions of a new "Stratospheric UAV Payloads - Markets and Technologies Forecast 2012-2021", available on ASDReports.com.
Set the scene ā what do we mean by high altitude?
describe the atmospheric conditions
The operating temperatures for equipment
The advantages of providing āeyes in the skyā at high altitude, (U2)
The advantages for communications/signals coverage at high altitude
Touch on Google Loon, Facebook ā connectivity aircraft, internet via drones(initernet.org) Titan Aerospace, etc ā internet of things and big data
Pull focus back onto HAPS specifics
Sensor technologies
Communications technologies
Repurposing technology from adjacent or completely different markets
How innovation relates to exploitation of technologies
Wind Profile variation with Altitude showing minimum wind speeds between 17 and 22 km altitude.
Zephyr ā background
Paint a picture ā developed through the research programme, industrialised by Airbus Defence and Space
Touch on records held ā indicate development path from Z7ļ Z8
Airbus Defence and Space adopt High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite term and look at CONOPS for future missions
Increase in capabilities
Need for Low SWPC payloads
Innovation challenges ā altitude ā issues with operating at 70000ft/Communication packages and Sensors
Running exclusively on solar power and flying at high altitudes above the weather and above commercial air traffic, Zephyr 8 will bridge the gap between satellites and UAVs.
Unlike reconnaissance satellites that monitor the earth surface from low-earth orbit, these HAPS will be able to persist over an area of interest providing satellite-like communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services without interruption. In 2010 the Zephyr 7 successfully achieved several world records, including the longest flight duration without refuelling (14 days), that was ten times longer than any other aircraft achieved before. It also flew at very high altitude, as high as 70,740 ft. The Zephyr 7 went through final testing in 2013, clearing the way for the next generation Zephyr 8.
Add link to youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMmeNOZVj2o
Focus on the collection sub-system
Describe traditional sensors and products and suitability on HAPS, add novel and newā¦
SWPC
Focus on the collection sub-system
Innovation here? Re-purposing? GSD and resolutionsā¦
meshing, VSN, collaborative, etc ā more on challenge 2
Comms modelling to provide evidence?
On-board/off-board processing
We are looking for new sensor technologies (or innovative re-purposing of technologies from other industries) that can capture intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) information from HAPS, or similar, platforms. This technology can take the form of:
Electro-Optical (EO)
Infra-Red (IR)
Full Motion Video (FMV)
LIDAR
multispectral imaging
hyperspectral imaging
electromagnetic (EM) and Radio Frequency (RF) sensing
acoustic sensing
Radar (including passive radar)
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Moving Target Indication (MTI)
and use on-board/off-board processing techniques
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In addition to these traditional sensing methods, potential bidders are encouraged to develop innovative ideas and methods of sensing that may not be covered in this list.
We invite proposals for innovative single sensor types or a potential networked array of sensors to provide persistent surveillance. We are particularly interested in meshed sensors for ISR and virtual sensor networks (VSNs) operating in a collaborative wireless network.
Issue ā decreasing spectrum, QoS etc
Maintain secure, resilliant comms across network lins
Between sensorļ sensor; sensorļ C2; Sensorļ product exploitation
FSO ā free space optical comms ā what next?
Managing RF power requirements
āconnectivity aircraftā ā facebook term for Ascenta a/c
āinternet via dronesā - internet.org
Repurpose for Military use? ā innovations??
Having the most capable sensor package mounted on the best HAPS platform or remote sensing system will be nothing without the ability to control that sensor and transmit the sensor feed in a timely fashion to the decision maker.
EM spectrum availability, bandwidth allocation and quality is an ever increasing issue as available spectrum decreases and frequencies become more congested. This makes maintaining secure, reliable communications between sensors, networks of sensors, analysts and decision makers more difficult.
We want innovative methods and technologies to maintain secure, resilient communications across these network links.
Weāre seeking novel ways of providing secure, resilient communication links between disparate sensor nodes, particularly when thinking about high-altitude, low-mass, remotely piloted aircraft. These need to minimize size, weight and power consumption and be able to operate for weeks or months. Technologies that provide on-board processing and efficient transmission of information, while managing RF power requirements are of interest.
We also want to make more effective use of the available radio spectrum and non-traditional communications methods (such as laser optical communications).
Where possible, the high-level architecture and protocols used by the communications package will need to be understood so that it can be used with legacy equipment. It must adhere to published international standards for sensors and communications equipment. If not, the proposal must include how you will achieve interoperability and communicate between nodes when common protocols and standards canāt be used.
Your proposal must:
include a proof-of-concept demonstration and a fully costed proposal for phase 2 as deliverables of phase 1
identify the technologies proposed and how they will operate
consider the trade-off between minimum size, weight, power and cost and overall performance
indicate the optimum range and resolution at which the innovation operates
indicate the type(s) of information that can be collected by the sensor, along with the resolution and quantity of data acquired
for challenge 1, consider and articulate the communications network required to transmit sensor information to a decision maker
outline the standards and high-level architecture to which the concept is designed
consider systems and implementation issues
include an outline of future work required to fully develop your solution
articulate how the sensor or communication package could be deployed and exploited from aĀ HAPS,Ā HALEĀ orĀ MALEĀ remotely piloted vehicle or other platform
Weāll consider research proposals for the defence application of technologies that are mature in other sectors. These proposals must be research focused and include a significant proportion of work that is clearly within the research and pre-commercial development space of the innovation life cycle, at less than technology readiness level (TRL) 6.
What we donāt want
Under thisĀ CDEĀ themed competition weāre not looking for:
paper-based studies
marginal improvements in capability
solutions that offer no significant defence and security benefit
technology watch or horizon scanning
roadmaps or technology prediction
demonstrations of existing technology products used in a traditional way
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To summarise we would like to solicit proposals for novel technologies and approaches that will support persistent surveillance from the air under severe size, weight and power constraints.
We have split the call into two challenges but the best proposals will keep in mind the whole system and explain how their component fits into the larger airborne system.
The first challenge is focussed towards novel sensor technologies most probably exploiting low power processing
The second challenge is firmly focussed towards the communications network operating with resilience under low power constraints.