IDGA’s 2010 UAV Summit will deliver a comprehensive overview of these focus areas, requirements, emerging policies, programs, methods and technologies that are accurate and responsive to mission managers’ and commanders’ needs.
Focused and High-level, UAV Summit will present the latest developments in unmanned aviation capabilities and technologies. In addition to the unparalleled speaker faculty, the event will allow you to network with experts from the various service branches, DOD and industry experts who are leading the way in UAV platform development.
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Achieving Maximum
Unmanned Capabilities
Summit April 26 - 29, 2010
Washington, DC Metro Area
Lead the way with revolutionary Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle initiatives by attending sessions on:
• AFRL research currently underway
• Unmanned Aircraft System payloads
• UAV acquisition and certification
opportunities
• Developments toward greater UAV
autonomous controls
• 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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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
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be greater use of unmanned veh re
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their unlimited role on the futu
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radically alter the realm of possibilities
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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-
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This conference will probe into government, and defense
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• The latest upd industries.
ates on UAV program developmen
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• Communications
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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 Engineering UAVs for Airworthiness: Past, Present and
• Joint solutions for the future Future
Lieutenant General David A. Deptula, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff • What is UAV airworthiness: USN perspective
for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. • UAV acquisition and certification
Air Force • What we need from our contractors
8:55 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Homeland Environment Captain Stephen C. Rorke, US Navy, Military Director, Air
• Current homeland S&T initiatives Vehicle Engineering Department, Naval Air Systems Command
KEYNOTE
• Future integration into operations
• Benefits and challenges for using UAVs in a homeland environment 8:55 Navy UAS Vision
John Stanton, SES, Executive Director, National Air Security • Impact on maritime awareness
Operations, Customs and Border Protection, Department of • Current and future requirements
• Challenges and obstacles
Homeland Security
• Vision moving forward
9:35 Networking Break Captain Mike Carsley, USN, Section Head, US Navy UAS
10:20 Air Force Roadmap for UAVs Requirements
•Joint development for a family of vehicles
•Anticipated challenges 9:35 Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Current and Future
•Future flight plan and requirements Operations
Colonel Eric Mathewson, USAF, Director, Air Force UAS Task Force • Manned and unmanned teaming
• Current fight tactics, techniques and procedures
10:55 MQ-X Update: Examining Current Capabilities • Future army concepts & organization
• ACC's next generation UAS, projecting 2022 IOC
• Targeting analysis of alternatives beginning early CY10 Colonel Jessie O. Farrington, USA, Assistant G-3 for
• Payload modularity/flexibility, enhanced speed, ability to integrate with Operations and Aviation, U.S. Army Forces Command
civil air traffic (file and fly)
• Enhanced ability to fly in contested airspace 10:15 Networking Break
Colonel Bruce Emig, USAF, Chief, Irregular Warfare Division,
Headquarters Air Combat Command (ACC/A8Q) 11:00 Striving for Unmanned Capabilities
• Army UAS roadmap
11:35 UAV Pilot Panel Discussion • Strategy from 2010-2035
Hear feedback directly from UAV Pilots. Ask a moderated panel your • Synchronizing the soldier, equipment and the network
questions regarding UAV operation, capabilities and performance. Glenn Rizzi, Deputy Director, US Army UAS Center of
Moderator: Lieutenant Colonel Travis Burdine, USAF, Air Force Excellence
MQ-1/9 Functional Manager
Join this panel and share your expertise on UAVs! 11:40 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in a Maritime Environment
Contact Brian Lazar at brian.lazar@idga.org for speaking opportunities. • Key areas and scenarios
• Current UAS initiatives for a maritime environment
12:15 Lunch • UAS operations in the way ahead
Captain Ted Venable (Ret.), US Naval Forces, Counter Illicit
1:30 Air Force Research Laboratory Session Introduction Program Manager, US Southern Command
Lead by: Colonel Jeffrey Turcotte, USAF, Chief Air and Weapons
Division, Air Force Research Laboratory 12:20 Lunch
1:50 Technology Maturation for a Next Generation Tactical UAS
• Systems engineering and concept definition 1:35 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,
• UAV power and energy
• Autonomous behavior and command and control
AFRL
Captain Paul C. Stewart, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval
2:30 AFRL Airspace Integration Research Research Laboratory
• Automatic collision avoidance technology Joe Mackrell, Principal Investigator, Naval Research
• UAS sense and avoid
AFRL SESSION
• UAS terminal area operations
Laboratory
Mr. Robert Smith, Cooperative Aerospace Operations Lead 2:15 Networking Break
3:10 Networking Break
3:00 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 •Test facilities and ranges
• Technological challenges
Dr. Leslie S. Perkins, Micro Air Vehicle Lead, Air Force Research Jan Moren, Deputy Director, Intelligence and Information
Laboratory Warfare Directorate, CERDEC RDECOM, US Army
4:30 Fuel Cell Powered SUAV's and MAV power System 3:40 National Airspace Access
Development • Current UAS operations
• Logistically fueled SOFC power systems • Mid-Term integration plans
• Fuel cell hybridized SUAV power systems • NextGen integration
• Long endurance MAV power systems
John H. Page Jr., Lead, Air Traffic Control Specialist, UAS NextGen
Lieutenant Mark Roosz, USAF, Special Purpose Power Lead, Integration, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office, Federal Aviation
Air Force Research Laboratory Administration
5:10 Depot Technology in Future Support of UAS
• Depot/industry partnerships 4:20 End of Main Conference
• Flight test range capability upgrades for supporting future UAS systems
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• Depot Technology upgrades for full sustainment capability of all UAS systems
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Workload Development, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Plans and
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5. UAV FOCUS DAY Thursday, April 29, 2010
8:00 Registration & Coffee 2:30 Certifiable Autonomous Flight Management for
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
8:30 Current UAS Capabilities The next generation air transportation system (NextGen) will achieve
MORNING
REMARKS
OPENING
• Army requirement documents: emerging UAS capabilities unprecedented levels of throughput and safety by judiciously
• Soldier comments from the field integrating human supervisors with automation aids. NextGen
Colonel Robert J. Sova, USA, TRADOC Capability Manager for designers have focused their attention on commercial transport
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TCM UAS) operations, with no standards proposed to accommodate the
burgeoning unmanned aircraft system (UAS) user community. This
9:15 MCWL UAS Test Efforts presentation will introduce the formidable challenges associated with
• Cargo UAS – Transition to NAVAIR for contracting efforts safely and efficiently integrating UAS into the national airspace system.
• Experimental STUAS payloads For UAS, safe operations translate to maintaining acceptable levels of
• Testing efforts for Lethal aerial munitions (LAM) risk to other aircraft and to people and property on the ground. With
Colonel Stephen Medeiros, USMC, Director, Technology this definition, a UAS may fly “safely” during and after a crash into
Division, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab unimproved terrain, provided no harm comes to people or property on
the ground. While existing autopilots can fly an aircraft from takeoff
10:00 Networking Break through landing, perhaps the greatest impediment to fully-
autonomous flight is proving safety in the presence of anomalous
10:45 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) UAS Sense and events, such as unexpected traffic, onboard failures, or receipt of
Avoid (SAA) Development conflicting data (e.g., from sensors). We will describe a method to
• UAS air space integration overview capture a system-level “flight envelope” that accounts for evolving
• AFRL SAA system architecture physical, computational, perceptual, and environmental constraints.
• AFRL SAA development and progress
This envelope is used to develop and execute flight plans
Vince Raska, AFRL Air Vehicles Directorate, UAS SAA Program (decisions/trajectories) that maximize safety margins primarily and
Manager traditional efficiency metrics secondarily. The key to certification of
such a system is to guarantee acceptable risk levels are maintained,
11:30 Lunch both real and perceived. As a realistic metric, we propose that such a
system is certifiable when proven at least as capable of anomaly
12:30 Making the UAS Better management as today’s human pilot, exploiting the “closed world
There is a rich S&T base can be applied to increase UAS engine assumption” that a human pilot or ground operator without visual
efficiency, decrease the weight of the UAS structural components, and cues (e.g., due to flight through fog/clouds) can only sense and act
improve airborne ISR. Analysis leads us to believe that order of with the same information available to the autonomous system.
magnitude increases in UAS engine efficiency are possible. Improved
What will be covered:
fuel/air mixing and combustion chamber thermal management are two • Method to synergistically define and exploit a new concept of “flight
keys to efficiency increases. envelope” that accounts for evolving UAS physical, computational,
In a like manner, the order of magnitude increases in UAS structural perceptual, and environmental constraints
material strength (largely carbon fiber composites) and in the near term
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• Building or altering flight plans that preserve safety margins, primarily
may be possible. If an airframe can be made 10 times lighter, it can in the context of collision avoidance and off-nominal event
travel 10 times as far or carry increased loads. This discussion will management
discuss the technical progress that can similarly be made in UAS wing • A proposed certification process by which the UAS must be
deicing, geo-location, and advanced communication. guaranteed to manage off-nominal events at least as well as (or
What will be covered: better than) a human pilot or ground operator
• Materials science as it relates to UAS; stronger carbon composites (by Ella M. Atkins, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace
a factor of 2), Wing icing prevention coatings, testing etc. Engineering, University of Michigan
• Communication and ISR system miniaturization, Software Defined
Radio / Cognitive Radio, etc. 4:00 END OF CONFERENCE
• UAS engine performance and the path to achieve improved
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