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SMi's 6th Annual Conference on The Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd

Published: Nov. 27, 2006


Table of Contents


DAY ONE



Registration & Coffee




Chairman's Opening Remarks

Professor Ian Poll OBE, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace.




UK VISION OF UNMANNED VEHICLES

The role of UVs in the UK military

Current and future capabilities

Benefits

Requirements for operability

Aims and requirements for developing UVs

Future UK strategy

Group Captain Harry Hallett , Directorate of Air Staff, Assistant Director Operations, Ministry of Defence, UK.




NATO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

UAS capabilities

Current NATO UAS capabilities

Future NATO UAS capabilities

NATO UAS standards, working group and research

Issues and challenges of UAS in NATO

The NATO flight plan for unmanned aircraft systems

Colonel Daniel Lewandowski, Branch Head, Combat Air, NATO.

Lieutenant Colonel Mihai Stir, Future Capabilities Branch Officer, NATO.

Morning Coffee




OPERATIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Fitzgerald, Commanding Officer 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery, British Army.

Major Paul Tombleson RA, Second in Command, 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery, British Army.




HOMELAND SECURITY

Border Protection

Protection

Border surveillance

Threats

Use of UAV's in homeland security

Major General USAF (Ret) Michael Kostelnik, Assistant Commissioner, Office of CBP Air and Marine, DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Networking Lunch




THE ROYAL AIRFORCE PREDATOR EXPERIENCE

UAV vision

UAV road map

UAV issues legacy and future

Some recent UK successes

Squadron Leader Richard Sanderson, SO2 RPA, Ministry of Defence, UK.




FLYING UAV’S IN SEGREGATED AIRSPACE

A step toward solving the issues of Sense and avoidance, pilot certification and secure data links for UAV's

Setting the baselines for Sense and avoidance, pilot certification and Secure Data links

The need for manufacturer, user and air traffic controller interface in testing

Reducing the research and development costs

The need for flight test data

The need for a large designated test and evaluation area that can be restricted when needed

Robert Kendall, International Training Programs, Foreign Military Training Programs, Canadian Forces.

Afternoon Tea




CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS AND LESSONS LEARNT EMPLOYING UVS

Recent operational use

How do we increase combat effectiveness

Improved mission performance

Adapting to operational environments

Improved command and control

Effective mission management

Communication challenges

Air Brigadier Roberto Corsini, Deputy Chief 3rd Department, Plans & Policy, Defence General Staff, Italy.




UAVS WITHIN CZECH ARMED FORCES

Current operations and technology

Current and future capabilities

Goals and objectives

Recent challenges and achievements

Lieutenant Colonel Radek Stastny, Senior Officer, Reconnaissance and EW Department, Ministry Of Defence, Czech Republic.




Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One




Professor Ian Poll OBE, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace.



DAY TWO



Registration & Coffee




Chairman's Opening Remarks

Professor Ian Poll OBE, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace.




USAF UAS S&T

Future UAS concepts

ISR and Hunter-Killer Platforms

Key enabling technologies:

Auto air refueling,

Sense and avoid,

Embedded apertures,

Co-operative airspace ops

Brian Van Vliet, Chief, Control Sciences Division AFRL/VAC, Air Force Research Laboratory, USAF.




TOTAL AUTONOMY?

The development of intelligent autonomy in unmanned vehicles

Autonomy development

Autonomous systems capabilities

Terms and levels of autonomy

Adjustable authority

Human requirements

Professor Ricardo Sanz, Autonomous systems Laboratory, Universidad Politecnica De Madrid.

Morning Coffee




THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY AND ITS ROLE IN DELIVERING EU MILITARY CAPABILITIES THROUGH UAVS

Presentation of the EDA

The EU capability development process

UAV activities in the EDA

Maurice de Langlois, Capability Manager Engage, European Defence Agency.




FGPAS AND CELL BROADBAND ENGINE

A disruptive technology impacting the current Electronic Warfare and Multi-int CONOPS paradigm

COTS price/performance comparative technology perspective

CONOPS advantages using FPGAs v. IBM Broadband Engine technology for deployed and ground based mission critical environments.

Counter IED

UAV SIGINT

Ground station multi-int fusion

Russ Adamchak, Director, Special Programs, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc..

Networking Lunch




HUMAN FACTORS IN UAVS

Lieutenant Colonel John Mullin, UAV Capabilities Officer, Materiel Capabilities Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, US Marine Corps.

Dr Dale Richards, H F Consultant, Autonomous Guidance & Telematics, QinetiQ.




EURO CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS

The use of military UAVs in operational air traffic outside segregated airspace

Why specifications?

Regulatory context

Main issues

Basic principles

Separation provision and collision avoidance

Wing Commander Michael Strong, Eurocontrol Military Expert, Military Unit, , EUROCONTROL.

Afternoon Tea




FUTURE MALE UAV OPERATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS

Concept of operations and airspace integration in the Netherlands

Introduction of MALE UAV CONOPS for different missions

Vision of functionality enhancements and reasons for further research for ground stations

MALE UAV Intergration in NEC / NCW operations

Certification and airspace integration preparations for MALE UAV operations in NL

Major AAHE Goossens, Technical Project Officer, MALE UAV Project Team, Royal Netherlands Air Force.




INTEGRATION OF UAV INTO ATM

Experimental results

Simulation of UAVs

Validation of integration concepts in real time ATM-Simulation

First European flight test results of a UAV aircraft in civil non segregated airspace

Dr Dirk-Roger Schmitt, Business Manager ATM, Institut fuer Flugfuehrung, DLR, Germany.




Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One




Professor Ian Poll OBE, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace.

Abstract

We have the technology, now the military have to decide how to use it. As the importance of UAVs is now being recognised in modern military operations we need to decide what the military needs, what’s desirable and what’s possible. SMi’s 6th Annual Conference on The Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, will examine current and future UAV operations in the EU and the USA

The programme will address operations and concepts of UAVs with a view to the future battlefield, looking at the key areas that are influencing their use. The conference will investigate the relationship between UAV development and network centric and network-enabled visions, looking at ISTAR capabilities within military operations, autonomy levels in UAVs and the rules and regulations of flying in military and civil airspace.

With an exceptional international line up of speakers, the conference offers case studies from international programmes, allowing attendees to address their key concerns by drawing on the experience of our expert panel of speakers.

With special presentations from:

  • Air Brigadier General Roberto Corsini, Deputy Chief 3rd Department, Plans & Policy, Defence General Staff, Italy
  • Lieutenant Colonel Daniel P Lewandowski, Chief Space Systems, Combat Air Branch, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, NATO
  • Lieutenant Colonel John Mullin, UAV Capabilities Officer, Material Capabilities Division, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, US Marine Corps
  • Lieutenant Colonel Nick Fitzgerald, Commanding Officer 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery, British Army
  • Colonel Maurice de Langlois, Capability Manager Engage, European Defence Agency
  • Major General USAF (Ret) Michael Kostelnik, Assistant Commissioner, Office of CBP Air and Marine, DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  • Wing Commander Andrew Jeffrey, DAS-UAV, Directorate of Air Staff, Ministry of Defence, UK
  • Wing Commander Mike Strong, UK Staff Officer, Civil-Military Co-ordination Plan Dept, Eurocontrol
  • Major AAHE Goossens MSc, Technical Project Officer, MALE UAV Project Team, Royal Netherlands Air Force
  • Major Radek Stastny, Senior Officer, Reconnaissance and EW Department, Ministry of Defence, Czech Republic
  • Professor Ricardo Sanz, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Universidad Politecnica De Madrid
  • Dr Dirk-Roger Schmitt, Business Manager ATM, Institut fuer Flugfuehrung, DLR, Germany

Chaired by: Ian Poll OBE, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University and Business Development and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace

Benefits of Attending The Future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles:

  • EXPLORE the current military aims for UAV's
  • ASSESS the future direction for UAV's
  • EXAMINE operational successes capability requirements
  • HEAR international perspectives on UAV operations
  • NETWORK with key military and industry experts



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