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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Feb. 20, 2003
Table of Contents
- DAY 1
- 8.30 Registration and Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- 9.10 OPENING ADDRESS: CURRENT USE OF UAVS
- Latest developments in the use of UAVs
- Emerging requirements for UAVs in the military arena
- Innovations and initiatives in development
- What capabilities are available “off the shelf” now?
- The potential of UAVs in combat and surveillance operations
- Dewar Donnithorne-Tait, Executive Vice-President, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
- 9.40 TACTICAL UAV APPLICATION AND INTEGRATION
- Current status and future role
- Brigade Commander’s TUAV
- CONOPS for TUAV support to the manoeuvre commander
- TUAV requirements - above and below Brigade
- Micro UAVs and extended range/multipurpose UAVs
- Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Stoleson, Deputy TRADOC Systems Manager for UAVs, US Army.
- 10.20 PROGRAM UPDATE
- Planned payloads for US TUAV airframes
- TUAV payload needs
- On-going developments to meet the needs
- Roadmap for payload developments
- Michael Madden, Product Manager, Robotic and Unmanned Sensors, Program Executive Office, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors, US Army.
- 11.00 Morning Coffee
- 11.20 SUCCESSFUL UAV OPERATIONS
- Critical success factors in the use of Tactical UAVs
- What activities and actions ensure successful UAV operations?
- Which factors can lead to failure in operations?
- What can potential users do to guarantee success when deploying UAVs in a theater of operations?
- James Christner, Director of International Operations, AAI Corporation Defense Systems.
- 12.00 UAV UTILISATION IN SWEDEN
- Swedish Army program update
- What is the current status of UAV use in Sweden?
- Demonstration of a live exercise within the RMA concept
- A possible approach to adaptation of the UAV concept to current air regulations
- Captain Björn Carlsson, Quality System Manager UAV Systems and UAV Mission Commander, Life Regiment Hussars, Swedish Army.
- 12.40 Lunch
- 2.00 PROGRAM UPDATE: THE HUNTER UAV
- Hunter steps up to the interim ER/MP role
- Moving to auto take-off and landing
- Transitioning from UCARS to TALS
- Advances toward heavy fuel engines
- Preparation and progress in munitions dropping
- Significant payload results
- Ron Kline, Hunter UAV Program Manager, TRW.
- 2.40 PROGRAM UPDATE: PREDATOR and PREDATOR B
- Development and operational capabilities
- Critical technology areas
- Command, control and communications
- Air vehicle designs
- Payload integration
- Aircraft capabilities
- Jim Taylor, Program Manager, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
- 3.20 THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE
- UAV family for ISTAR, flexible targeting and combat
- Reconnaissance system KZO
- Electronic warfare system: MUCKE and FLEDERMAUS
- German army combat UAV TAIFUN
- Solving future tactical and operational problems using UAV systems
- Manfred Lehnigk, Manager, Sales Airborne Systems, STN ATLAS Elektronik.
- 4.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks followed by Afternoon Tea
- Close of Day One
- DAY 2
- 8.30 Re-registration and Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Dr Peter Trim, Lecturer in Management, Department of Management, Birkbeck College, University of London.
- 9.10 UAVS AND SURVEILLANCE IN THE US MARINE CORPS
- The Dragon Eye program
- The need for a bespoke UAV for surveillance for the Marines
- Particular requirements for the system in light of probable operational environments
- Collaboration with other UAV programs in the US forces
- Payload sensors
- Autopilot
- Systems software
- Enhancing interoperability of surveillance UAVs
- Lieutenant Colonel Don Bruce * (Subject to clearance), Program Manager, Infantry Weapons(UAV), Marines Corps Systems Command.
- 9.40 UAVS: KEY FACTORS IN FUTURE ISR TASKS
- The importance of considering the ISR architecture for UAV applications
- Segments and systems of the ISR architecture
- UAV segment in change of common acceptability
- Operational requirements for strategic, theater and tactical ISR systems
- Suitability of UAVs for ISR tasks?
- CONOPS parameter for UAV engagement
- Franz Bucher, Projects & Marketing Manager, EADS-Dornier.
- 10.20 UAV CONTROLS AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
- Developments in flight control system solutions for UAVs
- Key technology innovations
- Options for smaller flight control units - the GuideStar flight control unit
- Provision of dynamic state information
- Solid-state sensors in a small integrated package
- Key technical challenges with this class of sensor
- Vehicle flight control system capability
- Flight testing the system
- James Dotan, Vice President, Business Development, Athena Technologies.
- 11.00 Morning Coffee
- 11.20 UAV/UCAV: MARKET POTENTIAL AND PROPULSION REQUIREMENTS
- An overview
- Current trends in the market for UAVs and UCAVs
- Segmentation of the market
- An overview of the propulsion technology challenges
- Potential solutions
- John Wardell, Senior Business Analyst, Rolls-Royce.
- 12.00 HELIKITE UAVS
- Characteristics and current use
- Introduction to Helikites
- Helikites as an aid to UAV development and operation
- Permanent occupation of the sky
- Sandy Allsopp, Managing Director, Allsopp Helikites.
- 12.40 Lunch
- 2.00 UNMANNING EXISTING COMBAT AIRCRAFT
- Moving towards greater reliance on UAVs
- Existing ground-to-air fighters
- Modification of existing fighters to an unmanned role
- Airspace issues
- Endurance and warload
- Retention of cockpit for development and operations
- Thomas Turner, Member, Board of Directors, Mission Technologies.
- 2.40 NOVEL APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Novel applications for UAVs
- “Uncovering the past”: a case study
- Horizontally opposed diesel powerplants for UAVs
- John Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Anglo-American Business Consultancy.
- 3.20 Chairman's Closing Remarks followed by Afternoon Tea
- Close of Conference
AbstractThe field of unmanned aerial vehicles is rapidly growing world-wide and has intensified the interest and importance of the diversity of systems that are available.
SMi’s two-day event on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles promises to focus on new developments in these systems and analyse their progress and capabilities.
Our in-depth programme will consider the current and future UAV strategies that are available, provide first hand case studies on important issues such as their use in recent military operations, as well as highlighting how these systems can be used as part of an effective military air fleet.
Benefits of attending:
- LEARN from an international speaker panel with the latest insights on UAV programmes and deployment
- UNDERSTAND the latest strategies underpinning UAV use and their ever-changing role
- DISCOVER the latest developments in UAV technology and what’s just over the horizon
- BENEFIT from case studies from leading military speakers
- MAXIMISE networking opportunities in a globally attended forum and raise the profile of your organisation and its activities
Major contributions from senior representatives:
- Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Stoleson, Deputy TRADOC Systems Manager for UAVs, US Army
- Lieutenant Colonel Don Bruce, Program Manager, Infantry Weapons (UAV), Marines Corps Systems Command
- Michael Madden, Product Manager, Robotic and Unmanned Sensors, Program Executive Office, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors, US Army
- Captain Björn Carlsson, Quality System Manager UAV Systems and UAV Mission Commander, Life Regiment Hussars, Swedish Army
- Dewar Donnithorne-Tait, Executive Vice-President, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
- Ron Kline, Hunter UAV Program Manager, TRW
- John Wardell, Senior Business Analyst, Rolls-Royce
- Franz Bucher, Projects & Marketing Manager, EADS-Dornier
‘Speaker quality was a strong point’
SMi delegate, UAVs 2002: Ronald Crumbacher, UAV Focal Point, US Air Force
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