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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 2008

17th November to 18th November 2008, London, United Kingdom

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8.30		Registration & Coffee
9.00		Chairman's Opening Remarks Professor Ian Poll, Aerospace Engineering and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace, UK
9.10		UAS Programmes in the US Air Combat Command – Lessons Learned Colonel Bruce Emig, Chief, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and U-2 Division, Air Combat Command, US Top Considerations learnt Current technology Challenges ahead Future roadmap
9.50		The Watchkeeper Programme – The Future for UAV Intelligence, Surveillance, Target, Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Capabilities Major Mark Whittle, Watchkeeper Implementation Team, Headquarter Director Royal Artillery, British Army Timescale for delivery and development Advantages the Watchkeeper will offer the British Army Critical Design Review Future direction and implementation
10.30		Morning Coffee
10.50		UAV Prospects Based on Lessons Learned in the French Military Colonel Jean-Luc Fourdrinier, Project Officer, Joint C.D & E. Centre, Ministry of Defence, France Qualities and constraints of UAVs Efficiency vs cost evaluation Sociological, physiological and legal implications What will be realistic in the future?
11.30		UK Reaper – Acquisition to Operations Sqadron Leader Richard Sanderson, SO2 RPA, Ministry of Defence, UK Update of activities Future Direction Recent successes
12.10		Networking Lunch
13.30		What is UAV Mission Planning? Isil Kolagasioglu, Project Manager, STM Defence Technologies Engineering Inc. Mission planning - functions Pre mission analysis Mission upload Mission planning Post mission analysis
14.10		Insect Like Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles Dr Rafal Zbikowski, Principal Research Officer, Department of Aerospace, Power & Sensors, Cranfield University Motivation and background Why insect like flight Fundamental technical issues Current status of technology Future outlook
14.50		Afternoon Tea
15.10		Flight Ranges: Selection and Requirements Major Robert Kendall, International Training Programs, Directorate of Air Contracted Force Generation , Canadian Forces The need for a range cataloguing system The catalogue and content A sample of an actual flight test criteria Saving time and money during the selection process Avoiding costly show stoppers for flight evaluations
15.50		Total Autonomy? Dr Tony Pipe, Reader in Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Deputy Director, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab, UK Terms levels and categories of autonomy Autonomy development Autonomous system capabilities Human requirements for, and interfaces to, autonomous systems
16.30		Transportable Autonomous Patrol Systems for Land Border Surveillance Nursen Ayaydin Aslan, Project Manager, STM Defence Technologies Engineering Inc. Border security Introduction STM UAV capabilities: Command and control Mission Planning Image processing TALOS introduction STM’s part in TALOS
17.10		Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One Professor Ian Poll, Aerospace Engineering and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace, UK

8.30		Registration & Coffee
9.00		Chairman's Opening Remarks Professor Ian Poll, Aerospace Engineering and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace, UK
9.10		NATO’s Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems Lieutenant Colonel Jens Fehler, C4ISTAR Branch, NATO Joint Airpower Competence Centre Update on current developments Integration and Interoperability Bandwidth – How do we see it and how important is it? Obstacles and challenges Future roadmap for NATO UAS capabilities
9.45		The UK Army’s Operational Implementation of UAVs in Iraq and Afghanistan Major Claire Button, Battery Commander, 18(Quebec 1759) Battery, Royal Artillery, UK The UK Army UAV operational update Army UAV missions and operational experiences – How have UAVs been used to aid success? How does a military commander take full advantage of UAV technology? How do we increase operational effectiveness? Future potential for UK military operations
10.20		Morning Coffee
10.40		Italian Air Force - An Operational Perspective Colonel Vincenzo Sicuso, Predator Squadron Commander, Italian Air Staff Where and how are UAVs being used? Challenges encountered and overcome Current and future information, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities Adapting to operational environments Successes, challenges and future insights
11.15		Aerial Surveillance – UAV & Connected Technology Pietro Amati, Managing Director, ASM Europe Ltd Crime Surveillance & hostage location Traffic monitoring and surveillance Engineering R&D Border & coast patrol - Search and rescue
11.50		Integration of UAV’s into Non-Segregated Civil Airspace Leslie Cary, Technical Officer, Air Traffic Management, International Civil Aviation Organisation ICAO approach to unmanned aircraft system Developing a regulatory framework Sense and avoid issues Integrating UAVs into non segregated civil airspace Accommodating UAV into non-segregated airspace Accommodating UAS at aerodromes Safety and public perception implications The way forward
12.25		Networking Lunch
13.45		Air Traffic Management and UAVs in Europe Michael Strong, Directorate Civil Military ATM Cooperation , EUROCONTROL European ATM context Integration Challenges EUROCONTROL activities European and international collaboration How UAV integration might evolve
14.20		ASTRAEA Programme Update – UAV Airspace Access Nick Miller, Vice Chairman, ASTREA, UK Defining the requirements of UAVs to fly in commercial airspace Effort to incorporate high-altitude, long endurance aircraft into the national airspace National and multi national regulatory difficulties Challenges faced Future direction
14.55		Afternoon Tea
15.15		UAS Systems Research from the Czech Republic Lubor Kult, CTO, Project Leader, TrackSystem Jan Kneissl, Certification Officer, TrackSystem Helicopter UAS – HEROS Fix wing UAS – RoboStar General concepts of our systems Helicopter UAS – HEROS Fix wing UAS – RoboStar General concepts of our systems
15.50		The Operational Advantages of Civil UAVs Vijith Randeniya, Deputy Cheif Fire Officer, West Midlands Fire Brigade Patrick Mika, Watch Commander, Research and Development, Operations Support, West Midlands Fire Service Why use UAVs in the public sector? What is being done now to aid success? Difficulties encountered and overcome Operational experiencesWhat will be possible in the future? Why use UAVs in the public sector? What is being done now to aid success? Difficulties encountered and overcome Operational experiencesWhat will be possible in the future?
16.25		Future UAV Integration in a Network Centric Environment Carlos Montes, Advanced Air Traffic Management Engineer, New Programmes and Safety Group, Boeing Research & Technology Europe David Esteban, Aerospace System R&D Engineer, New Programs and Safety Group, Boeing Research & Technology Europe Future UAV interoperability with advance ATM system How UAV will share the airspace with civil manned aviation? UAS interoperability requirements in a network centric environment Security issues associated to the UAS integration on the future SWIM (System Wide Information Management) Future interagency applications Future UAV interoperability with advance ATM system How UAV will share the airspace with civil manned aviation? UAS interoperability requirements in a network centric environment Security issues associated to the UAS integration on the future SWIM (System Wide Information Management) Future interagency applications
17.00		Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two Professor Ian Poll, Aerospace Engineering and Technical Director, Cranfield Aerospace, UK

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