Cal UAS Portal

Eileen ShibleyUAS Lead, Inyokern Airporteshibley@me.com760-382-1049

Commercial Airline Traffic

*NASA Ames Image

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R-2508 Complex

Drone, UAV, UAS, RPV, RPA, Air Robot?

Early “Drones” were often surplus aircraft converted to remote-control targets (Culver PQ-14)

UAVs were developed as targets and basic sensor platforms (BQM-145A)

UAS are unmanned platforms that host varied sensors and systems (Yamaha RMAX)

Call it a banana, if you like …. John McCain

• FAA directed to:1. Establish 6 R&D test sites in the U.S. 2. Develop a plan to accelerate the safe integration of UAS into the national

airspace system

• When determining the location of the UAS test sites, the FAA Administrator shall:– consider geographic and climatic diversity;– consult with the DOD and NASA;– consider the location of ground infrastructure and research needs

Cal UAS Portal - Background – FAA Bill

FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 – dtd 14 Feb 12

• FAA grants blanket Certificate of Authorization (COA)

• Gather data needed to define operating rules for UAS operations in the NAS

• Develop the rules for UAS operations under their COA

• Overarching FAA Goal is to safely integrate UAS into the NAS by 2020

FAA Test Sites

UAS Test Site Applications

Official FAA Website – June 2013

Cal UAS Operating Area

Cal UAS– Industry Team Members

• California will gain more than any other State from UAS *

• ~80% of U.S. applications are in Precision Agriculture *• $90B industry in next decade *

• UAS expected to create 100,000 jobs *

• UAS technology mature

• UAS will potentially save $Millions

• Working with Assembly and Senate

UAS Commercial Applications … Why would California care?

* Source: Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Economic Impact Study - March 2013

• Agriculture – geo-surveying, crop spraying, livestock monitoring, wildlife inventory, soil erosion, frost mitigation, determining plant health, crop harvesting

• Utility Companies – downed power lines, water lines, geophysical surveys to predict mineral deposits

• First Responders - Search & Rescue, Firefighting, wildfire mapping• Coastline Tracking - locating oil spills, coastal erosion, migratory studies, • Construction - facility inspection, maintenance and safety purposes• Aerial surveillance – pipeline security, home security, road patrol, etc.• Weather studies - Hurricane hunters (collect barometric pressure,

temperature, etc real-time)• Reconnaissance - support in natural disasters• Aerial photography and marketing• Transportation – FedEx and UPS

UAS Applications

In an effort to harness and enhance California’s innovative spirit, the state of California launched its forward-thinking Innovation Hub (iHub) initiative. The iHub initiative improves the state's national and global competitiveness by stimulating partnerships, economic development, and job creation around specific research clusters through state-designated iHubs. The iHubs leverage assets such as research parks, technology incubators, universities, and federal laboratories to provide an innovation platform for startup companies, economic development organizations, business groups, and venture capitalists.

Existing California Innovation Hubs

• Defense Technology• Advanced Aerospace• Unmanned Systems• Autonomous Systems• Space Systems• Operational Energy• Test & Evaluation• Interoperability

The proposed California Defense, Energy and Aerospace i-Hub seeks to team California entrepreneurs and high-growth business with Federal laboratory RDTE resources for rapid innovation in response to critical national objectives.

Idea iHub headquartered at Inyokern Airport Inyokern, California

Cal UAS Day at Inyokern Airport

Save the Date – November 16, 2013 A Family Day at Inyokern Airport

9 am to 3 pmActivities, displays, kids stuff, BBQ

• Continue to populate Cal UAS Lab and Innovation Hub

– Focus on sUAS in our incubator and test environment

• Continue to build partnerships with academia – UC Berkley, UT, CSUB, Cal State Pomona and UC Santa Barbara, NPGS Monterey

• Continue to build industry partnerships

• Integration tests (R3 AWSAS, T-16XL’s, AirRobot AR-100B, Silent Arrow OPA)

Cal UAS Next Steps

Today, UAS are like desktop computers before the internet … … applications are limited only by our imaginations

Visit us at: www://caluas.com