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Commercial UAS: Access, Ecosystem and Market Evolution
For TTC’s UAS West Symposium
San Diego, CA. March 7-8, 2017
Ron Stearns,
Director, Business Development, Robotics and Unmanned Systems
DoD Aircraft Acquisition through the FYDP
Aircraft by Service Branch, 2015-2021
Fixed and Rotary Wing, 2015-2021
Aircraft by Category, 2015-2021
Source: Velocity Group analysis of DoD FY 2017 budget documents
With the inclusion of zero-hour rotary-wing programs (e.g. AH-64E, AH-1W to AH-1Z) and target drones (BQM-167, QF-16) there will be 3,037 DoD aircraft deliveries from FY 2015-2021. Rotary-wing aircraft are the major FYDP acquisition driver, owed in large part to operations tempo and airlift demand in United States Central Command
Transitions, Time Compression, Part 107
May, 2014: FAA accepts petitions for
commercial UAS exemption under
Section 333 of FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
First six Section 333 exemptions are issued on Sept. 25, 2014 to six
television and film companies.
5,309 Section 333s approved as of June
8,2016).
Blanket exemptions for test sites and 333 in
increasing effect. AGL from 400-800 feet
Moves toward Risk-based certification.
Night operations under Section 333.
Expedited, online commercial
registration. Part 107 released June 21, 2016
From inertia to normalized access in two years
From thousands of
commercial UAVs to
potentially millions –
how can systems scale to
accommodate?
• Regulatory
• Production
• Equipage
• Information flow
• Command and control
• Operator certifications
• Commercial service providers
• Human-machine interface
• Airworthiness
Part 107: Early Takeaways
BVLOS will usher in viable commercial Group 3 UAS
“Progress in science is not linear, but rather exhibits periods of peaceful interludes punctuated by intellectually violent revolutions.” -Thomas Kuhn (paraphrased from “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, 1962).
Gold Rush, but who are the early winners?
Imagery, data and business analytics driving CONOPS and revenues
Commercial UAV size, weight and reliability must evolve
Small businesses, Hyper localized > $1mm in revenues
Greater: altitude, controller radius, operations over people
Increasing: mapping use, data reselling, applicability
Section 333 and Part 107 are building the safety case
Drone Advisory Committee: Paths Forward
“This Federal Advisory committee was formed to provide an open venue for the FAA and key decision-makers supporting the safe introduction of UAS into the NAS. Members on the Committee work in partnership with the FAA to identify and propose actions to the FAA on how best to facilitate the resolution of issues affecting the efficiency and safety of integrating UAS into the NAS.”
Developments of note from the DAC’s Jan. 31, 2017 meeting in Reno, NV
700,000 Registrants in year one of the FAA’s Online Drone Registry
42,000 FAA Drone Registrants registered as commercial users
35,000 Applicants for the Part 107 Pilot Knowledge Exam
17,000 Have passed the Part 107 Pilot Knowledge Exam
29,000 Number of remote pilots in U.S. with 6,000
DAC commercially-important activity:
• Operations over people not commercially involved and BLOS ops. (e.g. Pathfinder)
• Changes to the waiver process in work, to enable access beyond Part 107
• Subcommittees working to establish minimum aircraft equipage, moving away from consumer derivatives to commercial-grade UAS
• Needs for aggregated commercial safety data exist to build the commercial UAS safety case
• Subcommittees want to look beyond smalls, and scale these corollaries to larger UAVs
in process
Commercial UAS Ecosystem Snapshot
Analyzed 647 organizations with active pursuit/participation in UAS markets and assigned to categories based upon stated core competency Data Processing: video, imagery and analysis RF/Comms: wireless, nav., detection, antennas, satcomms EO/IR: manufacture of all modalities Services: insurance, training, measurement, legal, field support, engineering, test, consultants Embedded Products: GPS, PCB, computers, data storage Electronics: MEMS, cabling, circuits, solar, avionics, IMU, switches, converters, connectors, motion control Components: bearings, power, batteries, fasteners, servos, hydraulics, tooling, chutes, cases, ground support
Timelines and Present Conditions
Investment and Events
Consumer to Commercial
Product/Market Maturity
Market Focals
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Initial: Tens of Millions: 3DR, Parrot, GoPro Kespry, Measure (Daas)
Drone Life: 50 Hours 100 Hours 300 Hours 1000 Hours +
Hardware Software (Daas)Service
Very Small Companies Limited Industrial Use Proof of Commercial Concepts
Evolving Participants, Business Models
• Measure – Drone as a Service – new funding wave from VC and Private Equity
• Trumbull Unmanned – Oil & Gas, Drone-Enabled services provider
• Price Waterhouse Coopers – advisor to emerging industrial users, conduit to introductions
• AeroVironment – Commercial Ag.- DaaS is standing up with internally-developed drone
• Trimble Geospatial – Took UX-5 UAV in house, DaaS for Precision Ag.
• Altavian – Deployed services teams, mapping intensive
• AECOM – Industrial advisors and project management
• Airbus Ventures – Vahana = flying “Uber” vehicle
• Project Wing – Looking to vertically integrate
• Amazon Prime Air – Delivery, consumer goods
Evolving Models
Truly Disruptive
Market Gap – Commercial Opportunity
Canon DSLR = 3-4 lbs. $2000 for body, lens, gantry assembly Humidity, salinity, particulates are no-fly deal breakers
Current small camera mounting, approx. $1300
Weight wreaks havoc on small UAS capabilities. >10 grams can equal tens of minutes of flight time on a Risk Class 2 fixed-wing UAV Performance penalties are worse for VTOL UAVs. With maximum endurance of roughly 30 minutes
Desired Commercial EO/IR Sensor Properties: 1. ITAR Free – commercially-available,
worldwide 2. Stabilized 3. Environmentally robust: day-night and
weather-tolerant 4. Independently powered 5. Less than 1.5 lbs. for entire system 6. Much lower power draw 7. Store onboard or stream imagery 8. Modular, hot-swappable payload(s) 9. > 5-inch diameter gimbal
Current Systems and Costs
DJI Inspire T600 with thermal imager $12,000
The Xenmuse (DJI) thermal camera (FLIR) retails as a standalone for $6,900
FLIRview Pro SUAS starts at $2,000 Size: 2.48" × 1.75" x 1.75“ Weight: 3.25-4 oz
AeroVironment’s i23 gimbal on DoD’s RQ-11B Raven starts at $30,000
CloudCap (UTC Aerospace Systems) TASE 150 Aftermarket for $8000 1.98 lbs – 4.5” diameter ITAR Restricted
M1-D PTZ UAV Infrared Camera List price: $9,995 4.5” diameter > 2 lbs.
Risk Classes and Commercial Best Fit
• VTOL UAV capabilities in the 40-
60 lb. range are surpassed
every 18-24 months.
• Service providers are purchasing
UAVs in twos to avoid fleet
obsolescence
• VTOL UAVs > 40 lbs. will
become a commoditized design
space
• Barriers to entry for RC 1-2
rotary-wing platforms are few, but
the ability to scale production and
spiral in capabilities is unproven
• To do so will require a warm line,
thorough IP sharing, real-time
field feedback
Risk Class Aircraft Weight Example Aircraft NAS Access
RC -6 15,000 lbs. and up 2020+
RC-5 5,000-15,000 lbs. 2020+
RC-4 1,500-5,000 lbs. 2020+
RC-3 55-1,500 lbs.2019-2020
Exemptions
RC-2 6-55 lbs. Part 107
RC-1 1-6 lbs. Part 107
Commercial Markets: Data Needs
Aggregate needs, determine asset utilization, preposition assets for rapid response
Major Electrical Transmission Infrastructure
Corridors stretch for up to 800 miles. There are programmed collections for vegetation encroachment, subsidence and clearances. In some cases these datasets must be collected twice annually. There are emergency needs during brownouts or weather-related damage to the distribution infrastructure. An ISO can lose millions in days if it cannot locate and repair. The added costs come from having to purchase power from outside networks. Even with a crewed Helicopter and an observer dedicated and on call 24/7 there’s no guarantee they’ll be able to fly. A UAV could do the dangerous work in remote areas to isolate unexpected outages, damage and/or hot spots.
Oil and Gas: Major Transmission Infrastructure Density
Map of major natural gas and oil pipelines in the U.S. Hazardous liquid lines are in red, gas transmission lines in blue Concentration in Texas, Oklahoma and Gulf states will help to define UAS CONOPS as well as industry and political partnerships This represents a sophisticated, moneyed end-user set. UAS Requirements are understood and waiting for expanded BLoS airspace access Source: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Imagery and Data Capture, Process & Delivery: Developing Drone Layer
Electrical Government Oil & Gas Agriculture Forestry
VAR VAR VAR VAR
Woolpert, OH Sewall, ME Merrick, CO Terra RS, WA
Aerial Imagery
Aerial Imagery
Aerial Imagery
Aerial Imagery
Drone Imagery Drone Imagery Drone Imagery Drone Imagery
Wholly-owned fleets, light twins, single heavies, exquisite sensors
Will providers choose to own or lease drone fleets as projects dictate? Ownership introduces elements of variable costs and unpredictability
Specialized value-added resellers incorporate and layer metadata over imagery
Established imagery and information users comprise a roughly $4 billion annual U.S. data market
9x9” imager in C182 Aeryon’s Sky Ranger
Commercial Drones can flatten this information flow, with lower investment and technical barriers to aircraft ownership and data capture, but not processing and delivery. Mapping and surveying will remain specialized skill sets.
Commercial UAS Value Proposition
Fixed fleet operating costs, data
driven maintenance and upgrades
Improving existing designs for
performance, SWaP, and human
factors
Take new concepts from design
to manufacture under one roof
Keep fleet updated with
latest technology
Let you focus on selling
your service or platform
The Velocity Group is at the leading edge of onshore product development and rapid time-to-market. We are assembling a world-class portfolio of design and manufacturing organizations that put customer focus at the heart of everything we do.
Our mission:
We help our clients accelerate time from idea to profit by providing single-source accountability for and management of the entire range of resources needed to bring concepts to profitable, market-ready products, to scale up for manufacturing and to produce and sustain them efficiently and cost-effectively.
About Us
velocityfast
Ron Stearns Business Development Director Robotics & Unmanned Systems
Email [email protected] [email protected]
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