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UAVNET Regional Workshops

September – November 2005

European Civil UAV Roadmap European Civil UAV Roadmap

UAVNET Regional Workshops

September – November 2005

European Civil UAV Roadmap European Civil UAV Roadmap

September 23. 2005, Szendrő, Hungary

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The U.S. with government support is moving ahead • NASA and industry (ACCESS 5) have a budget of >$140 million  • U.S. is planning to invest more than $15 billion in the next seven years

to accelerate the development of AAV systems, platforms, and payloads so that these systems will be capable of performing necessary security missions.

 

In the past Europe invested ~ €15 million, under the FP5 program, in UAVNET, USICO, CAPECON and HELIPLAT … and about €5 million for IFATS in FP6

But, Europe does not have any strategic initiative

for further developments for civil AAVs.

European research Commissioner Philippe Busquin says: "Americans have made better long-term strategic choices."

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Possible SituationsPossible Situations

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Executive SummaryExecutive Summary

IntroductionIntroduction

Brief History of UAVs primarily active in military

Current developments and plans for UAVs in military

Discussion of “Dull, Dirty and Dangerous” benefits which UAVs can bring to Civilian missions

Explanation of why major issues for introduction of Civilian UAVs is cost and safety and how Roadmap will present a path for overcoming these hurdles

Review of ActivityReview of Activity within UAVNET, CAPECON and USICO Projects

UAVNET

CAPECON

USICO

  Review of Civilian UAV ActivityReview of Civilian UAV Activity elsewhere in World

U.S.

Asia and Australia

Other European Activities

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Requirements for AcceptanceRequirements for Acceptance

Cost & Reliability

Aerodynamics (Status / Present Activity / Future Targets)

Configurations

Structures

Propulsion

Avionics

Flight Control

Communications

Other Systems

Control Hardware / Software

Payloads

Airworthiness / Certification Issues

ATC / ATM Integration

See or Sense & Avoid

File and Fly

Operating Procedures

Psychological (Governments / Public)

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MarketMarketProjected MarketsProjected Markets

Emergency MissionsMonitor Poisonous / Hazardous Environment Monitor Adverse Weather Conditions Disaster and Catastrophe ManagementFirefightingOil Slick ObservationSearch & Rescue

Scientific MissionsEnvironmental MonitoringWeather ForecastingAtmospheric Data CollectionOceanographic Data CollectionAgricultural Hyperspectral ImagingMagn., Radiological, Gravimetric Mapping

Governmental MissionsLand / Maritime) Border Surveillance Traffic Monitoring & SurveillanceLaw Enforcement Forest Fire DetectionDrug Traffic Monitoring

Commercial MissionsPipeline / Power Line Monitoring Communications Relay & Pseudo SatelliteCrop & Harvest Monitoring Fisheries Monitoring

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Regional MarketsRegional Markets

UAVNET Countries

Baltic Countries BeneluxCzech RepublicFranceGermanyHungaryItalyPolandScandinaviaU.K.

non-UAVNET CountriesGreeceIberia (Spain & Portugal)IrelandOther New Member States (Slovenia, Slovakia, Austria, Malta, Cyprus)

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Calendar RoadmapCalendar Roadmap Solutions to BarriersSolutions to Barriers20 Year Timetable listing solutions to technological and procedural barriers:

– ongoing research– recommended research

Solutions to ApplicationsSolutions to Applications20 Year Timetable listing availability of UAVs for applications based on above solutions

SummarySummary

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Roadmap ObjectivesRoadmap ObjectivesMissions

Industry

Research Institutes

Technology

Education

Pan-European activity across 25 member states matching technologies

with capabilities

Missions (law enforcement, environment, agriculture, oceanography, emergency, etc…) will benefit European society

Initiate research and development of core technologies enhancing education, key skills and infrastructures

Requirement for suitable research, development, manufacturing and operations personnel will enhance technology education

Catalyst to encourage pan-European activity & establish relevant research, development and manufacturing aerospace infrastructures

across the 25 nations of Europe

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Achieving Long Term EU GoalsAchieving Long Term EU Goals

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INVESTMENT

MARKET

CONFIDENCE

INVESTMENT

RESEARCH

&

DEVELOPMENT

VALIDATION

INDUSTRIES

UNIVERSITIES

EU COMMISSION

SEED MONEY

PRIVATE

GOVERNMENT

INDUSTRIES

RESEARCH

INSTITUTES

DECISION

MAKERS

SURVEYS MARKETING

PUBLICUSERS

PAYLOADS

AIR TRAFFIC

MANAGEMENT

TECHNOLOGIES

APPLICATIONS

COMMUNICATIONS

Through momentum and leverageThrough momentum and leverage

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Opportunities (if Europe adopts Civil UAV Roadmap) and

Threats (if Europe does not adopt Civil UAV Roadmap)

Utilization Decision Making

Full European autonomy - completely independent

Europe may have to follow outside directives on civil UAV uses.

Technologi-cal infrastructure

Completely European produced civil UAV system, instead of a “component and parts” manufacturer

Technology must be bought as finished products or with conditions

Pan-European research

Know-who and, Know-what benefits Europe and Pan-European relations

Weaken European research and knowledge in this area

Affected Domain

Opportunities 

Threats 

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High-tech growth

Increase indirectly subsidises non-European high-tech

innovation Increase Brain Drain

workforce Development of highly skilled workforce

workforce loses challenge to develop skills

Worldwide competition

Europe can compete with its own product in the civil UAV market

Europe is a bystander in the civil UAV market

Opportunities (if Europe adopts Civil UAV Roadmap) and

Threats (if Europe does not adopt Civil UAV Roadmap)

Affected Domain

Opportunities 

Threats 

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Affected Domain

Opportunities 

Threats 

Technological spin-offs created

European spin-offs created Spin-offs are non-European

Worldwide Civil UAV Industry

Europe maintains leading role in this high growth market

Europe is net purchaser only

Civil UAV Service Industry

European service industries with their supply chains expand substantially

European civil UAV service industry dependent on imports

European aerospace employment

directly boosted, increasing its attractiveness for younger generations

Contributor to possible rise in unemployment

Opportunities (if Europe adopts Civil UAV Roadmap) and

Threats (if Europe does not adopt Civil UAV Roadmap)

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There is much potential in aerospace in the new European member countries

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in the Polish Aerospace Industry

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Avoid a skills gap

The vision presented in the Roadmap

is very important for the 10 “new countries”

• to avoid a skills gap and

• to avoid a brain drain to other parts

of the world (Europe!)

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East European economies must be transformed East European economies must be transformed from heavy industry & agriculture from heavy industry & agriculture into a knowledge-based economyinto a knowledge-based economy

(from presentation by Prof. Z. Goraj of Warsaw Univ. of Technology at UAVNET Workshop No. 13)

• Investment into the AAV R&D&P can accelerate this process

• No need for big money - it is not the Airbus case!

• SMEs & universities can play the primary role

• Eastern & Central European countries possess the necessary experience, technological knowledge, well educated and skilled manpower and research facilities

• Clear vision, political acceptance, coordination and motivation to act is urgently needed.

• So little and so much is needed.

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Lesson learned fromBusiness Cases

• Further work must be undertaken in co-operation with potential users to further evaluate viability of Civil UAV utilization for civilian applications

• Initial evaluations indicate improved performance at lower cost

• Potential for Wide Variety of applications limited only by “Imagination”