NEWSLETTER July 2002Welcome to the fourth edition of the UAVNET newsletter, whose purpose is to promote the advancement of civil UAV activity in Europe.
UAVNET Meeting #4
A highly successful fourth meeting of the UAVNET thematic network was held on the 23rd / 24th July 2002 at the University of Greenwich, Chatham Shipyards campus, hosted by Bae Systems Rochester England. Interest in the activities of UAVNET has greatly exceeded expectations and over sixty participants from over thirty organisations representing thirteen countries, attended the meeting which has now taken on the semblance of a workshop.
At the two day meeting many presentations were made.
The participants received reports on the progress of its two main projects USICO and CAPECON. Furthermore, presentations on potential applications were given by guest speakers Laurence ‘Nuke’ Newcome of Adroit Systems of Alexandria VA and Andy Fraser of Integrated Statistical Solutions (ISS).
Mr. Newcome brought the practical side of the agenda into focus by expanding on the comparative costs related to operating UAVs in the power line and communications fields. Mr.Newcome also concluded the conference with a presentation on the challenges facing future commercial UAVs. His lecture provided the listeners with a realistic picture of the hurdles which must be overcome in order to introduce UAVs into the commercial world.
Mr. Fraser spoke about pipeline monitoring, providing facts concerning the tremendous market potential which exists within the fluid pipeline industry for the utilisation of UAVs.
Mr. Mattias Abrahamsson of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) gave an in-depth report on the demonstration of the EADS/IAI Eagle MALE UAV which flew at the North European Aerospace Test (NEAT) Range in Sweden from May 21 to June 12, 2002.
An agenda of the meeting appears as Annex 1, and papers presented at the meeting are available for review in the DOCUMENT LIBRARY of this website (www.uavnet.com).
Photographs taken at the meeting are also available in the Document Library and may be downloaded.
Schedule for Future Meetings
UAVNET workshops take place approximately every three months for the exchange of information on a broad spectrum of topics covering all aspects of UAVs for civil applications.
The next UAVNET Meeting #5 will be held in Israel on October 30-31, 2002 hosted by Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. This meeting will be a combined meeting of UAVNET, CAPECON and USICO. CAPECON and USICO will have working meetings on the two days preceeding the UAVNET meeting.
Associate Membership
Observers are always invited to attend all UAVNET meetings and regularly receive invitations. It was decided at the UAVNET Organization Meeting to invite additional organizations to join UAVNET as Associate Partners in order to be involved in the present activities and to potentially participate in the development of new projects for the advancement of civilian UAVs.
Promotion and Dissemination
UAV-NET together with Swedish Space Corporation Esrange, EADS and IAI, co-sponsored the First European Conference on The Applied Scientific Use of UAV Systems. This took place in Kiruna Sweden on June 10-11 2002. A report on this conference, together with some photographs, can be seen at the following website :- www.ssc.se/esrange
In the current edition of "Unmanned Vehicles" magazine (Aug. 2002), a special report by Shlomo Tsach and David Penn, describes in detail the activities of UAVNET, CAPECON and USICO.
In the past few months, representatives of UAVNET have made presentations at the following international forums:
· Dr. Dirk-Roger Schmidt of DLR Germany and Claude Le-Tallec of ONERA France presented a seminar at the International Aerospace Exhibition Berlin in March 2002.
· Mark Okrent of IAI Israel presented a paper at the 17th Bristol International UAV Systems Conference on 8-10 April 2002.
· Claude Le Tallec of ONERA France and Jean-Claude Bertrand of EADS France presented papers at AIAA UAV Systems Conference in April 2002.
· Prof. Zdobyslaw Goraj of Warsaw University of Technology presented a paper at the 5th EWADE (European Workshop on Aircraft Design Education) Linkoping Sweden on 3-4 June 2002.
· Dr. David Harari, Vice President Research & Development for IAI Israel, Claude le Tallec of ONERA France and Dr. Dirk-Roger Schmidt of DLR Germany all spoke at the UAVLAB Conference in Kiruna Sweden 10-11 June 2002.
· Mark Okrent of IAI Israel presented a paper at Unmanned Systems 2002 in Lake Buena Vista Florida on 9-11 July 2002
· Dr. Dieter Haussamann of DLR Germany, Shlomo Tsach of IAI Israel and Mattias Abrahamsson all presented papers at Shephard Conference in London in 17-19 July 2002.
Annex 1
UAV-NET Agenda for Meeting #4
At BAe Systems in Rochester England
July 23, 2002 – Day 1
Time
Subject
9:00 – 9:10
Opening by Mark Okrent UAV-NET Coordinator
9:10– 9:20
Welcome and Introduction by BAe Systems & University of Greenwich
9:20 – 9:30
News from European Commission: Khoen Liem - EC Scientific Officer
9:30 – 10:00
Reports from Projects
USICO – Dr. Reimund Kueke
CAPECON – Akiva Peled
10:00 – 10:30
Demonstration of Eagle UAV for Scientific Research – Mattias Abrahamsson - SSC
10:30 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:45
Session 1: Civil UAV Applications
Pipeline Monitoring
Andy Fraser – Integrated Statistical Solutions (ISS)
Flying the Line: Power Line Patrol by UAV
Laurence “Nuke” Newcome – Adroit Systems
CamBat – Small UAV for Police Applications
Dr. Cezaryt Galinski – OBRUM, Jaroslaw Hajduk - ITWL
Airborne Communication Node Market Analysis
Laurence “Nuke” Newcome – Adroit Systems
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch
13:45 – 15:15
Session 2: Civil UAV Technologies
Remote Sensing 2
Wouter Brokx - NLR
Engineering development in answer to Market trends
Jacques Chemla – IAI Malat
Primary Flight Control Actuation
Colin Burbridge – BAe FHL Division
AIRSCAN – Civil UAV Market Penetration
Andre Clot – Remote Group
15:15 – 15:45
Break
15:45 – 17:30
Session 3: Civil UAV Technologies
The Technology of Aerospace and Automotive Materials
Colin Johnson – Faraday Advance, University of Oxford
Unconventional Avionics for Perspectives VTOL, STOL Systems
Dr. Imre Makkay Hatvan – Defence University of Budapest
UAV Technologies
Shlomo Tsach - IAI
Data Link: Reliable Command/Control of UAV and Low Cost Design
Dominique Garcia – EADS / S&DE
July 24, 2002 – Day 2
Time
Subject
9:00 – 9:05
Summary of First Day - Mark Okrent - UAV-NET Coordinator
9:05 – 10:30
Session 4: Civil UAV Configurations
Design of Solar Powered UAV
Dr. Giulio Romeo – Politecnico Torino
Aerodynamic Analysis & Optimisation of CUAV Configurations – State of the Art & Challenges for the Future
Dr. W. Kania – IoA, Prof. Z. Goraj – WUT
Cost Reduction Aspects
Robert Delogne - SONACA
10:30 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 13:00
Session 5: Safety and Operations
The Operational and Airspace Safety of Civilian UAVs: Essential Solutions
Derrick Hamlin – BAe Systems
VFR GA aircraft and UAV Flight Deconfliction
Claude le Tallec - ONERA
Issues Associated with Certification
Richard Smith – BAe Systems
Challenges to the Aerial Robotics Market
Laurence “Nuke” Newcome – Adroit Systems
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 16:00
UAV-NET Organizational Meeting (for UAVNET Partners)