VTOL UAS in the

21st Century

Welcome

Darryll J. Pines

Professor and Dean

A. James Clark School of Engineering

University of Maryland

October 21, 2014

Outline • Motivation

• Potential Economic Impact, Applications

• UAS in Maryland

• Interest in Autonomy and Airspace Integration

• 21st Century potential for VTOL UAS Ops

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Motivation-AUVSI Report-Economic Impact

Maryland

Economic Impact: $2B

Jobs Created: 2,500 jobs

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Agriculture/Aquaculture

Aerial Photography/Real Estate/Motion Pictures

Law Enforcement/First Responders

Infrastructure monitoring

Disaster Relief/Response

Emergency/Humanitarian Aid

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Motivation: Non-military Applications

Major Maryland UAS Firms

• Neany, Inc.

• UAV Solutions

• AAI-Textron

• Lockheed Martin

• Northrop Grumman

• General Dynamics

• Aurora Flight Sciences

FAA UAS Test Site Competition Winners

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MAAP Ranges

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Airspace development ongoing: • Maximize safety/Manage risk • Support

• Agricultural applications • Utility applications • Emergency Response applications • Proximity to R and D centers • Leverage commercial use opportunity

• Virginia Tech, Rutgers and Maryland via research partnership agreement.

• Early flight testing to occur in areas and with flight plans designed to manage risk.

• With demonstrated performance, testing will gradually increase in complexity.

• Long-term airspace analysis is in progress

R4002/5/6/7 /6609

UMD UAS Test Site Ribbon Cutting-8/5/14

University of Maryland Robotics Center

Launched in 2010

www.robotics.umd.edu

• Cooperative, Collaborative,

Networked Robotics

• Unmanned Vehicles

• Miniature Robots

• Medical Robotics

• Robotics in Extreme

Environments

Emerging Autonomous Mobile Device

Engineering Achievements of the 21st

Century

Mobile Smart

Devices

Social Media

What is Next?

Tesla Electric Cars

Autonomous Cars

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NAV Motivation

Theater

Battlefield

Urban Outdoor

NANO SCALE VEHICLES CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO A NEW BATTLESPACE

Indoor

Currents UAVs successfully

execute missions from theater

level surveillance and attack to

scouting in urban canyons

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• Reconnaissance inside buildings

• Ability to penetrate narrow entries

• Emplace important sensors

• Transmit data without being detected

Notional Nano Air Vehicle Designs

Increasing Complexity Conventional

Un-conventional

Bio-inspired

Incre

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g R

isk

Improved Performance Maneuverability/Agility

FULL SPECTRUM OF NOTIONAL DESIGNS SELECTED FOR NAV PHASE I EFFORT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRwPCzUpGLU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srBNGkTDamY

http://ideas.ted.com/2013/11/20/15-years-of-drones-at-ted-in-five-gifs/

Video of UAS VTOL Flyers

Welcome to the University of Maryland

National Workshops/Studies on Autonomy