California's UAS Sensing by yourDragonXi Δ 4th of February 2015 Ω 9:40 PM

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~ NASA ~ UAV Related Capabilities in San Diego Area ~ SCALED	~ Air Combat Training Systems ~ Northrop Grumman ~ ViaSat	~ General Atomics ~ Raytheon Photon Research Associates ~ SAIC
~ ~ AUVSI San Diego ~ 21CSI	~ Boeing Phantamon Eye ~ SPAWAR ~ NTPS	~ San Diego State University AUV ~ Teledyne Technologies ~ National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis
~ SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center ~ Centibots ~ JPL Robotics	~ UCLA ~ UC Irvine ~ Stanford	~ Berkeley ~ Defense Language Institute ~ UCSC, Santa Cruz
~ CRES, University of Southern California ~ CALTECH /Robotics ~ CISCO	~ sense for Ξ ~ ArcturusUAV ~ NASA Ames Research Center	~ sense for Ξ ~ Optimum Solutions ~ RnR Products
~ Swift Engineering ~ AeroViroment ~ Google	~ Edwards Air Force Base ~ Scripps Oceanography ~ UAV Research	~ Scripps News ~ AI Lab and UAVs in Stanford University ~ Raytheon
~ UAS Test Site decision by FAA ~ Facebook goes unmanned ~ Advanced Tactics	~ San Diego UAS Business ~ Center of Excellence UAS by FAA ~ Wind River	~ Charming Drones ~ FAA ~ sense for Ξ
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~ NASA

»NASA Civil UAV Team
»Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
»NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO)
»NASA JPL UAVSAR

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~ UAV Related Capabilities in San Diego Area

»UAV Related Capabilities in San Diego Area

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~ SCALED

»SCALED Composites
ξ design, tooling, manufacturing

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~ Air Combat Training Systems

»Cubic
ξ systems and services company in transportation and defense markets

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~ Northrop Grumman

»Northrop Grumman
ξ several UAVs

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~ ViaSat

»ViaSat
ξ satellite, M2M services

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~ General Atomics

»General Atomics
ξ »General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
ξ UAS

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~ Raytheon Photon Research Associates

»Raytheon Photon Research Associates
ξ provides physics-based modeling, simulation & analysis software, tools and services
ξ mission planning and data collection service

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~ SAIC

»SAIC
ξ systems, solutions and technical services company

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~ AUVSI San Diego

»AUVSI San Diego
ξ the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

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~ 21CSI

»21CSI
ξ intelligent agent-based decision support systems

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~ Boeing Phantamon Eye

Boeing Phantamon Eye

ξ high-altitude UAV design did a 30-knot taxi test at Edwards Air Force Base
ξ represents the future of drones � just the not-as-sexy-to-look-at future of drones
ξ hydrogen-powered beast
ξ 150-foot wingspan
ξ designed to stay aloft for four days carrying a 450-pound payload at altitudes of up to 65,000-feet
ξ high-altitude long-enduarance (HALE) UAV
ξ important to the future of unmanned planes as the stealthy new fighter and attack style jets being developed
ξ HALE drones will be able to carry massive amounts of long-range sensors and communications gear
ξ on missions to collect intel or relay data back and forth
ξ some envision HALE drones staying aloft for weeks or months and
ξ serving as an atmospheric backup to space satellites that do everything from spy on enemies to provide us with GPS signals

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~ SPAWAR

»SPAWAR

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~ NTPS

»NTPS
ξ The National Test Pilot School (NTPS) is a not-for-profit civilian educational institution

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~ San Diego State University AUV

»San Diego State University AUV

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~ Teledyne Technologies

»Teledyne Technologies

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~ National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis

»National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis

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~ SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center

»SRI's Artificial Intelligence Center
ξ the center of research in artificial intelligence

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~ Centibots

»Centibots

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~ JPL Robotics

»JPL Robotics
»Patents

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~ UCLA

»UCLA

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~ UC Irvine

»UC Irvine

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~Stanford

»Stanford University

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~Berkeley

»Berkeley

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~Defense Language Institute

»Defense Language Institute

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~UCSC, Santa Cruz

»UCSC, Santa Cruz
ξ UAV Search will give several good UAV research papers !

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~CRES, University of Southern California

»Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems (CRES), University of Southern California

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~CALTECH /Robotics

»CALTECH

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~CISCO

»CISCO

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~ArcturusUAV

»ArcturusUAV

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~NASA Ames Research Center

»NASA Ames Research Center

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~Optimum Solutions

»Optimum Solutions

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~RnR Products

»RnR Products

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~Swift Engineering

»Swift Engineering

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~AeroViroment

»AeroViroment
ξ the first UAV using liquid hydrogen
ξ note that also develops efficient electric energy technologies

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~Google

»Google

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~Edwards Air Force Base

»Edwards Air Force Base

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~Scripps Oceanography

»Scripps Oceanography

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~UAV Research

»Prof.V.Ramanthan

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~Scripps News

»Scripps News

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~AI Lab and UAVs in Stanford University

AI Lab and UAVs in Stanford University
»The Stanford AI Lab
»Autonomous Helicopter

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~Raytheon

»Raytheon

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~UAS Test Site decision by FAA

UAS Test Site decision by FAA
»San Diego loses bid for drone test site
ξ San Diego County - home of the nation�s two largest developers of unmanned aircraft - has failed
ξ in its campaign to have Southern California named one six regions
ξ where scientists will test ways to integrate drones into the nation�s airspace.

ξ FAA chose Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia
ξ for the Congressionally-mandated research and testing,
ξ which could lead to the certification of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) later this decade.

ξ The FAA said it �considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs,
ξ airspace use, safety, aviation experience and risk� in making its decision.

ξ The agency currently doesn�t allow for the widespread commercial operation of UAS,
ξ largely because of safety concerns, including potential collisions with manned aircraft.
ξ But the FAA is trying to accommodate the budding market for UAS,
ξ vehicles that are meant to do everything from monitor wildfires and agricultural crops to check on utility lines.
ξ Amazon.com recently caused a sensation by saying it is studying the idea of using pizza box-sized UAS
ξ to deliver products to people�s doorsteps.

ξ San Diego joined with airports and pressed hard to have Southern California chosen as a test region,
ξ hoping to build on the UAS work done locally by defense giants Northrop Grumman and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
ξ A National University study estimated that more than 7,100 people were employed locally, directly and indirectly, by the UAS industry in 2011.

ξ A coalition led by the San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) and
ξ the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC)
ξ proposed testing drones in an area that extends from China Lake to Edwards Air Force Base,
ξ then west to the Pacific and south to the Mexican border.
ξ The main flight corridors would be over lightly populated areas.
ξ The plan emerged in the spring, causing unease from some East County residents,
ξ who cited safety and privacy concerns.
ξ But the proposal had broad backing, and the reaction was quick and sharp on Monday when FAA didn�t chose San Diego�s plan.

ξ �This is bad news for California,� said Larry Blumberg, executive director of SDMAC.
ξ �The economic impact would have been great. I�m very disappointed.
ξ Southern California has everything needed for this kind of testing
ξ -- open space over land and water, all kinds of terrain, from mountains to deserts to urban areas, and a manufacturing base.�
ξ Blumberg was partly referring to Northrop Grumman and General Atomics,
ξ whose unmanned aircraft have been widely used in such places as Iraq and Afghanistan.
ξ Neither company had immediate comment on the FAA decisioin.

ξ The proposal was strongly supported by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine,
ξ who told U-T San Diego by email on Monday,
ξ �The FAA certainly had enough locations to choose from, but among the sites selected,
ξ it�s hard to see how San Diego�s assets and resources did not put the region at the top of the list.
ξ �San Diego has all the talent and capability to ensure any future use of unmanned platforms is safe and properly regulated.
ξ If the FAA plans on setting the parameters,
ξ then the objective must be to create very narrow and clear requirements for the potential use of unmanned systems.
ξ But If the testing was occurring regionally, there would be more opportunity to keep an eye on things
ξ and understand better the FAA�s process and test targets.�

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~Facebook goes unmanned

Facebook goes unmanned

ξ Facebook is gunning for the title of World�s Coolest Place to Work
ξ its arsenal includes unmanned drones, lasers, satellites and virtual reality headsets
ξ Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company was creating a new lab
ξ of up to 50 aeronautics experts and space scientists
ξ to figure out how to beam Internet access down from solar-powered drones and other �connectivity aircraft�

ξ bought Ascenta, a small UK company helped to create early versions of an unmanned solar-powered drone Zephyr
ξ which flew for two weeks in July 2010 and broke a world record for time aloft

ξ thinking new ways of connectivity that dramatically reduce the cost
ξ Yael Maguire is engineering director for the new Facebook Connectivity Lab
ξ exploring whether there are ways from the sky to deliver the Internet access

ξ $2 billion to buy Oculus VR, a Southern CA start-up developing VR headsets
ξ bought WhatsApp for as much as $19 billion

ξ Zuckerberg�s Internet.org project to bring the Internet to the two-thirds of the world�s population without Internet access
ξ with Qualcomm and Nokia Facebook is working on technology to compress Internet data,
ξ cut the cost of mobile phones and extend connections
ξ to people who can�t afford them or live in places that are too difficult to reach

ξ to reach 10% of the world�s population in areas difficult to reach via traditional Internet solutions
ξ satellites can deliver Internet to sparsely populated areas with spotty Internet connections, but the cost is very high

ξ Facebook wants to explore whether access could be delivered more cheaply through both new types of satellites and unmanned aircraft

ξ drones that could stay aloft for months, even years,
ξ at a time at an altitude of more than 12 miles from the surface of the earth
ξ � far above other planes and the ever-changing weather

ξ planes would transmit data to each other using lasers before finally sending it back down to the earth!
ξ to create an Internet in the sky

ξ the end goal of connecting the world to the Internet is important to Facebook and the company is determined to get there
ξ thinking the way the telcos don�t

ξ initiatives bring to mind the �moon shots� pursued by its much bigger Silicon Valley rival, Google.
ξ Google has head-mounted computing project called Glass
ξ trying to bring the Internet to the middle of nowhere through a network of high-flying balloons
ξ has developed self-driving cars, aggressively acquired robotics companies
ξ dabbled in an array of science projects that wouldn�t seem to relate to its core, ad-driven business

ξ Facebook drones and virtual reality and the excessive amount of money paid for WhatsApp
ξ the talent expected to comes from not traditional tech markets

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Advanced Tactics

»Advanced Tactics

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San Diego UAS Business

San Diego UAS Business
»SUAS News
ξ General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Northrop Grumman � as well as several smaller companies are based in San Diego.
ξ Department of Defense contracts for unmanned devices alone contributed at least $1.3 billion to the regional economy in 2011.
ξ there�s plenty of controversy and outrage that could shape the industry�s future in San Diego.
ξ most believe San Diego�s drone industry will continue to grow
ξ drones � also called unmanned aerial vehicles � expected to be used for more and more commercial endeavors in the future

The industry is facing a key turning point
ξ FAA is set to release regulatory guidelines
ξ that will open up big money-making possibilities for commercial drone manufacturers,
ξ a process slowed by fears that the camera-toting technology will violate Americans� privacy rights
ξ a national industry group predicts California alone will see thousands more jobs
ξ and billions of dollars in direct economic impacts in the decade after the FAA gives commercial drone use the official go-ahead
ξ San Diego residents stand to benefit from their success and
ξ also to be hampered by it in the form of intrusive spying or malfunction-caused injuries

ξ How big is San Diego�s drone footprint, anyway?
ξ How many companies in our region play some role in unmanned systems technology
ξ � whether for military purposes or for commercial uses?
ξ How are drones already being used here?
ξ Is San Diego�s drone industry sustainable
ξ are there needs that aren�t being met, particularly at area universities?
ξ How are local boosters positioning our region for commercial drones� market launch?
ξ What are the specific privacy concerns that could stymie those efforts
ξ are there ways to address them?
ξ are San Diegans inclined to support both government and commercial uses of drones?

ξ Lisa going to try to answer some of these questions over the next several weeks
ξ hopes you�ll suggest some others for me to tackle, too

ξ Sara Libby, VOSD�s managing editor, recently came up with a good way to understand these reporting quests:
ξ They�re less like a scripted play � written and rehearsed in advance, and
ξ rolled out in controlled acts � and more like improv performances,
ξ which are partly shaped by audience feedback and the cast�s own dynamics.
ξ You play a role in this reporting journey I�m about to embark on.

ξ she wants to focus on San Diego�s slice of the drone industry and
ξ the economic and moral quandaries specifically tied to this region,
ξ and be seeking reader's suggestions on which angles to follow along the way

»Voice of San Diego
ξ Sara Libby, VOSD�s managing editor, directly at lisa@vosd.org
ξ Lisa Halverstadt, a reporter at Voice of San Diego.
ξ know of something she should check out? You can contact her directly at lisa@vosd.org

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Center of Excellence UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems)

Center of Excellence UAS
»UAS at FAA
ξ »UAS Test Sites
ξ »Center of Excellence UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems)

»COE - Opportunity for Research

References
»faa-seeks-academic-partners-for-uas-center-of-excellence
at least $500,000 annual FAA funding over 10 years <-- small budget!

»UAS CEO by InsideGNSS
COE will be a geographically disbursed consortium of the FAA, university partners, and their affiliates
selected by the agency to conduct UAS-related research, education, and training
�while working jointly on issues of mutual interest and concern.�
FAA will initially issue cooperative agreements to the selected university team members and
specific projects defined and funded through matching grants over the life of the COE

COE applicant will conduct research to assist the FAA fill some of the gaps in its roadmap to integrate UAS into the NAS.
FAA needs to identify and develop criteria and standards required for the civil certification of UAS pilots, equipment, and operations.

Nine focus research areas have been identified:
1. air traffic control interoperability,
2. airport ground operations,
3. command and control (C2),
4. detect and avoid (DAA),
5. human factors,
6. system performance,
7. privacy practices for UAS operations,
8. system engineering,
9. unmanned aircraft pilot training and certification.

COE expected to attract organizations, such as industrial groups and other public and private entities,
interested in collaborating with and coordinating the research and related activities.
These organizations may be considered as affiliate members by the COE core universities and
may provide matching contributions and receive funding from the COE.

UAS in the NAS initiative is part of the legislative mandate in the 2012 FAA Modernization and Reform Act.
2013 FAA selected six operators for unmanned aircraft test sites as a key element in the program.

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~ Wind River

»Wind River
ξ VxWorks is a real-time operating system developed as proprietary software by Wind River
ξ It certified for commercial airliners

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~ Charming Drones

»Charming Drones
ξ rents drones for hiking trips, film projects, surfing, company softball, vacations,
ξ birthday parties, weddings, mountain climbing, parties, roadtrips, research projects, beaches!

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~ FAA

»FAA

Message from www.faa.gov: San Diego FSDO Information
Email: 7-AWP-SAN-FSDO@faa.gov

Subject: Message from www.faa.gov: San Diego FSDO Information
Please call AFS-80 for questions regarding UAS operations. They can be
reached at (202) 267-6556.

Sincerely,
Bill Sapp
Acting Manager

This email was sent through the Federal Aviation Administration's public
website. You have been contacted via an email link on the following page:
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/san/contact/

Message:
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Dear Sirs,

I'd be more than pleased to get more information how to get FAA's
certification for our unmanned air vehicles (UAV) designed to be deployed
inside pod by piloted air vehicle. Our approach is safe because the UAV is
carried by piloted air plane through domestic airspace and inside the pod -
to be dropped above foreign theaters outside the United States.

Could FAA treat this kind of pod as a normal pod ?
The pod is designed according to the current pod standards, it' s not
activated in domestic airspace,
and the deploying air vehicle is a standard piloted air vehicle.

Thank you in advance for any information,
Paivi MayHill
Secretary of Small&Smart, California
www.dragonxi.com

»San Diego FSDO (Flight Standards District Office)

»FAA Mobile

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