Unmanned Systems Program Committee Update

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Unmanned Systems Program - Committee
Update -
Mike Francis Program Coordinator Kathy
Watkins AIAA Staff Strategist January 9, 2005
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AIAA Unmanned Systems Program -- Program Goals

• Catalyze Unmanned Systems and Technology
  Constituency within AIAA and the Aerospace
  Technical Community
• Facilitate Resolution of National Issues
  Impacting the Development, Maturation or
  Application of Unmanned Systems
• Focus Science Technology on Unmanned Systems
  Needs and Opportunities
• Promote Cultural Acceptance by Public Potential
  Users

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AIAA Unmanned Systems Program -- Key Issues

• Evolving Role within AIAA
• Within TAC the Committee Structure
• Motivating Inter-TC Collaboration
• New Opportunity Means Change in Mechanics of TAC
  and Attitudes of Members
• With Public Policy and Outreach
• Unmanned Systems can be the Poster Child for
• Interdisciplinary Exchange Integration
• Attracting the Non-Traditional Aerospace
  Constituency
• Role on the National/International Stage
• Broadly Integrated within AIAA can Result in
  Leadership Role
• Converting Interest to Membership
• Must Develop Innovative, Motivating Activities
• Effective Recruiting Mechanics
• Help Spawn New TCs?
• e.g. Collaborative Systems, Enterprise
  Architectures, Network Centric Operations,

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1st AIAA Infotech_at_AerospaceConference
WorkshopHyatt Regency Crystal City,
VASeptember 26-29, 2005

• AIAAs 1st Full Spectrum Technical Forum on
  Information-Enabled Aerospace Systems,
  Applications and Technologies
• Co-Sponsored by AIAA and DARPA

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace --Event Objectives

• AIAA Objectives
• Initiate a new meeting venue focused on
  information technology-enabled aerospace systems,
  capabilities and related topics
• Create a new forum for addressing contemporary
  aerospace issues one that encourages and
  enables the interdisciplinary interaction and
  integration required to resolve these issues
• Use the event opportunity to attract and retain
  new members from the non-traditional aerospace
  disciplines
• DARPA (J-UCAS) Objectives
• Cultivate interdisciplinary exchange among the
  aerospace technical community required to advance
  the state of unmanned systems technologies and
  resultant capabilities
• Stimulate invention and discovery for unmanned
  and intelligent systems through the activities
  and peer interraction that will occur at this
  event.

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Planned Activities
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Organization for Infotech_at_Aerospace - 2005

• AIAA Organizing Entities
• AIAA Unmanned Systems Program Committee (Event
  Co-Chair)
• Intelligent Systems TC (Event Co-Chair)
• Computer Systems Software Systems TCs
• Other Information Systems Group TCs
• Plus AIAA Public Policy, Membership elements
• Contributing Technical Areas
• Guidance, Navigation Control Digital Avionics
• Modeling Simulation Communications Systems
• Aircraft Design Flight Testing
• Robotics Structures
• Applied Aerodynamics Atmospheric Flight
  Mechanics
• Lighter-than-Air (LTA) Systems Aircraft Design
• Sensor Systems Survivability
• Air Transportation Systems Aircraft Operations
• General Aviation Systems V/STOL Aircraft
  Systems
• Systems Effectiveness and Safety Support
  Systems
• Information and C2 Systems Airbreathing
  Propulsion
• Others (Space Systems, )

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Integrated Event
Program

• Rationale
• Improve inter-disciplinary crosstalk and
  interchange
• Achieve outreach to the aerospace information
  integration communities
• Industry, University, RD Labs, Government
• non-AIAA member constituencies
• Optimize overall technical program for the
  attendees
• Approach
• Issue-focused workshops
• Coordinated, synergistic plenary
  sessions/speakers
• De-conflicted Technical Program while minimizing
  concurrency
• Poster sessions, abstracted presentations
• Focused panel discussions, that address
  contemporary issues with multiple perspectives
• Provocative panel discussions mini-workshops
• Network-architectures effect on affordability
• Human-system interface
• Technologies for autonomy beyond the platform
  level
• Integrated special events
• War Stories
• Video Fest Contest

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Discussion
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Back Up Charts
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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Workshop UAVs in
the Airways

• Purpose Address broad range of technical,
  policy, institutional and cultural issues related
  to accelerating UAVs into global airspace,
  including commercial air corridors
• Motivation Next generation military UAVs (e.g.
  J-UCAS) and the potential commercial marketplace
  for UAVs
• Format TBD
• Workshop Issues
• Regulatory constraints airspace control
  certification
• Public acceptance and reaction
• The next steps to a solution
• Participants
• AIAA
• TAC - USPC TCs (Several)
• Public Policy Constituents (Public Policy
  Initiative?)
• Education Publications Committee awareness
• Staff Lead
• DoT-FAA with NASA and ICAO Organizations
  (International)
• Access 5 Program and Unite Organization
• US Department of Defense
• Potential Commercial Advocates (e.g. FedEx, UPS,
  )
• Congressional Public?

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- War Stories

• Objective Unique Special Event Blend of
  Entertainment Education Designed to Attract
  Conference Participants
• Description
• Evening Special Event
• Informal Exchange Between Unmanned Systems
  Celebrities-Notables-Pioneers and Conference
  participants
• Typically Three (3) Speakers
• Venue Bar/Lounge-like Atmosphere
• with Beverages and Food (Hors Douvres)
• Opportunity to Record Event Use for Subsequent
  Pubs/Outreach
• Participants
• Speakers (Based on Theme) To be Invited
• Event Sponsor
• AIAA
• Staff Support to Implement (Focal Point TBD)
• Publications Education Committee Reps (TBD)

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Video Fest Contest

• Objective Special Event to Capture Best Video
  Recordings of Unmanned Systems Attract Event
  Participants
• Rationale
• Obtain Video Material for Archival Use
  Publications
• Entertainment for Conference Participants
• Description
• Dedicated Video Displays throughout Conference
  (Times TBD)
• Prizes Awarded for Best in Several Categories
  (TBD)
• Prize Presentation at Conference Event (TBD)
• Participants
• AIAA Staff Support to Market and Organize (Staff
  POC TBD)
• AIAA Member POC/Lead
• Event Participants (AIAA Non Members Media
  Professionals?)
• Event Sponsor
• AIAA Publications Education Committees (Use of
  Materials)

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Virtual Poster
Session

• Objective Provide a Venue for International
  Involvement that Does Not Require Travel to the
  U.S.
• Rationale
• Novel Approach to Increase Information Exchange
  with International Participants
• Expand International Participation in AIAA Events
• Attract New Foreign Members
• Description
• Dedicated Poster Session Exhibit (Perusal During
  Conference)
• Scheduled, Prearranged Opportunity(s) for
  Exchange between Technical Author(s) Conference
  Participants
• Web-based Communications Infrastructure
• Participants
• Authors Solicited in Advance ( Limited in 1st
  year Experiment)
• AIAA Staff Support to Market Organize (Staff
  POC TBD)
• includes conference logistics
• AIAA International Committee Membership
  Organization

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Congressional
Interaction

• Objective Provide an Educational and Information
  Exchange Opportunity for Members and Staffers
• Rationale
• Congress is Major Resource Provider for ST and
  Systems Development Funds Knowledge is Good
• Take Advantage of Near-DC Event Location
• Description (Options)
• Late-Day Reception
• Formal Briefings and Exchange (Issues?)
• Multi-day Opportunities
• Participants
• AIAA Public Policy Committee
• AIAA TAC Liaison
• AIAA Staff (Select)
• Members (Select?)

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Other Potential Events

• Student Activities
• Special Session or Competition?
• AIAA Concierge
• Discounted Dinner, Show on Wed, Thurs Eves

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Integrated
Communications Strategy
Common, Synergistic Messages for

• External Outreach
• Public Outreach -- UAV Education UAVs in the
  Airspace
• Public Policy Issues Education, Dialogue
  Resolution
• New Member Campaign Focus on Unmanned Systems
  Community
• Pre-Event Marketing - Conference, Workshops,
  Exhibits, Videofest,
• Government Congress, Developers, Operators,
  Regulators,
• Nontraditional Aerospace Industry Participants
• International Community
• Press Event Opportunities?
• Internal (to AIAA) Objectives
• Event Awareness and Marketing to AIAA
  Constituency
• Coordination with and across AIAA Stovepipes
• TAC, Publications, Public Policy, Education,
  Membership
• Staff Coordination within AIAA

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AIAA Infotech_at_Aerospace -- Post Event Follow-Up

• Follow-On Activities
• Post Event Publicity (Video Contest, Special
  Events, )
• Funnel Papers to AIAA Publications
• Publication of Workshop Results (Website?)
• Develop/Distribute Public Policy Notes Other
  Initiatives?
• Short Course Development (Education Committee
  Lead)
• PR Materials (Videos, Website, Membership, )
• Independent Evaluation of Event Success
• Over 6-month period
• Redefine Unmanned Systems Program Committee