Welcome!

NASA / DHS UAV Capabilities Assessment Workshop

July 6 & 7, 2005

Herndon, VANote: This workshop is an open forum, no ITAR restrictions

Workshop Structure

DHS/NASA HighLevel Briefings

FutureMissionAnalysis

Areas of Collaboration?

Future UAVTechnology Brief

today 2015

Civil UAV Capability

Assessment

Civil UAV Capabilities Assessment• Task: Develop a Civil UAV Capability Assessment (2015 Time Frame)

– Customers: Sub-Orbital Science Program, Vehicle Systems Program– Complement DOD roadmap– Homeland Security, Commercial, Land and Coastal Regions Management,

Earth Science focus areas

• Objectives:– Influence the management of the UAV technology portfolio based on user

defined future needs and missions– Broad civil arena assessment vetted with participating agencies: NASA,

NOAA, DOE, U. S. Forest Service, etc.

• Initial draft version is available via web-site: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/civuav/index.html

• Information sources for initial version: 35 missions– primarily Earth science missions (SSMF, GSFC Earth Science Missions,

NASA/DOE/NOAA workshops and UAV Initiative Advocacy)– 21 basic technologies and capabilities identified to support missions