Conference Day Two: Tuesday, 23rd June 2009
09.00 Chairman's Welcome & Introductory Remarks
Chris Granville-White
CBE
09.10 UCAV Capability Within French Ministry Of Defence
- Current experiences of UAV operations
- Outlining future opportunities and focus
- Evaluating UCAVs as a future platform
Philippe Koffi
Director UCAV Programme, UAS Office
French Defence Procurement Agency
09:50 Successfully Integrating UAVs Alongside Manned Military Aircraft
- Examining tactics, techniques and procedures for UAV integration
- Demonstrating safe and reliable capability in operational environments
- Implications of UCAV integration
Wg. Cdr. Brian James
DEC Deep Target Attack
UK MoD
10.30 Networking Coffee Break
11:00 Preparing For EuroHawk: German UAV Military Airworthiness & Certification
- Lessons learned from UAV airworthiness
- WTD 61 involvement in the international UAV integration discussion
- EuroHawk: Future challenges & opportunities
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Walter Storz Director, WTD 61 Bundeswehr |
Wolfgang Steiger Flight Test Division Leader, WTD 61 Bundeswehr |
11:40 Advancing Sense & Avoid: Contributions Of Germany's WASLA-HALE Project
- Meeting the challenges of the pilot's sense and avoid mechanism
- Target detection and tracking
- Conflict detection and generation of resolution advisories
Bernd Korn
Head of Pilot Assistance
German Aerospace Laboratory (DLR)
12:20 Networking Lunch
13:40 Avoiding Aerial Collision: Detect & Avoid For Netherlands MoD
- Taking a pragmatic approach to sense and avoid: Flight tests and trial results
- Addressing human computer interface and situational awareness challenges
- Analysis of requirements for future progress
Michel Selier
UAV Sense & Avoid Programme Manager
NLR
14:20 Harmonised Specifications For European Military Authorities: How Soon A Reality?
- Military UAV operation in European airspace: Barriers to be overcome
- Who should pioneer cooperation between authorities and operators?
- What impact will UCAV have?
15:00 Networking Break
15:30 How Can UAVs Operate To An Equivalent Level Of Safety (ELOS) To That Of Manned Aircraft?
- Understanding the problem: What an inability to detect, sense and avoid airborne hazards means for future UAV development
- What does ELOS mean? Interpretations of operators, developers and regulators
- What systems requirements does it create?
Gerard Mardine
Leader UAS Operations Sub Group, WG73
EUROCAE
16:10 UAVs And UCAVs: Legal And Ethical Dimensions
- The Challenges of Full Automation
- Public Perceptions of Warrior Codes
- The Disappearance of "Targets of Opportunity"
Dr Joel Hayward
Dean of the Royal Air Force College and Head of Air Power Studies
King's College London
