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AIRCRAFT UNMANNED LORI LOSEY/NASA Ikhana UAV ﬂies over California en route to its new base at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. demand curve of applications for Certiﬁunmanned aircraft cates of Authorization systems on U.S. airfor UAVs to be operated space.” The docuin the NAS. The FAA ment will also aid supports UAV flights government regulathat can be conducted tors in understandat an “acceptable level ing when customers of safety.” The operawill want to operate tor must prove that the different types of UAV is airworthy and drones in a variety that a collision with of environments. another aircraft is “exThe effort identremely improbable.” tifies the missions Key to the concept is and platforms for the role of qualiﬁed piIkhana control station has consoles for two operators. unmanned aircraft, lots-in-command in a ground control station and an observer, systems and airspace operations, Lock- mapping them against manufacturers’ heed Martin evaluated the current state plans and FAA certiﬁcation timelines. who often-times is in a chase aircraft. More recently, the FAA began issu- of UAV mission needs, forecast their near- Lockheed Martin provided the FAA ing UAV Experimental Airworthiness term demands on airspace capacity and with the big picture of the emerging Certificates for R&D, market surveys charted a strategic plan to safely integrate UAV market and its subsequent impact on the nation’s airspace resources. The or crew training. Civil UAVs with air- operations into the nation’s airspace. Ken Geiselhart, Lockheed Martin’s company delivered the road map last worthiness certiﬁcates cannot be used project leader, says development of year, but it remains under wraps. for other purposes. Last December, the Pentagon released The FAA has been stingy in granting a UAV road map will help define “the its “Unmanned Sysmanufacturers and optems Roadmap 2007erators both certiﬁcates. 2032” that addresses As of August 2007, the airspace integration FAA had issued only 14 issues. The military Experimental Airworseeks to have “ﬁle and thiness Certiﬁcates for fly” access for UAVs UA operations. in civil airspace by Helping the FAA 2012. The document develop the means to notes that UAV stanevaluate safe operation dards cannot vary of drones in the NAS widely from those is Lockheed Martin, for manned aircraft, which won an FAA conand must employ tract in 2006 to support sense-and-avoid sendevelopment of a UAV sors and other highroad map. By applying tech tools to maintain its technical, programBefore military UAVs share civil airspace, the FAA situational awareness matic and specialized needs evidence that collisions are highly improbable. of tra c. expertise in air traffic U.S. AIR FORCE TONY LANDIS/NASA 38 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL MARCH 2008 AviationWeek.com/dti http://www.aviationweek.com/dti

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Defense Technology International - March 2008 Contents Sweden Cancels SEP; Israel Launches Imaging Satellite; Geotextiles Secure Ammo Dump U.S. Navy Taps Neural Architecture Software to Assure Job Satisfaction Shrapnel-Like Pieces of Reactive Materials Increase Explosive Force of Bombs Technology is Rapidly Closing the Gap Between Sensors and Shooters Italian Army Program Aims to Develop a Fully Networked Land Force Political and Military Uncertainties Plague U.S. Defense Budget Democrats Put Pentagon on Notice Over Spending and Policy at DTAR Conference Russian Combat Vehicle Protects Tank Formations from Anti-Armor Weapons European Battlelabs Use Simulation to Verify Technologies and Stretch Defense Funds Malaysia Accelerates Fleet Modernization to meet Long-Term Goals U.S. Navy Says Composite Raiding Boat May Reduce Injuries From Wave Shocks Seeing Isn’t Believing When it Comes to Deciphering Funds for Secret Projects Advances in Sensors and Propulsion Make Torpedoes Ever More Lethal FAA is in No Rush to Approve Rules that Let UAVs Fly in Civil Airspace USS Truman Carrier Strike Group Patrols a Rough Neighborhood 24/7 U.S. says Sino-Russian Space Disarmament Plan is Riddled with Pitfalls Hyperspeed Projectile; “Sound Cloak” Hides Subs; Improving Nuclear Forensics Dutch Air Commodore Theo ten Haaf Analyzes the Impact of Rotary-Wing Operations One Soldier’s War is a Behind-the-Headlines Look at Russia’s Campaigns in Chechnya Black Budgets are Huge and Growing, and Often Conceal Amazing Failures

Defense Technology International - March 2008

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