Seminar Theatre 3 - Future of Flight
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Tuesday
11.00 - 11.30
Vicki Murdie
UKRIFuture Flight Challenge - Making Drone Operations a Reality
The Future Flight Challenge from UKRI continues to work to accelerate development and adoption of new technologies. Many of our R&D projects are now demonstrating their technologies and the potential impact and benefits. In particular, there are a range of exciting use-cases that support public services and wider scientific research. We are now looking to the future and new ways to collaborate and influence the future.
11.45 - 12.15
Matt Hopkins
Frazer-Nash ConsultancyThunderbird: Saving More Lives Sooner with BVLOS Emergency Service Drones
The Thunderbird Project aims to enable Emergency Service drones to operate BVLOS, providing life-critical support, to save more lives sooner. The project takes a structured multi-agency goals architecture approach to open the skies for Emergency Service BVLOS highly-automated UAS operations. This session presents a project update and explores our technical approach to making life-saving drone operations a reality.
12.30 - 13.00
Hannu Lesonen
Anarky Labs OyAugmented Reality as Enabler for Drone Pilots
Augmented Reality can increase the situational awareness of drone pilots, freeing them from staring at confined screens at controllers, instead seeing everything in the sky where the drone is. We present use cases where AR (Augmented Reality) can be of benefit for drone pilots in demanding, critical missions. We also present how AR can revolutionize drone pilot training, relieving pilot training from any weather or permission restrictions.
13.15 - 13.45
Dr Deborah Saban-Eppel
Luffy AIUsing Adaptive AI for Improved Drone Flight Characteristics
What is adaptive AI and can it be used to make flight controllers safer, more robust, and more cost-effective? Yes, it can. Current PID-based controllers are only performant when operating inside their tuning region. As a result, drone platforms lack the ability to dynamically adapt to changes. Deploying adaptive AI technology in flight controllers can extend the operating range of current drone platforms through improved control and fault tolerance.
14.00 - 14.30
Cyriel Kronenburg
uAvionix CorporationScalable, secure, assured: Combining C2 and DAA for BVLOS operations
Successful BVLOS operations depend on assured communications and real-time awareness for remote operators. This session explores the benefits of combining Command and Control (C2) communications and Detect and Avoid (DAA) systems for mission success. Attendees will learn how protected aviation spectrum, link diversity, and multiple sensors are a proven combination that meets regulatory and business needs.
14.45 - 15.15
Dan Sloat
Volatus InfrastructureALP Process in Oshkosh, WI for a Vertiport
What we''ve learned during the year+ ALP process for our vertiport in Oshkosh, WI.
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Wednesday
11.00 - 11.30
Antonios Tsourdos
Cranfield UniversityDrone operations - challenges and opportunities
This presentation will describe some of the key research challenges of drone operations and potential ways to overcome them. It would present the Cranfield University research on advanced air mobility systems and the enabling technologies that would help it to become reality.
11.45 - 12.15
David Majoe
InteliportsUrban planning, automation, and future of aerial drone logistics.
There has been great progress made in the sector on automated drone technologies. It’s now time to zoom out and continue to accelerate the growth of the industry, and use cases, by providing the necessary infrastructure to scale operations. In this seminar, Inteliports is sharing its thoughts on the future of the industry from a unique position as drone operator, robotics specialists and as architects.
13.15 - 13.45
Don Berchoff
TruWeather SolutionsReducing the Weather Tax™ - The Cost Imposed by Mother Nature
The status quo of today’s aviation weather sensing infrastructure and predictions are insufficient to meet the challenges of advanced air mobility. Building micro weather precision, powered by the most advanced weather sensor technology, is the blueprint for safe and reliable operations that can achieve a 30% recovery rate. Combined with a well-integrated weather program, drone and AAM businesses can achieve a minimum three to one return on investment.
14.00 - 14.30
Jirí Pavlík & Jan Snížek
STRATOSYSTStratosphere Connectivity Solutions from HAPS to HALE and Drones
UAVs and HAPS platforms converge to form an innovative aerial communication network, leveraging UAVs'' mobility and HAPS extensive coverage. This synergy revolutionizes disaster response, and internet coverage, and solves challenges such as spectrum allocation and air traffic control for seamless UAVs'' operation integration. The future promises a boundaryless connectivity era, transforming global communication.
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