UAV Payload Technologies Day: Monday, April 23, 2012

Don’t miss in-depth tutorials on emerging UAV payload technologies from the field’s leading researchers. During this focus day, you can expect smaller, classroom-style sessions and intensive discussions with distinguished class leaders and fellow attendees. The below schedule is just a sampling of the day’s sessions. Please see website for an updated list of all sessions.

8:00am – 8:45amRegistration and Coffee

8:45am – 9:30am Advanced Payload Concepts for Small UAS

Session Leader:

James W. Justice
Vice President, Cognitive Systems
ISC8

9:30am – 10:15am Exploitation of Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI)

Session Leader:

Khurram Hassan Shafique, PhD
Chief Scientist, Airborne Algorithms
ObjectVideo Inc.

10:15am – 10:30am Break

10:30am – 11:15am Laser Technologies Adapted for UAS Sense and Avoid (SAA) Applications

Session Leader:

Michael Deschenes
Vice President of Engineering
Defense Research Associates, Inc.

11:15am – 12:00pm Monocular Passive Ranging for UAS Sensors

Session Leader:

James Lisowski
CEO
SciTec, Inc.

12:00pm – 1:00pm Networking Lunch

1:00pm – 1:45pm Advanced Video Transmitter from UAS

Session Leader:

Dr. Pankaj Topiwala
President/CEO
FastVDO LLC

1:45pm – 2:30pm Precision UAV Recovery System for RF/GPS Denied Environments

Session Leader:

Brian S. Goldberg
President
Adsys Controls, Inc.

2:30pm – 2:45pm Break

2:45pm – 3:30pm A 6-DOF Motion Test Apparatus for Characterizing the Dynamic Properties of Micro Air Vehicles

Session Leader:

Patrick Rowe, Ph.D.;
Vice President, Research & Development;
RE2, Inc.

3:30pm – 4:15pm 3rd Generation Prognostics and Health Management for Unmanned Systems

Session Leader:

Kevin Line
Product Manager
Sentient Corporation