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Matt ScasseroDirector, UMD UAS Test Site

Disruptive(not evolving)

Technologies

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Connecting rate of improvement and reach today …

$5 million vs. $400Price of the fastest supercomputer in 1975 and an iPhone 4 with equal performance

230+ millionKnowledge workers in 2012

$2.7 billion, 13 yearsCost and duration of the Human Genome Project, completed in 2003

300,000+Miles driven by Google’s autonomous cars with only one accident (human error)

85%Drop in cost per watt of a solar photovoltaic cell since 2000

McKinsey Global Institute, May 2013

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… with economic potential in 2025

2–3 billionMore people with access to the Internet in 2025

$5–7 trillionPotential economic impact by 2025 of automation of knowledge work

$100, 1 hourCost and time to sequence a human genome in the next decade

1.5 millionDriver-caused deaths from car accidents in 2025, potentially addressable by autonomous vehicles

16%Potential share of solar and wind in global electricity generation by 2025

McKinsey Global Institute, May 2013

Twelve potentially economically disruptive technologies

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Mobile Internet

Automation of knowledge work

The Internet of Things

Cloud technology

Advanced robotics

Autonomous and near-autonomous

vehicles

Next-generation genomics

Energy storage

3D printing

Advanced materials

Advanced oil and gas exploration

and recovery

Renewable energy

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WIFM?(What’s In It For Maryland?)

• Already declared centers of Bio-medical and Cybersecurity

• #1 state in nation for Entrepreneurship• 2nd leading UAS revenue center in the US• World’s leading RDT&E center for aviation,

manned or unmanned• Time to declare the third leg of this stool…

• Autonomous Technologies!

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What difference will it make to you and I?

How UAS are Currently UsedFAA has authorized UAS operations for:

Border Patrol

Firefighting

Disaster Relief

Search and Rescue

Training for Ops Missions

Operational Missions

Research System/Vehicle Development

Sensor Development & Testing

Marketing and Development

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Only one authorized commercial app to date(energy in the Arctic)

Emerging Commercial Application Snapshot: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Natural ResourcesApplications for Unmanned Aircraft in Agriculture Aerial Application/Crop Dusting Remote Aerial Surveying Disease Detection and Mitigation Crop Harvesting Parasite Monitoring Yield Estimation Moisture Monitoring Weed Infestation Monitoring Crop Growth Monitoring Asset tracking & Management Livestock Tracking Crop Inventory Tracking Disease outbreak tracking Harvest Optimization Fertilizer Management Soil Erosion Monitoring

Every Marylander will be affected by these

FAA UAS Test Site Selection Program

Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership

• Virginia and New Jersey created MAAP as their 2 state operating model for FAA and beyond

• Offering MAAP as the resulting organization of our MOU based on FAA site award

• Maryland is now a full operating member• MAAP is a work in progress focusing on:

– Operations– Business development / marketing

• Maryland's interests are included

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Assets-Fields/Facilities

Webster Field

Crisfield-Somerset Airport

Wallops Island-UAV fieldSt. Mary’s County Regional

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• UAV Solutions in Jessup, MD• “truck” for payload testing• Versatile, proven

– Carbon Fiber & Kevlar design– 15-20 minute deployment time– Electric power– Pneumatic or truck launch and

conventional skid recovery– Fully Autonomous Capability

Specifications

Length: 9′

Width: 20′

MGTOW: 80 lbs.

ISR mission weight: 60 lbs. (Includes batteries and payload)

Range: 20+ miles

Payload Capacity: 10 lbs.

Endurance: 4-6 hours

So what?

• Turn research into companies into $$$ into jobs – THAT’S WHAT!!!

• Academic institutions and industry partnerships are critical and well-suited…– (Re)train workforce, new and established– Relatively nimble with resources– Focused on creating outcomes, not just activity– Funded for success– Aligned programs

Motivation-AUVSI Report-Economic Impact

MarylandEconomic Impact: $2B Jobs Created: 2,500 jobs

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Potential UAS jobs (AUVSI)

• US airspace integration will create more than 34,000 manufacturing jobs and more than 70,000 new jobs in the first three years

• By 2025, total job creation is estimated at 103,000.

• The manufacturing jobs created will be high paying and require technical degrees.

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By Comparison: Commercial Space Launch Industry

• Flying UAS safely & efficiently in NAS presents some challenges, both technical and rulemaking.

• There is great potential for high demand of skilled labor as the UAS Commercial market grows.

• Academic programs will need to adapt and develop the next generation workforce.

There will be winners and losers with competition…the difference will be

investment and will.