1. IGNITE?
CONTACT!
Unmanned Aircraft Systems and
Autonomous Technologies
Matt Scassero
Director, UMD UAS Test Site

2. Disruptive
(not evolving)
Technologies

3. 3
Connecting rate of
improvement and reach today …
$5 million vs. $400
Price of the fastest supercomputer in 1975 and an iPhone 4 with equal performance
230+ million
Knowledge workers in 2012
$2.7 billion, 13 years
Cost 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 billion
More people with access to the Internet in 2025
$5–7 trillion
Potential economic impact by 2025 of automation of knowledge work
$100, 1 hour
Cost and time to sequence a human genome in the next decade
1.5 million
Driver-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

5. 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

6. 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…
6• Autonomous Technologies!

8. What difference will it
make to you and I?
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10. How UAS are Currently Used
FAA 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)

11. Emerging Commercial Application Snapshot:
Agriculture, Aquaculture and Natural Resources
Applications 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

12. FAA UAS Test Site Selection Program

13. 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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14. Assets-Fields/Facilities
Webster Field
Crisfield-Somerset Airport
Wallops Island-UAV field
St. Mary’s County Regional
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15. • 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

16. 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

17. Motivation-AUVSI Report-Economic Impact
Maryland
Economic Impact: $2B
Jobs Created: 2,500 jobs
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18. 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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19. By Comparison: Commercial Space
Launch Industry

20. • 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.