““Eye in the sky Eye in the sky ––

what are you looking for?“ what are you looking for?“ Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for

Gordon Morris, MScGordon Morris, MSc

Geospatial and Remote SensingGeospatial and Remote Sensing

forfor

Engineers Without BordersEngineers Without Borders

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems for

Humanitarian Assistance and Infrastructure DevelopmentHumanitarian Assistance and Infrastructure Development

Disclaimer

This presentation may not necessarily

represent the opinion of Hawkeye UAV Ltd. or

its associates.

This briefing is classified

UNCLASSIFIED//OPEN SOURCE

Objective

Provide you, the EWB Volunteer, as

a potential user of UAV

technology in an Humanitarian

Assistance and infrastructure Assistance and infrastructure

development situation,

considerations for safe and

effective use of UAV.

Contents

Part 1 – The UAV

Part 2 – Employment Contexts of UAV

Part 3 – Deployment considerations

Humanitarian AssistanceHumanitarian Assistance

Infrastructure Development

Part 4 – Hotwash

1918 - KETTERING BUG1849 – Austrian over Venice

1933 - DH.82B QUEEN BEE

Why UAV?Darley Stinger

Imagery

Data

Remote In-Situ

Products from sUAV

Comms

LiDAR Hyper-

spectral

FMV Still Point Cloud

Mapping DTM

spectral

Payload and Sensor Options

Payload and Sensor Options

Classes of UAV

• Weight

• Endurance and Range

• Maximum Altitude

• Wing Loading

• Engine Type • Engine Type

• Power/Thrust Loading

Hawkeye RQ-84Z AreoHawk

RPA/UAV are part

of a system,

hence RPAS/UAShence RPAS/UAS

EADS Harfang

Part 2. Employment Contexts of UAV

OPERATIONAL

STRATEGIC

OPERATIONAL

TACTICAL

OPERATIONAL

STRATEGICPlanning

including OTH

Immediate

Communications

(relay)

Five Main Uses of UAV in HA/DR

OPERATIONAL

TACTICAL

Immediate

assessment[area, linear, point]

Search and rescue

Close

protection

Airspacesafety

Part 3 – Deployment considerations

Legal requirements

Economicviability

handout

UAV for Humanitarian Assistance

Considerations for UAV deployment

• Sustained operations

• Location of LRP or “split site”

• Terrain and WX• Terrain and WX

– Precip, Wind, Temp, Fog, Vis

UAV for Humanitarian Assistance

• Sensor considerations

Will you “defeat the night?”

Post-production

• Remote Terminal considerations• Remote Terminal considerations

Frequency Management

• Dissemination Considerations

Examples

San Francisco [1906]

Lawrence Captive Airship (kite photography) flown by George Lawrence

Comment: An earthquake of probable

magnitude 7.5 M occurred in San Francisco

USA on 18 April 1906. Approximately 3,000 people were killed, and fires destroyed approximately 80% of the urban area.

Haiti

SenseFly eBee

Trimble UX5

Philippines

[Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) ]

Trimble UX5

Human factors?

Logistics

MD-4

CQ-10A SnowGoose

CQ-10A SnowGoose

UAV in Infrastructure Development

Using a UAV is

• Non-invasive

• “Envisions a spatial fabric” [COP]

• Detailed and continuous • Detailed and continuous

Mongolia

The Cadastral Survey and Land Registration Project

(project) was designed to establish the institutional

basis for land administration and for the development of

Mongolia’s property market.

Specifically, it envisaged to facilitate efficient issuance Specifically, it envisaged to facilitate efficient issuance

and administration of property and land-lease

certificates, which were expected to enhance collection

of land fee payments and property taxes for urban and

agricultural development and to operate a private

property market.

- Asian Development Bank

Mongolia

632,000 hectares

(50% of total area)

181,960

significant

significant

Area mapped:

Land certificates issued:

Training and capacity building:

Project impact:

The other intended outcome of improving ALFP

[annual land fee payment] was met, which was largely

attributed to improved cadastral mapping and property

registration.

- Asian Development BankRQ-84Z AreoHawk

Suriname

southern Africa

[Counter-Poaching]

RQ-84Z AreoHawk

RPA/UAV are part of a system

Part 4 – Hotwash

Legal

requirements

Economic

viability

Airspace

safety

UAV employment considerations

UAV deployment considerations• Sustainment• Location• Terrain and WX• Sensor• Remote Terminal &

Frequency Management• Dissemination

UAV – Infrastructure Development

Using a UAV• Non-Invasive• Common Operating Picture• Detailed and Continuous

The last word ...Control control control

Extra Slides

Fukushima, Japan

Honeywell RQ-16A T-Hawk