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NEW!November 3-6, 2014Columbia, MarylandJanuary 26-29, 2015Boston, Massachusetts$1995 (8:30am - 4:30pm)Register 3 or More & Receive $100 00 EachOff The Course Tuition.SummaryThis 4-day, classroom, practical exercise and simulatorbasedinstructional program is designed to meet the needs ofengineers, researchers and operators working in UASpayload design, development & integration fields. Theparticipants will gain a working knowledge of UAS systemclassification, Concepts of Operation (CONOPs), payloads,sensors, and how tasking, collecting and processing of sensorproducts can best be achieved. Attendees will be introducedto Imagery Analysis (IA) procedures and the use of theREMOTEVIEW suite of computer-based IA tools. Studentswill receive a full set of course notes.InstructorKeven Gambold joined the Royal Air Force in 1992 with a BSc inPsychology and Philosophy from Durham University, England. Afterflying training on T-37B, T-38A and Hawk TMk1, he was posted to theTornado GR4 fighter-bomber and completed 7 years on the front-line.There, Keven participated in OP WARDEN (Turkey), OP BOLTON(Kuwait), OP ENGADINE (Kosovo), where he was awarded a Mentionin Dispatches, and OP IRAQI FREEDOM, launching the ShormshadowAir-Launched Cruise Missile. He was the Squadron Electronic WarfareInstructor, Laser Targeting Pod lead, a 4-ship lead, Instrument RatingExaminer, Training Officer and had full Electro-Optical qualifications.His 1500 hours included the Tactical Leadership Program, Maple andGreen Flags and 14 months in Kuwait. Keven volunteered for a postingto fly the USAF Predator in 2004 and logged over 1500 hours combatflying, with two deployments to Launch-Recovery Elements, thesecond as the inaugural Squadron Commander at Tallil Air Base, Iraq.Keven led the flight trials program for the first ever Multi-Aircraft Control(MAC) system and became the Chief of Standards & Evaluation and amember of the cross-industry Advanced Cockpit Working Group. Hehas chaired several global UAS Conferences and Workshops and haswritten and broadcast numerous Webinars, the most recent of whichcovers UAS Integration into complex airspace. Keven has also written,and taught numerous international UAS training courses and in his roleas Director for the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators (NorthAmerica)’s Technical Aviation and Safety Committee, Keven haspublished peer-reviewed papers on UAS operations in the civil sector.Copies are available on request. He was an active member of (the late)RTCA SC-203 (and now SC-228), and has he has a JAA CommercialPilots Licence, a Masters in Aeronautical Science (AeronauticsOperations) from ERAU and is a member of AUVSI, CharteredManagement Institution, GAPAN, RTCA, AOPA and SAFE. He was afounding member of Unmanned Experts and holds the position of ChiefOperations Officer at the UxS global consultancy firm.What You Will Learn• A complete review of UAS systems, classifications,roles and CONOPs.• Significant operational experience and Lessonslearned will be shared in the course.• Trade-offs and SWaP-C constraints used in system &payload design decisions.• Representative examples and practical exercises tohighlight UAS missions and planning.• Complete review of current and future payloads andsensors, including weaponry.• Tasking – Collecting - Processing – Exploiting –Disseminating (TCPED) process in ISR missions.• UAV imagery processing and application tools.Unmanned Aircraft SystemsSensing, Payloads & ProductsCourse # D264Course Outline1. UAS Basics. Your introduction to the field of unmannedaircraft. Definitions, Principles and Terminology in commonusage. Components of a typical Unmanned System areillustrated by numerous current examples. The surprisinglycomplex topic of UAS / RPAS definitions.2. UAS Types. Options that are covered include militaryand civilian Tiers, Groups, Size / Weight classes, Performance,Level of Autonomy and Airspace access. National andInternational methods for classifying UAVs are then compared.Finally, ‘standard’ classes and their defining characteristics.3. UAS Roles. Rapidly expanding number of military andcivilian missions that UAS are employed within.4. UAS CONOPS. Comparative study of different Conceptsof Operation for military and civilian UAS. A definition ofCONOPs is followed by a review of the numerous factorsaffecting how UAS could (or even should) be operated, rangingfrom airframe and legal limitations, through missionrequirements and even onto cultural elements.5. Case Study 1: MQ-8B. Our first Case Study is designedto monitor a UAS program from ‘cradle to grave’. This onefollows the trials, tribulations and ultimate successes of theMQ-8B Firescout RW VTOL UAS currently being fielded by theUS Navy.6. Future Capabilities. Designed to focus lessons learnedfrom previous Modules on the rapidly developing global UASfield. Covers topics including: Technology advance timelines,automation levels and HITL / HMI; Manufacturing advances;Propulsion and fuel developments.7. Components 1. The first of three modules examining thevarious elements of the Unmanned Aircraft System. Provides abreakdown of all hardware elements with a focus on similaritiesto manned systems, including Ground Control Stations.8. Components 2. A closer look at hardware elements andsoftware algorithms designed specifically for UAS.9. Datalinks. Introduction of Datalink terminology, conceptsand components leads to a study of common datalinksincluding TCDL, VMF and Link 16.10. Payloads. An important Module highlighting theconcept of UAVs as ‘Payload Trucks’ and the numerous optionsfor what can be carried internally or externally. A SWaPrefresher leads into a very useful series of ‘Rules of Thumb’,used extensively throughout the Courses and the DesignPractical. Current and comprehensive examples, of all UASgroups, are used to elucidate the concepts.11. Sensors. This very large and comprehensive brief onsuch an essential UAS topic is split into 3 sections: SensorBasics, EO/IR systems and Radar systems.12. UAS Weapons. This specialized Brief within the UASPayloads genre is focused on the topic of arming UAVs for anever-expanding array of military / para-public missions.13. Communications & Data Links. Current State of DataLinks, Future Data Link Needs, Line of Sight Fundamentals,Beyond Line of Sight Fundamentals, UAS CommunicationsFailure, Link Enhancements, STANAG 4586, Multi UASControl.14. Tasking & Practical. This comprehensive look at theentire Tasking – Collecting - Processing – Exploiting –Disseminating (TCPED) process for ISR collection takes placeover 3 modules and one Practical session.15. Airspace Integration. This extremely important area ofUAS study introduces the numerous hurdles, with somesolutions, to achieve FINAS: Flight in Non-segregatedAirspace.16. Imagery Fundamentals. IMINT within ISR, IAtechniques, Scaling and measurement, Plotting and targetlocation, Mission planning, Analyzing an image (infrastructure,vehicles, aircraft, maritime, generics),Product creation(storyboard, DTA, route recce, etc), Briefing styles andtechniques.17. Imagery Processing Practical. Electronic Light TableIntro (ELT) and practice.18. IA Exercise. Read-in, Exercise, analysis and productcreation, Presentations, Washup, Debrief.Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805 Vol. 119 – 29