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ATI's Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Applications course

Summary:

    This one-day course is designed for engineers, aviation experts and project managers who wish to enhance their understanding of UAS. The course provides the "big picture" for those who work outside of the discipline. Each topic addresses real systems (Predator, Shadow, Warrior and others) and real-world problems and issues concerning the use and expansion of their applications. more info

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Instructor:

    Mr. Mark N. Lewellen has nearly 25 years of experience with a wide variety of space, satellite and aviation related projects, including the Predator/Shadow/Warrior/Global Hawk UAVs, Orbcomm, Iridium, Sky Station, and aeronautical mobile telemetry systems. More recently he has been working in the exciting field of UAS. He is currently the Vice Chairman of a UAS Sub-group under Working Party 5B which is leading the US preparations to find new radio spectrum for UAS operations for the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2011 under Agenda Item 1.3.He is also a technical advisor to the US State Department and a member of the National Committee which reviews and comments on all US submissions to international telecommunication groups, including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

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What You Will Learn:

  • Categories of current UAS and their aeronautical capabilities?
  • Major manufactures of UAS?
  • The latest developments and major components of a UAS?
  • What type of sensor data can UAS provide?
  • Regulatory and spectrum issues associated with UAS?
  • National Airspace System including the different classes of airspace
  • How will UAS gain access to the National Airspace System (NAS)?

From this course you will gain practical knowledge to understand the different classes and types of UAS, optimize their specific applications, evaluate and compare UAS capabilities, interact meaningfully with colleagues, and master the terminology

Course Outline:

  1. Historic Development of UAS Post 1960’s

  2. Components and latest developments of a UAS Ground Control Station, Radio Links (LOS and BLOS), UAV, Payloads

  3. UAS Manufacturers Domestic, International

  4. Classes, Characteristics and Comparisons of UAS

  5. Operational Scenarios for UAS Phases of Flight, Federal Government Use of UAS, State and Local government use of UAS. Civil and commercial use of UAS

  6. ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) of UAS Optical, Infrared, Radar

  7. Comparative Study of the Safety of UAS In the Air and On the ground

  8. UAS Access to the National Airspace System (NAS) Overview of the NAS, Classes of Airspace, Requirements for Access to the NAS, Issues Being Addressed, Issues Needing to be Addressed

  9. Bandwidth and Spectrum Issues Bandwidth of single UAV, Aggregate bandwidth of UAS population

  10. International UAS issues WRC Process, Agenda Item 1.3 and Resolution 421

  11. UAS Centers of Excellence North Dakota, Las Cruses, NM, DoD

  12. Worked Examples of Channeling Plans and Link/Interference Budgets Shadow, Predator/Warrior

  13. UAS Interactive Deployment Scenarios

For additional information and insights into Unmanned Aircraft Systems please see ATI's Overview of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Power Point presentation.

Tuition:

    Tuition for this one-day course is $650 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com.