Θ Arizona's UAS Sensing by yourDragonXi Δ 7th of January 2014 Ω 4:17 AM

ΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞ
~ Raytheon ~ US activities ~ Without UAS Test Center	~ Unmanned Vehicle University ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ
~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ
~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ
~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ
~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ
~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ
~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ
~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ ~ sense for Ξ	~ sense for Ξ
«UAS Sensing in U.S.	Θ	Θ
ΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞΞ

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~ Raytheon

»Raytheon
Scientists at the DARPA in Arlington, Va., are asking engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz.
to come up with a preliminary design for launching unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and
unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) from the Navy carrier-based F/A-18 Hornet fighter-bomber.

The idea is to use attachments on the underside of the F/A-18
where auxiliary fuel tanks normally go.

This approach, if successful, would give Navy commanders a fast and long-range capability
to deploy unmanned surveillance aircraft and submersibles when time is of the essence.

DARPA awarded a $284,640 study contract to Raytheon Missile Systems earlier
to focus on a preliminary design for a base station for UAVs and UUVs on an F/A-18 fuel tank underwing hard point

~[Σ] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~ UAS activities

UAS activities
ξ FAA announced its Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) test sites and Arizona, one of the 25 applicants, was not among them!
ξ Arizona�s application featured three test sites, including one in northern Cochise County.

ξ Mignonne Hollis, executive director of the Sierra Vista Economic Development Foundation (EDF),
ξ has been a leading advocate for this site and worked with the Arizona Commerce Authority on the state�s application to the FAA.
ξ EDF anticipates making a significant announcement regarding a new civilian UAS testing and training facility in Cochise County
ξ »Sierra Vista Economic Development Foundation

~[Σ] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~ Without UAS Test Center

»Arizona's drone industry can do just fine without the feds
ξ Sierra Vista Economic Development Foundation has secured a private airport north of town
ξ to help companies test commercial applications for unmanned aircraft
ξ It doesn�t need the FAA�s blessing because the 160-acre airport already has the necessary airspace to safely handle the flights
ξ The Four Pillars site, which is not being publicly identified to protect companies� privacy,
ξ will primarily test smaller drones that don�t fly any higher than 400 feet
ξ Sierra Vista officials working with other airports in Cochise County,
ξ the state�s universities and Mesa�s AZLabs to join their testing effort
ξ Mignonne Hollis heads Sierra Vista�s economic organization

~[Σ] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~ Unmanned Vehicle University

»Unmanned Vehicle University
ξ offers Masters/Doctorate in Unmanned Systems Engineering

~[Σ] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~
spec/zeta/mil/
ξ

~[Σ] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~
spec/zeta/mil/
ξ

~[Ω] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~
spec/zeta/mil/
ξ

~[Σ] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

spec/zeta/mil/
ξ

~[Σ] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~
spec/zeta/mil/
ξ

~[Σ] ~[Ω] ~[Δ]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~
spec/zeta/mil/
ξ

~[Σ] ~[Ω]!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Small & Smart Inc reserves rights to change this document without any notice
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~