The Red River Valley Research Corridor is holding its 5th Annual Unmanned Aviation Systems Action Summit at the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota, on June 2-3, 2011. It will focus on developing and strengthening the Nation’s burgeoning unmanned systems industry and advancing the call to develop responses to some of the pressing issues, challenges, and threats.
The Summit, with honorary co-hosts, U.S. Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven, has lined up a series of presenters, including industry leaders, policy makers, entrepreneurs and researchers, who will discuss and explore actions the region, and nation, can and is taking to foster strong, sustainable growth in the unmanned systems sector.
This year’s theme, UAS 2020: Looking to the Future, will examine an entire spectrum of important measures our nation must consider and prepare for to better address the ongoing use and growth of unmanned, or remotely piloted, systems within the national airspace. Many of the answers to these questions are being pursued through the development and advancement of restricted airspace, advanced sense and avoid technologies and ground-based radar.
Leading experts, industry leaders, and federal policy makers will discuss a range of other important topics including FAA test sites and restricted airspace, emerging UAS training and simulation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts. Nearly 450 UAS professionals attended the event last year. The provisional agenda is now available here.
Source: Press Release