Center of Excellence for Unmanned Vehicles
Center of Excellence for Unmanned Vehicles Infrastructure, R&D to Build New Industry and Create Jobs
By Industry, Academia, Local Governments September 2012
UAS Economic Opportunity
UAS to double in 10 years to $11.4 billion Civilian market poised for rapid growth Many Uses Critical to Oregon (forest management, agriculture, wildlife, pipeline & other utility management, fisheries, search & rescue)
“Sky is the Limit” key limiting factors are lack of test areas, ground facilities, and basic R&D
Goal of $3M Grant
Create Center of Excellence – OSU led Set up one or more test areas in Oregon
Use current licensing rules (COA) Seek FAA national Test Site Use Current COA (Oregon State University), and current rules for Operating UAS in NAS
Use COE to draw industry here
Open satellite offices for testing, data mining Start new projects in state
461 jobs, $28M payroll, $75M impact Airframes, sensors, data analysis
Economic Benefits
461 jobs, $28M payroll, $75M impact (urban, rural counties both benefit)
UAS lead to ground, water vehicles Same tech used for smart grid, smart cars, new manufacturing UAS pilot rating, data analysis create new revenues for state aviation schools
Board Members
Joe Gibbs – President – NW UAV Propulsion Systems, Oregon Eric Folkestad – Vice President – Arcturus UAV, Washington Heather Sorenson – Treasurer - NW UAV Propulsion Systems, Oregon Lisa Brookshier – BOD, Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition, Oregon Jay Schmidt – BOD, Silicon Forest Electronics, Washington
John Lynch – BOD, Outback Manufacturing, Oregon Chris Miller – BOD, VersaLogic, Oregon Tom Hagen – BOD, Boeing Integrated UAS Concepts David R. Jones – BOD, – GeoTek Inc
Gregory W. Sackman, BOD – Seattle Police Department – Manager Unmanned Aerial System Program Brian Whiteside – VDOS Global Barry Hendrix - HBG
By Industry, Academia, Local Governments September 2012
UAS Economic Opportunity
UAS to double in 10 years to $11.4 billion Civilian market poised for rapid growth Many Uses Critical to Oregon (forest management, agriculture, wildlife, pipeline & other utility management, fisheries, search & rescue)
“Sky is the Limit” key limiting factors are lack of test areas, ground facilities, and basic R&D
Goal of $3M Grant
Create Center of Excellence – OSU led Set up one or more test areas in Oregon
Use current licensing rules (COA) Seek FAA national Test Site Use Current COA (Oregon State University), and current rules for Operating UAS in NAS
Use COE to draw industry here
Open satellite offices for testing, data mining Start new projects in state
461 jobs, $28M payroll, $75M impact Airframes, sensors, data analysis
Economic Benefits
461 jobs, $28M payroll, $75M impact (urban, rural counties both benefit)
UAS lead to ground, water vehicles Same tech used for smart grid, smart cars, new manufacturing UAS pilot rating, data analysis create new revenues for state aviation schools
Board Members
Joe Gibbs – President – NW UAV Propulsion Systems, Oregon Eric Folkestad – Vice President – Arcturus UAV, Washington Heather Sorenson – Treasurer - NW UAV Propulsion Systems, Oregon Lisa Brookshier – BOD, Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition, Oregon Jay Schmidt – BOD, Silicon Forest Electronics, Washington
John Lynch – BOD, Outback Manufacturing, Oregon Chris Miller – BOD, VersaLogic, Oregon Tom Hagen – BOD, Boeing Integrated UAS Concepts David R. Jones – BOD, – GeoTek Inc
Gregory W. Sackman, BOD – Seattle Police Department – Manager Unmanned Aerial System Program Brian Whiteside – VDOS Global Barry Hendrix - HBG
