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AeroSpace and DefenceIndustries Association of EuropeUAS Working Group

Presentation to European UAS Panel 1st Workshop

Industry and Market

David CartmellBAE Systems

Scope of Presentation

UAS for Europe: A vision

Economic Importance

Benefits for Europe from UAS

Market Opportunities

Technology Exploitation

SWOT Analysis

Summary of Opportunity

UAS for Europe: A Vision

Aeronautics is of sovereign importance to European Union

UAS is already the most dynamic growth sector within the aerospace market and represents the next evolutionary step for:

New civil & security opportunities > exploitation of technologies

Stimulated economic growth

More cost effective solutions

Global growth > Europe has lost pace to fierce competition

Challenges:Create a European Regulatory Framework for UAS and open the airspace

Programme of prioritised research technology and development to accelerate UAS-related capabilities to meet standards

Coordinated support, resourcing and harmonisation of plans to develop market needed at European level

Economic Importance

• Novel civil and state applications

• Complementary to manned aviation

• Improve security in Europe

• Key enabler of aerospace innovation

• Contribute to sustained growth and create new highly-skilled jobs

… but need to be competitive!

Benefits for Europe from UAS

• Persistent, flexible and quick to react

• High versatility and safer operations in hazardous environments

Globalisation > opening borders > trade routes need protecting

Protection of critical infrastructure > key to functioning and stable society

Protection and management of natural resources

Europe will have extensive UAS operations – but will there be

European UAS to operate?

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European Civil UAS Market, 2008-2017 (Source Frost & Sullivan 2009)

• Extensive range of civil/security applications

• New ways of collaborating, business models, leasing, hiring etc.

• Exploiting the market requires adequate Regulatory Framework to enable traffic insertion

Market analysts agree growth to end of decade in civil/security sector is expected to exceed the military returns

Market Opportunities

• European industry has competence to exploit the growth potential

• Extensive experience of co-operation in the aeronautic and space sectors

• Supply chain proved to be reliable, agile and world-leading in its technological approach > key to success when barriers to market entry fall

• Civil aeronautics reinvests 12% of revenues back into R&D = €7bilion of additional value

• Commitment to technology indicates desire to globally compete

• Backing of governments and EU is crucial in this process

New commitments needed to maintain and strengthen the UAS European Technology Base

Technology Exploitation

• UAS offer genuine dual-use technology solution for civil and military users

• Military applications have led the way in understanding the potential of UAS

• UAS technologies can be implemented incrementally and validated through full scale demonstrations in order to develop standards

• UAS technologies and their integration into systems will also benefit manned aviation and ATM

SWOT Analysis

Summary of the OpportunityUAS is a new paradigm and offers significant market growth and job opportunities

Military experience has led the way but civil/security returns will be greater

Establish a reasonable and pragmatic Regulatory Framework > Europe can lead the setting of standards

Stimulate prioritised investment in infrastructures, core technology and embrace academia, SME, system integrators and service providers

For European Industry to be globally competitive Europe needs to unite behind a common market strategy