**DATA TEMPLATE**

**Civil UAV Workshop**

**July 6--7, 2005**

A UAV system is an observation or measurement system which includes one
or more powered aerial vehicles not carrying a human operator.  This
definition includes the necessary structure required to sustain the
operational system, such as satellites, communications, sensor payloads,
ground-based operator or monitoring stations, etc.

**[Workgroup Focus Area:]{.underline}**

1.  ***Future Scan (2015):***

-   *Major, high level trends (technical, sociological, or otherwise)
    that will impact the over-all responsibilities (see Handout) of our
    mission focus:*

-   *Key ways in which our long-term focus is different from our
    short-term focus?*

2.  ***Future Mission Success:** What we hope to achieve in ten years'
    time for these responsibilities (see Handout); What, specifically,
    "success" will look like in the long term for us:*

*(Example: 75% coverage of Southern border, 50% of the time)*

3.  ***Future Role of UAV Systems (2015):** Identify how UAV Systems
    help us achieve mission success:*

*(Example: UAVs can conduct surveillance with increased covertness)*

4.  ***Mission Function Implications:** Based on the above information,
    any current mission functions (see Handout) that will likely be
    eliminated or modified; Any new mission functions:*

-   *How future UAV systems factor into the mission functions outlined
    for our focus area:*

*(Example: Using UAVs for tracking border violators allows higher
success of prosecution through increased covertness. Using UAV systems
allow monitoring of the border not only for tunnels, but also tire
tracks, and footprints.)*

5.  ***Select THREE mission functions where future UAV systems could
    have the greatest impact on mission success.***

***[Mission function 1:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]{.underline}
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*Describe the phenomena you want to observe. Describe what you need to
measure.*

***[Mission function 2:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]{.underline}
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*Describe the phenomena you want to observe. Describe what you need to
measure.*

***[Mission function 3:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­]{.underline}
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*Describe the phenomena you want to observe. Describe what you need to
measure.*

**[Mission Function 1:]{.underline}**

***6. Requirements Definition of future UAV System Technology (2015)***

a.  *Specifically what are the measurement or observation requirements
    (Ex. resolution, sampling rates), ?*

b.  *What other cross-cutting mission objectives could be impacted by
    this new measurement / observation capability?*

c.  *What are the instrument / payload characteristics (type, weight,
    volume, environmental considerations, and access such as sampling or
    viewing ports) (see Handout: Table)?*

d.  *What are the flight characteristics (location, altitude, endurance,
    season, frequency, etc.)?*

e.  *What are the communications needs (such as real-time data or
    instrument control) What are the desired data rates?*

f.  *What automation or intelligent mission management capabilities
    benefit these measurements?*

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7.  ***Mission Scenarios:** Describe how the improved or new
    measurements/observations would impact our day-to-day ability to
    achieve mission success:*

    a.  *What are several scenarios in which this mission would play out
        using measurement approaches enabled by future UAV systems?*

    b.  *Provide a narrative describing a "day-in-the-life" of this
        future mission.*

    c.  *Provide a diagram showing flight profile in time, space and/or
        geographic coordinates. Identify any special or unique platform
        or mission issues.*

**[Mission Function 2:]{.underline}**

***6. Requirements Definition of future UAV System Technology (2015)***

a.  *Specifically what are the measurement or observation requirements
    (Ex. resolution, sampling rates), ?*

b.  *What other cross-cutting mission objectives could be impacted by
    this new measurement / observation capability?*

c.  *What are the instrument / payload characteristics (type, weight,
    volume, environmental considerations, and access such as sampling or
    viewing ports) (see Handout: Table)?*

d.  *What are the flight characteristics (location, altitude, endurance,
    season, frequency, etc.)?*

e.  *What are the communications needs (such as real-time data or
    instrument control) What are the desired data rates?*

f.  *What automation or intelligent mission management capabilities
    benefit these measurements?*

*7. **Mission Scenarios:** Describe how the improved or new
measurements/observations would impact our day-to-day ability to achieve
mission success:*

a.  *What are several scenarios in which this mission would play out
    using measurement approaches enabled by future UAV systems?*

b.  *Provide a narrative describing a "day-in-the-life" of this future
    mission.*

c.  *Provide a diagram showing flight profile in time, space and/or
    geographic coordinates. Identify any special or unique platform or
    mission issues.*

**[Mission Function 3:]{.underline}**

***6. Requirements Definition of future UAV System Technology (2015)***

a.  *Specifically what are the measurement or observation requirements
    (Ex. resolution, sampling rates), ?*

b.  *What other cross-cutting mission objectives could be impacted by
    this new measurement / observation capability?*

c.  *What are the instrument / payload characteristics (type, weight,
    volume, environmental considerations, and access such as sampling or
    viewing ports) (see Handout: Table)?*

d.  *What are the flight characteristics (location, altitude, endurance,
    season, frequency, etc.)?*

e.  *What are the communications needs (such as real-time data or
    instrument control) What are the desired data rates?*

f.  *What automation or intelligent mission management capabilities
    benefit these measurements?*

*7. **Mission Scenarios:** Describe how the improved or new
measurements/observations would impact our day-to-day ability to achieve
mission success:*

a.  *What are several scenarios in which this mission would play out
    using measurement approaches enabled by future UAV systems?*

b.  *Provide a narrative describing a "day-in-the-life" of this future
    mission.*

c.  *Provide a diagram showing flight profile in time, space and/or
    geographic coordinates. Identify any special or unique platform or
    mission issues.*

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8.  ***Cost Drivers:***

    a.  *What do we perceive as the "top three" cost-drivers with regard
        to current UAV systems?*

    b.  *What particular innovations/technologies/policy breakthroughs,
        etc. would put downward pressure on these cost drivers?*

    c.  *Considering the kind of mission impact we have envisioned
        above, what do you feel would be a per- flight-hour cost that
        would cause the Agency to accelerate its support for UAV-based
        missions?*

9.  **Next Steps:** Participants consider next steps for continuing the
    collaboration between DHS and NASA with regard to future UAV
    systems.

    a.  *How should we continue to build on what we've started here?
        What are your thoughts on UAV technologies working groups to
        track and monitor the on-going developments and research
        findings?*

    b.  *Where are there clear opportunities for continued collaboration
        in other areas? Where do our Agencies compliment one another?*

    c.  *Who else is already working in this area that we should
        coordinate with in the future?*