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Overview of the Current and Future Challenges of UAVs in UK

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  • Wednesday, 05 December 2007
  • 00:5 - 00:5
  • Duration: 26 mins
  • Publication date: 05 Dec 2007
  • Location: IETTV_Room, IETTV_Venue, London, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Communicating with UAVs

About the session

This presentation discusses the following topics: current UK military systems, including experience in commissioning recent systems; near-term developments (system requirements in the near term); future challenges (system design drivers in the future); and future network topologies to support UAVs (a "strawman" view of topologies of the future).

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    Nigel Simmons

    Royal Navy, Commander

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    Neil Powell

    Royal Air Force, Wing Commander

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