Date/Time: Wednesday, December 15 at 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST Webinar Description: Advancements in various enabling technologies are converging to shape the future of the unmanned systems industry. This webinar brings together experts in market research and technology to share their predictions for the unmanned systems marketplace including the next wave of tech developments, emerging applications and potential roadblocks the industry will have to overcome in the new year. Speakers:

FAA UAS Symposium 2020

Boeing and its subsidiaries Jeppesen and Aviall have teamed up with UAS support services provider Robotic Skies to develop and deliver “industry-leading supply chain management and optimization, analytics, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services” for both the commercial and civil UAS markets. Together, Boeing and Robotic Skies will pursue ways to best utilize their substantial combined experience and platforms in manned aviation programs, so that they can extend them into the UAS market. This includes providing services for commercially-focused regulatory compliance, ground support, training, MRO, parts distribution, field upgrades and vehicle retrofit capabilities.

Robbie Hood, the UAS program director at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has retired after three decades of government service. Hood founded the UAS program at NOAA and led the introduction of unmanned systems to the agency, which has used them for years to better understand weather and improve forecasting. According to NOAA, the Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) program was the highpoint of her career. SHOUT used NASA’s Global Hawk to study storms, including by using high-altitude dropsondes that could measure wind speed and other attributes within storms. SHOUT proved that using unmanned systems to aid in weather forecasting is feasible.