UNMANNED VEHICLE SYSTEMS (UVS) ROADMAP
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2022
2023 2024 2025
2020
Overall Strategies Human Resource
• Air Traffic Control and Danger, Prohibited and Restricted Airspace Information Training/Seminars
• Unmanned vehicle and systems design training with simulations
• Training for flight control and ground control system software programming
• Operations and maintenance training
R&D Technologies
• Unmanned Vehicle Systems Platform Design and Development
• UVS Enhanced Capabilities, Functionalities and Applications
• Communications Security
Facilities / Services
• Simulation, modelling, and system programming laboratory
• Fabrication and Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for UVS parts and components
• Indoor and outdoor (wind tunnel) facility for UVS flight/underwater tests
• UVS Data Center
S&T Policies
• Frequency and bandwidth availability, link security, link ranges and network infrastructure for
operational/mission support of UAS
• Standard reference or classification of categories for UVS
• Airspace utilization, management, deconfliction and control
• UVS education/curriculum for Industry 4.0 development
5.5M
•Development of STOL UAV for disaster response and mitigation
• Design of Data transfer/
Communication for UAV-UAV and UAV-UGV cooperative mission
• Exploration on the different use cases (geohazard, search and rescue, logistics, etc.)
• UAV Kit Development
•UVS Image processing technology capable of mapping volcanic fissures and computing volume of lava
• Development of a locally competitive system for wide-spatial coverage and high temporal underwater monitoring
10M
• UAV image processing techniques (machine learning) for
infrastructure inspection
• Enhanced stabilization
& protection of UVS in different payload orientations &
maneuvers
• UVS-assisted water monitoring and sampling system
70M
• Multi-mission UVS development
• Application of new/innovative material and energy sources for UVS
• Development of UVS system intended for volcano monitoring
• UVS with launch, landing and recovery features
• Application of Internet of Things (IoT)
50M
• Development of UVS smart systems (autonomy and strategic navigation)
• Development of communication modules (link stability and reliability, network architecture and bandwidth management)
• UVS secured systems (resistance to hijacking, interception, jamming of communications)
10M
• Development of repository and UVS database system
• Establishment of UVS R&D Center and Facilities
• Establishment of UVS Consortium and Commercial Provider Partnership
15M
• Establishment of national standard reference/ classification of categories for UVS.
• Establishment of UVS protocols
UVS Design
(Material development, System architecture, Communication System) Locally fabricated UVS
UVS enhanced
capabilities and widened applications
Weather resistant/all weather conditions UVS Safe and reliable UVS UVS improved flight
performance and characteristics (endurance, speed, range, etc.)
UVS enhanced capabilities and widened applications UVS Traffic Management (Data transfer and communication)
Strengthened testing and simulation facilities Support industry for UVS parts and components Decision support tools for UVS operations and commercialization
Standard procedures on UVS design, manufacture and testing
S&T Policy Support for UVS (e.g., mapping, disaster assessment and response, UVS communications, etc.)
VISION
Sustainable UVS
Local Industry, Defense Self Reliance
Overall Outcomes Human Resource
• Capacitated and new skills acquired on UVS design, development, operation, and maintenance
• Increased numbers of experts and researchers for UVS technology
R&D Technologies
• Cost-effective and commercially competitive UVS intended for high-end applications.
Facilities / Services
• UVS network and linkages and established R&D facilities
S&T Policies
• Policy recommendations on UVS technology utilization and applications
