Theme

The Unmanned Tactical Aircraft (UTA) concept encompasses a broad class of recoverable vehicles designed to
conduct the full range of non-lethal (surveillance, targeting and reconnaissance) and lethal (strike, air-defence and
air-to-air combat) tactical missions. The purpose of this symposium is to address the military applications of
UTA; the advances in UTA techniques and technologies; and UTA operational concepts.

Interest in unmanned vehicles is increasing rapidly as a result of recent advances in guidance and control as well
as other enabling technologies that now provide the basis for a wide range of autonomous or semi-autonomous
systems with the potential for operation in high threat environments.

Important operational and technology issues include command and control (e.g. multi-ship flight management),
communications, sensors, data processing hardware and software and artificial intelligence and internetting UTA
with manned air vehicle operations.

The use of UTA in the next century could involve the utilisation during peacetime of civil air routes subject to
civil aviation authorities and ATC regulations and drives the need for redefinition of navigation and guidance
rules to address air-space sharing with manned platforms.

The symposium will examine the types of lethal and non-lethal applications and review issues that have been
raised in current systems. Military usage and operational considerations will be discussed. Advances in enabling
technologies will be covered and cost-effectiveness issues explored.

SESSIONS

I UTA Applications
II Operational Concepts I
III Operational Concepts II
IV Advances in UTA Techniques and Technologies
l Navigation, guidance & control
l Communications & C9
V Advances in UTA Techniques and Technologies
l On-board and off-board sensors
l Sensor data fusion & signal processing
l Flight avionics
VI Round Table

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Le conceptde lavion tactique non-pilot6 (UTA) couvreun large catkgoriede vehiculesrkup6rables conGuspour
lextcution de la gamrnecomplkte des missions tactiquesMales (frappe, dkfenseakrienneet combat air-air) et
non-l&ales (surveillance,dbignation dobjectifs et reconnaissance).Ce symposium a pour objectif dexaminer
les applicationsmilitaires desUTA; les avancies dansles techniqueset technologiesUTA; ainsi que les concepts
opkrationnelsdes UTA.
Les vkhicules non-pilot& suscitent de plus en plus dintkri3 en raison des per&es rkentes r6alides dans le
domaine du guidageet pilotage, ainsi que pour dautres technologiespermettantde foumir dksormais la base
dun grand &entail de systtmes autonomesou semi-autonomescapablesdivoluer en environnementg haut
risque.
PaM les questionso@rationnelleset technologiquesimportantesfigurent, le commandementet contile, (par
exemple la gestion du pilotage multi-vkhicule) les t&communications, les senseurs,le madriel et le logiciel
informatique, lintelligence artificielle et linsertion des UTA dans les opkrationspilotkes.
La mise en ozuvredes UTA au sibcle prochain pour& conduire & lutilisation, en temps de paix, de voies
akiennes civiles rbgies par les autoritks de laviation civile et assujetties aux rkglements du contrble de la
circulation drienne. Cette mise en aeuvrenkessite la red&&ion des rkgles de navigation et de guidageafin de
permettredaborder le probl&medu partagede lespace a&ien avec les plates-formespiloties.
Ce symposiumexaminerales differen& types dapplicationsl&taleset non-l&ales et dtudierales questionsqui ont
&k soulevkesconcemant les sys3mes actuels. Les utilisations militaires et les considkrations opkrationnelles
serontdisccuds.Les awn&es en technologiespermettantle conceptet les aspectscotit-efficacitk serontexaminks.
SESSIONS

I les applicationsdes UTA

II les conceptsop6rationnelsI
III les concepts0pfZrationnelsII
IV les avandes en techniqueset technologiesUTA
0 navigation, guidageet pilotage
l t&kommunications et CI

V les avancdesen techniqueset technologiesUTA

+ les senseursembarqueset non-embarqds
l la fusion des donneessenseurset le traitement du signal
l lavionique de pilotage
VI table ronde

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CHAIRMAN DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

Prof Dr H WINTER Dr T B CUNNINGHAM
Director, Director of Technology
Institut fiir Plugfuehrung, DLR Honeywell Technology Center
DeutschesZentrum fiir Luft und Raumfahrt e.V. Plughafen 3660 Technology Drive
Postfach 32 67 MN 652100
D-38022 BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55418, USA

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRMEN: Dr G REID UK
DR E ZIMET us
MEMBERS: MR J B SENNBVILLE PR
Dr-Ing L CROVELLA IT
Dr-Ing B MAZZETII IT
Mr B CAMPBELL us

PANEL EXECUTIVE

From Europe: From the US or Canada:

AGARD-OTAN AGARD-NATO
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F-92200 NEUILLY SUR SEINE,
FRANCE

Telephone: 33-l-5561 2280/82 - Telefax: 33-l-5561 229#!J9

HOST NATION LOCAL COORDINATOR

Prof-Dr T V PAMPOUCAS
HAF Academy
22, Poiiteias Avenue
GR-14563 KIFFISIA (ATHENS)
Tel: (30) 1 8014714
FAX: (30) 1 801 5184

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS/REMERCIEMENTS

The Panel wishes to expressits thanks to the Greek National Delegatesto AGARD for the invitation to hold this Symposium
in Athens and for the facilities and personnel which made the Symposium possible.
Le Panel tient a remercier les Dtltgues Nationaux de la Grece aupres 1AGARD de leur invitation g tenir ce Symposium a
Athenes et de la misc & disposition de personnel et des installations necessaires.