Challenges Moving Forward James L Grimsley, Vice President Unmanned Systems Alliance of Oklahoma (USA-OK) April 19, 2016

My Background Founding president of USA-OK 2014 AUVSI Member of the Year Member of National Advisory Board for UAVUS B.S. Aerospace Engineering, M.S. Mechanical Engineering (both from OU) 26+ yrs as an Aerospace Engineer Associate Vice President for Research at OU President/CEO of DII, LLC

OU - 1980’s Tornado Chaser Photo courtesy of Mr. Shaun Sexton

The “Hype” “Drones” Source: 2015 Gartner Hype Cycle (Gartner, Inc.)

Societal Reaction Source: Innovation Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Privacy Protection with Technology?

Challenges Moving Forward BVLOS Private airspace “ownership” rights Federal preemption versus “states’ rights” First Amendment / Fourth Amendment

Tornado Alley Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are the top 3 “most affected states” by tornados

May 2013 Moore Tornado

Command Priority? Photo courtesy of KWTV News 9

Depiction of the Boundary Layer Lower Atmosphere Depiction of the Boundary Layer

It takes a team effort to operate a UAS OU “Smartsonde” University of Oklahoma project focusing on studies of the lower atmosphere through the use of small, instrumented UAS and other complementary instruments. It takes a team effort to operate a UAS First CoA Flight

Oklahoma Mesonet Current sites measure meteorological variables at 2 and 10 m above ground level

James L Grimsley james.grimsley@dii1.com My Contact Information James L Grimsley james.grimsley@dii1.com