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

2. 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

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

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

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

6. Privacy Protection with Technology?

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

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

9. May 2013 Moore Tornado

10. Command Priority?
Photo courtesy of KWTV News 9

11. Depiction of the Boundary Layer
Lower Atmosphere
Depiction of the Boundary Layer

12. 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

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

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