Ohio/Indiana UAS Center

Director’s Update

Ohio/Indiana UAS CenterJordan Collins, Program Administrator

David Gallagher, Chief of Staff

Fred Judson, UAS Program Director

Rolland Kanavel, GBDAA Program Director

Jim Lawson, Director of UAS Operations

About the UASC

• ODOT

– Support and conduct UAS

operations within ODOT

– Develop UAS policy and

procedures

– Review proposed UAS operations

for ODOT contracts

• External (Shared Resource)

– Support state and federal

agencies as well as state

universities

– Promote the safe and proper use

of UAS throughout the state

– Reduce redundant UAS functions

within the state

– Allow for more efficient use of

resources

– AG UAS policy development

UASC focus areas within ODOT

Aerial Photography/GIS

Exterior/interior

Inspections

Construction Monitoring

Traffic Monitoring

Quick Clear operations/

emergency management

Communications/

promotional videos

Structures/facilities

inspections

UASC Current Capabilities

36 MP Full

Frame DSLR

Camera

640 x 480 Thermal

30x OpticalZoom

Camera

20MP Digital Camera

5.2/4k Video Camera

Aerial Photography X O O O

Bridge Inspection O X X O

Facility Inspection O X X O

Construction Monitoring X O X X

Traffic Monitoring X

Quick Clear Operations O X X X

Interior Inspections

Mapping X O X O

TASK

SENSOR

Sensefly eBee: property of CCAD/Mapping

Falcon 8+ eBee Inspire 2

“X” Meets Requirements / “O” Limited

UASC Developing Capabilities

VideoTBD

Thermal TBD

LiDAR VelodyneHDL32e

HD Video

Thermal5.2/4k Video

CameraThermal

Zoom Camera

Aerial Photography O O

Bridge Inspection X X O X X

Facility Inspection X X O X X

Construction Monitoring

X X X X

Traffic Monitoring X X X

Quick Clear Operations

X X O X X

Interior Inspections X X

Mapping X O X X

TASK

SENSOR

Tethered TBD ORC2 Elios

“X” Meets Requirements / “O” Limited

Matrice 210

ODOT UAS Projects

TYPE OF UAS OPERATION REQUESTED

DISTRICT# of UAS

REQUESTS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION FACILITY COMMUNICATIONS MAPPING EMER MGT ENVIRONMENTALPLANNING AND ENGINEERING EVENTS

Central Office 15 10 2 2 1

1 5 2 32 12 4 4 1 2 1345678 2 19

10 3 2 111 1 1

12TOTAL 37 11 10 4 5 1 3 2 1

NOTES:40% of requests come from central office29% of requests are for bridge inspections (District 6-3ea, District 8-6ea, District 12-3 ea)28% of requests are for reoccurring flights (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly)

UAS Project - Communications

UAS Project – Construction

UAS Project - Construction

UAS Project - Construction

UAS Project - Construction

UAS Project – Bridge Inspection

UAS Project – Bridge Inspection

UAS

Pilot IR 2nd Observer

UAS Project – Emergency

Management

UAS Project – Emergency

Management

UAS Project – Emergency

Management

UAS Project – Shared Service EPA

UAS Operations

VRS

University of Cincinnati Research

Project

UASC Research Projects

University of Cincinnati Research

Project

UASC Operations

University of Cincinnati Research Project

Mission Box Objective

• Capture Video from Drone • Transfer Video to ODOT Video Servers (Milestone) Real-time• Stream data for local officials

Video Feed

Remote Users

SmartphoneLaptopGoggles

On-site Users

Traffic Monitoring

Example

Traffic Monitoring

Example

UASC Operations

Ground Based Detect and Avoid

(GBDAA)

Ground Based Detect and Avoid (GBDAA)

Ground Based Detect and Avoid (GBDAA)

Ground Based Detect and Avoid (GBDAA)

The Future Challenge

UAS

Data Collection

Other:

• People

• Packages/Freight

• Applications

• Seeding

• Spraying

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UAS Traffic

Management (UTM)

Questions

Ohio/Indiana UAS Center