INTEGRATED AERIAL MOBILITY PROGRAM

INTEGRATED AERIAL

MOBILITY PROGRAM

Derek (Duff) Gowanlock

Technology Lead, Integrated Aerial Mobility (IAM) March 2021

The National Research Council of Canada

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The NRC is Canada’s largest federal R&D organization.

1. Support business innovation

2. Advance scientific and technical knowledge

3. Deliver policy solutions for government

3,700scientists,

engineers

and technicians

1,000companies

with R&D

collaborations

$1Bannual

budget

7,500SME

clients

100sof national and international partners

3GOALS

Source: StatsCanada

Canada and Mobility

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Source: Matadornetwork.com, 2017

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GOAL

Create an ecosystem to grow Canada’s industrial capabilities in the global Advanced Air Mobility market.

Advance niche

technologies

Stronger

supply chain

Support

regulatory

framework

IAM - INTEGRATED AERIAL MOBILITY

Aerial Mobility Application Spectrum

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Cargo PeopleServices Security/Defence

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Airworthy and crashworthystructures

Low-noisetechnologies

Vehicle

Urbanflows

Impactassessment

Weather tolerance

INNOVATION DOMAINS TECHNOLOGY BUILDING BLOCKSMASTER PROJECTS

Integrated

design

Operating

environment

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Path planningSynthetic world generation

& interpretation

Operations

Robotics forcontact-based tasks

Remotesensing

Counter drone & traffic

management

INNOVATION DOMAINS TECHNOLOGY BUILDING BLOCKSMASTER PROJECTS

Flight

autonomy

Integrated

aerial

services

*CARIC Funded

DVENS Project

Human-machine teaming

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Federal RPAS R&TD Portfolio

For a Viable

Economic

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Regulatory

Environment

Airworthy

Structures

Low-Noise

Technologies

Flight

Autonomy

Weather tolerance

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Air to Air Collision

Air to Ground

Collision

C2 Link and Traffic

Management

Detect/Avoid

Cold Weather

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Human Factors

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Counter Drone and

Traffic Management

Urban Flows

Collision

severity

assessment

Canadian Advanced Air Mobility Consortium

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Mission:

canadianaam.com

Equitable

Inclusive

Resilient Intermodal

Accessible

Zero-emission

Economic

Environment

Social Impact

Create a centralized national strategy to implement an AAM transportation system in urban & rural communities.

THANK YOU

Derek (Duff) Gowanlock

Technology Lead, Integrated Aerial Mobility (IAM)

[email protected]

https://nrc.canada.ca/en/research-development/research-

collaboration/programs/integrated-aerial-mobility-program