2021 Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting and Electric VTOL Symposium

9th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting Jan. 26-28, 2021 8th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium Virtual www..org/autonomous

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Electric VTOL Symposium Presentations – All Times are U.S. MST, GMT-7 TimeandDate.com Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Plenary Presentations Government Keynotes Moderator: Ram JanakiRam, Boeing (Ret.) 0800 – 0810 Welcome and Introductions: Colton Marchesseault, VFS Arizona Chapter, and Mike Hirschberg, Vertical Flight Society

0810 – 0840 Robert Pearce, Associate Administrator, NASA 0840 – 0910 COL Joseph Anderson, PM UAS, US Army 0910 – 0935 COL Nathan Diller, Director, AFWERX, US Air Force 0935 – 1000 Jay Merkle, Executive Director, Unmanned Systems Integration Office, FAA 1000 – 1030 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Industry Keynotes Moderator: Ram JanakiRam, Boeing Ret. 1030 – 1100 Brian Yutko, Chief Engineer, Sustainability and Future Mobility, Boeing 1100 – 1130 Eric Allison, Chief of Product, Joby Aviation 1130 – 1200 Stephane Fymat, VP/GM, , Honeywell Lunch Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Sponsored Technical Talks 1200 – 1330 Making Zero-Emission Air Transport Possible with Hydrogen: Alex Ivanenko, CEO, HyPoint Reporting on the eVTOL Revolution: Brian Garrett-Glaser, Managing Editor, eVTOL.com Global e-Flight Update: Xin Gou and Willi Tacke, e-Flight Forum/Flying Pages Electric VTOL Symposium Session 1 Moderator: Parimal Kopardekar, NASA Market Development As the eVTOL industry continues to progress, it is clear there are other investments that need to be made to ensure success, from vehicle design to certification, infrastructure, and operations. This plenary session will highlight what is currently happening and what is left to be done. 1330 – 1500 Moderator: Parimal Kopardekar, NASA Michael Dyment, Managing Partner, NEXA Advisors Cyrus Sigari, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, UP.Partners Jim Viola, President & CEO, HAI Starr Ginn, AAM National Campaign Lead, NASA 1500 – 1530 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors

Electric VTOL Symposium Session 2 Moderator: Colin Theodore, NASA eVTOL Industry Updates While 2020 has been a difficult year, it has been marked with great successes in advancing eVTOL technology. Aircraft developers will share their updates and plans. Tim Williams, Chief Engineer, Vertical 1530 – 1700 Joerg-Peter Mueller, Head of Urban Air Mobility, Kyle Clark, Founder, Beta Technologies Gary Gysin, President and CEO, Wisk Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Electric VTOL Symposium Session 3 Moderator: Ion Vintilescu, Boeing Modeling and Simulation 0800 – 1000 One of the key enabling technologies for eVTOL developing is access to modeling and simulation tools. These tools allow designers the ability to iterate designs and operations at faster than real-time. 0800 – 0830 David Segal, ptc 0830 – 0900 Tony Gioutsos, Siemens 0900 – 0930 Ronald du Val, Advanced Rotorcraft Technology 0930 – 1000 Dan Wachspress, Continuum Dynamics 1000 – 1030 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Electric VTOL Symposium Session 4 Moderator: Anna Dietrich, CAMI Standards Development 1030 – 1200 The development of industry consensus standards to critical to achieving certification. This session will provide an update on the activities of the key standards development organizations. Moderator: Anna Dietrich, CAMI Ed Lovelace, Ampaire 1030 – 1200 Tom Gunnarson, ASTM F39.05, AC433 Christine DeJong, GAMA Mark DeAngelo, SAE International Lunch Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Sponsored Technical Talk: 1200 – 1310 Recent eVTOL Certification Challenges & Real-World Solution: Vance Hilderman, Chief Technical Officer, AFuzion

1 Electric VTOL Symposium Session 5 Moderator: Bill Bihlman, Aerolytics LLC Advanced Manufacturing 1330 – 1500 Electric VTOL requires very lightweight and strong materials that can be produced inexpensively. This session highlights the latest manufacturing technologies and materials that will enable affordable vehicles and infrastructure. 1330 – 1345 Bill Bihlman, Aerolytics 1345 – 1405 DeWayne Howell, Toray 1405 – 1425 Imad Atallah, Hexcel 1415 – 1430 Bob Hess, BAE Systems 1430 – 1445 Jonathan Sourkes, Victrex 1445 – 1500 Tulinda Larsen, UAMMI 1500 – 1530 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Electric VTOL Symposium Session 6 Moderator: Carl Russell, NASA eVTOL Industry Updates 1530 – 1700 While 2020 was a difficult year, it was marked with great successes in advancing eVTOL technology. Aircraft developers will share their updates and plans. 1530 – 1550 Nobuo Kishi, SkyDrive 1550 – 1610 Jon Rimanelli, ASX6 1610 – 1630 Tine Tomazic, 1630 – 1700 John Piasecki, Piasecki Aircraft Thursday, January 28, 2021 Electric VTOL Symposium Session 7 Moderator: Yolanka Wulff, CAMI Infrastructure 0800 – 1000 While eVTOL vehicles get headlines, they will need infrastructure available to fly. Not just vertiports, but weather gathering and distribution, air traffic management systems, and centers for everything from flight test to operations. 0800 – 0830 Yolanka Wulff, CAMI 0830 – 0900 Felipe Varon, Varon Vehicles 0900 – 0930 Gene Dolgin, ClimaCell 0930 – 1000 Chris Kucera, OneSky 1000 – 1030 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Electric VTOL Symposium Session 8 Moderator: Scott Smith, ARINC Realistic and Positive Training for eVTOL/VTOL Operators As we approach the time when vehicles and infrastructure are in place for operations, realistic flight simulation and training facilities will be required to baseline and improve piloting skills. Moderator: Scott Smith, ARINC88 1030 – 1200 Nick Papadopoli, Consultant Michael Uleski, FlightSafety International Tim Schoenauer/Marilyn Pearson, CAE Arnab Lahiri, FAA Lunch Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Sponsored Technical Talks 1200 – 1330 How the Partial Discharge Phenomenon Could Stall Your eVTOL Project: Tom Turner, Product Manager, Carlisle Increasing Safety for the Future of Flight: Larry Williams, CEO, Aviation Safety Resources Electric VTOL Symposium Session 9 Moderator: Dan Newman, Boeing Future Vertical Workforce The session covers education in vertical lift aviation, categorized into formal education and in-house (on-the-job) education. Moderator: Dan Newman, Boeing Mark Robeson, US Army 1330 – 1500 Kathryn Creedy, FA/AW News Igor Cherepinsky, Sikorsky Aircraft, LMCO Nancy Leveson, MIT Amy Pritchett, Penn State David Segal, PTC 1500 – 1530 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Electric VTOL Symposium Session 10 Moderator: Ken Swartz, Aeromedia Communications eCTOL / eSTOL 1530 – 1700 Electric VTOL shares much of its potential success and most of its supply chain with the eCTOL/eSTOL industry. Leaders from this market provide an update on their progress and plans. 1530 – 1600 Marie-Claire Carmin, Turbotech 1600 – 1630 Kevin Noertker, Ampaire 1630 – 1700 Marc Ausman, Airflow.aero 1645 – 1700 Event Wrap-up: Jim Sherman, Vertical Flight Society

2 Autonomous VTOL Technical Paper Presentations – All Times are U.S. MST, GMT-7 TimeandDate.com Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Session 1. Invited Speakers Chairperson - Ajay Sehgal, KBR eXtreme Unmanned Aerial Systems (XUAS) Multi-domain Operations through VTOL and Extreme Mobility in all Environments and 1330 – 1400 Terrains (MOVEMENT): Rajneesh Singh and Brett Piekarski, Vehicle Technology Directorate, US Army 1400 – 1430 Using Autonomy to Significantly Improve Safety for VTOL Vehicles: Igor Cherepinsky, Sikorsky Aircraft, LMCO V2V (Vehicle to Vehicle) Communications to Alleviate Burden on ATM (Advanced Air Traffic Management) or on ATC to Deconflict 1430 – 1500 Traffic (in conjunction with GAMA): Francis X. Govers III, Bell 1500 – 1530 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors 1530 – 1600 Micro Air Vehicles to Delivery Drones: Growing Potential Applications, Inderjit Chopra, University of Maryland 1600 – 1630 Essential Capabilities for Autonomous Flight in the National Air Space: Sanjiv Singh, Near Earth Autonomy Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Session 2. Flight Dynamics, Controls and Simulation Chairperson: Dr. Russell Enns, Boeing 0800 – 0830 Wing Tilt Scheduling in Tandem-Wing VTOL Configurations: Kacper Grzedzinski, V. Stephan, A. Zolotas, Cranfield University, UK The Systematic Methods to Define the Deck Environment of a Non-traditional Ship Platform for a Maritime VTOL UAS, Bernard 0830 – 0900 Ferrier, Hoffman Engineering; A. Sehgal, KBR; J. Duncan, MoD; M. R. Belmont, Exeter University, UK 0900 – 0930 A Robust Uniform Control Approach for VTOL Aircraft, Jacob W. Cook and Irene M. Gregory, NASA Langley 0930 – 1030 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Toward an Urban Air Mobility Ride Quality and Safety Assessment Analytical Tool: Jeffrey D. Keller, A. Sharma, D. Wachspress, 1030 – 1100 Continuum Dynamics and Joseph Horn and Pierre Theron, Penn State University A Modular and Novel Flight Stabilization System for Highly Unstable sUAV Configurations: Nicholas Rehm and Inderjit Chopra, 1100 – 1130 University Of Maryland Lunch Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Sponsored Technical Talk 1200 – 1330 Recent eVTOL Certification Challenges & Real-World Solutions: Vance Hilderman, Chief Technical Officer, AFuzion Session 3. Aerodynamics and Acoustics Chairperson: Prof. Lakshmi Sankar, Georgia Tech Experimental Flight Testing of High-Speed Mini Quadrotor Biplane Tail-sitter: Peter C. Ryseck, G. Jacobellis, D. Yeo and I. Chopra, 1330 – 1400 University Of Maryland Proprotor / Wing / Flap Interaction for V/STOL Aircraft with Partial Slipstream Immersion: Todd R. Quackenbush, D. A. Wachspress, 1400 – 1430 M. K. Yu and C. L. Solomon, Continuum Dynamics 1430 – 1500 Time Variation of Rotor Broadband Noise: Ze Feng, K. Brentner and E. Greenwood, Penn State University 1500 – 1530 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Combined Momentum Simple Vortex Theory Inflow Model for Multi-Rotor Configurations: Feyyaz Guner and JVR Prasad, Georgia 1530 – 1600 Tech 1600 – 1630 Fundamental Aeroelastic Analysis of an Urban Air Mobility Rotor: Stephen J. Wright, NASA Ames Thursday, January 28, 2021 Session 4. UAV Operations and Certification Chairperson: Dr. Daniel Schrage 0800 – 0830 Certification of Machine Learning Algorithms for Safety-Critical Avionics: Luuk van Dijk, Daedalean Concept of Operations for Unmanned Rotorcraft in Maritime Security and Rescue Operations in Germany: Bianca Isabella 0830 – 0900 Schuchardt and Alexander Donkels, DLR Institute of Flight Systems, Germany Detection of Obstacle-free Zones in Crowded Environments for Aerial System Emergency Planning: Caleb Harris, A. 0900 – 0930 Payan and D. Mavris, Georgia Tech 0930 – 1000 Urban Aerial Mobility Networks using Amphibious Vertical and Landing Vehicles: Larry Young, NASA Ames 1000 – 1030 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors A Civil Military Functional Safety Management Development Assurance Framework Example for Certification of Autonomous 1030 – 1100 Unmanned Aerial Systems: Dan Schrage, JVR Prasad, Georgia Tech; Eric Johnson, Penn State; and Suresh Kannan, Nodein Autonomy Lunch Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors Sponsored Technical Talks 1200 – 1330 How Partial Discharge Phenomenon Could Stall your eVTOL Project: Tom Turner, Product Mgr., Carlisle Increasing Safety for the Future of Flight: Larry Williams, CEO, Aviation Safety Resources Session 5. Design and Structures Chairperson: Prof. Inderjit Chopra, University Of Maryland Real-time Load Following with a 100kW Hybrid-Electric Generator System of an eVTOL Power Profile Simulation in a Turbulent 1330 – 1400 Atmosphere: Kyle Collins, P. Curier, R. Prazenica and R. Anderson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Interface Properties & Improvements in Overmolded Composites: S. Ivan, S. Green, F. Ferfecki and J. Sourkes, Victrex in UK and 1400 – 1430 USA and TxV Aero composites A Study of Past, Present, and Future Mars Rotorcraft: Michael Radotich, S. Withrow-Maser, Z. deSouza, S. Gelhar, H. Gallagher, 1430 – 1500 NASA Ames 1500 – 1530 Networking Break – Please visit our sponsors and exhibitors 1530 – 1600 High Speed Long Range Powered-Lift e/hVTOL Dual System Aircraft Designs: Brian Morgan, VOX Aircraft Automation-Ready Process for High-Rate Manufacturing of Aerospace Capable Composite Parts: Kevin Dupuis, A Rodriguez, 1600 – 1630 R.Key, A. Bras and A. Whysall, Solvay Composite Materials 1630 – 1700 Mechanical Design of the Urban Air Mobility Side-by-Side Test Stand: Haley Cummings, G. Willink, and C. Silva, NASA Ames

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Thank you for joining us for 8th Annual Electric Vertical (eVTOL) Symposium and 9th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting! We hope you learn much this week and translate that to your daily work. Plan now for the VFS Transformative Vertical Flight, Jan. 25-27, 2022 in San Jose, CA, which will include our 9th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium. Keep up to date with the latest advances in VTOL technology. Our full list of upcoming events is online at www.vtol.org/events.

VFS is successful only because of the efforts of our members who dedicate their time, working to advance vertical flight. Many thanks to all our conference organizers, especially:

 General Meeting Chair: Ram JanakiRam, Boeing (ret.)  Autonomous VTOL Chairs: Bryan Chu, Kendra Befort, Boeing  Arizona Chapter Leadership: Tonja Reinert, Colton Marchesseault, Conor Briggi  8th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium: Dan Newman, Boeing; Scott Smith, ARINC-IA; Anna Dietrich, Community Air Mobility Initiative