NMSG/SET Research Specialists’ Kick-Off Meeting (RSM): Drone Detectability: Modelling the Relevant Signature – 30th October 2019, ITA
 The first meeting of the Programme Committee for the Specialists’ Meeting on “Drone Detectability: Modelling the Relevant Signature” has been held in Palermo on last 30th October with the task to start organizing such meeting.
The first goal was to clearly describe the topics of the meeting for a better understanding by the specialists to be invited as speakers.
The objectives of this Specialists’ Meeting is to understand the requirements that have to be met by a drone detection system with respect to the drone characteristics, related to several phenomenologies associated to their signature.
The capabilities of detection of small UAS are generally affiliated with one or more of their attributes, which have very small radar cross section, very low thermal signature, potentially camouflaged to visible cameras, low/no acoustic signature, very few metal components, automated with limited to no human control.
The Specialists’ Meeting will facilitate the information exchange on Low Small Slow aerial platforms’ signature characterization and related modelling through presentations from research and innovation points of view, including theoretical studies, and trials and experimentation.
The outcome of this Specialists’ Meeting should improve current studies on the subject and suggest areas for further NATO research activities and will re-enforce the links with military bodies in NATO in order to improve the capability to meet the identified requirements. Published by MSG | 
