1. Progress Project Success - Metrics Goal Project: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) 1 MilestoneTarget Completion % Complete Work with AESS Chapters to promote UAS activities and provide topic speakers. 30 April 2015 50% show interest in UAS Contact UAS Industry leaders about sponsoring events and advertising in AESS Systems magazine for special issue. AUVSI and UAS magazine have stronger presence. 1 October 2015 33% of the survey complete AUVSI engaged in DASC 2016 and this may enable future cooperation and benefits IEEE/AIAA 35 th DASC2016 Sept 25-30, 2016 Sacramento, CA UAS Trends and impact Increase UAS activity for AESS to grow membership by 5% annually Budget / Resources Three UAS presentations: NJIT 12 March 40attendees, OKC 30March 41 attendees and Wichita, KS 20 attendees. Presentation planned at Bonn, Germany on 22 Sept. Monitor UAS competition projects and request AESS Board support to support Universities to compete. Determine current UAS interest and engagement by AESS Chapters. Promote UAS technology for applications that benefit IEEE AESS members The 2015 AESS budget includes $1,000 funding for the technical panels. Additional funding may be requested as new initiatives.

2. Unmanned Aircraft Systems Competitions 2016 Established by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International, the AUVSI Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides students with hands-on robotics activities designed to fuel and sustain their interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Since the competitions began in 1991, more than $1.4 million has been awarded in prize money. National SeaPerch Challenge May 20-22, 2016 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana http://www.seaperch.org/seaperch_challenge or www.seaperch.org ttp://www.seaperch.org/seaperch_challengewww.seaperch.org Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) June 3-6, 2016 Oakland University Rochester, MI www.auvsifoundation.org/igvc International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) August 2016 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta VA, USA and Beijing/Miyun, China www.aerialroboticscompetition.org www.aerialroboticscompetition.org

3. AESS Student Branches and FAA Test sites AESS Student Branches Florida Institute of Technology Stephane BucailleFlorida Institute of Technology Stephane Bucaille United States Missouri University of Science and Technology Student Chapter, Saint Louis Section Steve E Watkins United States Missouri University of Science and Technology Student Chapter, Saint Louis SectionSteve E Watkins Student Branch Chapter at the Fundacao Universidade Federal do ABC Eduardo Machado de FrançaStudent Branch Chapter at the Fundacao Universidade Federal do ABC Eduardo Machado de França Brazil Tunisia Student ChapterTunisia Student Chapter Chafaa Hamrouni TunisiaChafaa Hamrouni University of Waterloo, OntarioUniversity of Waterloo, Ontario Steven Waslander CanadaSteven Waslander FAA Test Site Universities University of Alaska Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi Campus Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).