At their strategic planning meeting this year, your elected leadership developed a vision and a set of priorities to guide the association through a period of extraordinary challenges and opportunities unfolding in the coming years. The overview of that strategic plan is shown on these pages. This framework will guide the preparation of detailed plans and actions to realize the “To Be” vision described here.

As an association of businesses, institutions and individuals with a common interest in unmanned systems technology, AUVSI exists to advance that shared interest through advocacy, education and market growth. The work of the association fosters the technical and commercial success of the members and contributes to the societal benefits of safe, accessible and affordable advanced technology.

For more than four decades, AUVSI has been a leader in promoting collective interest in unmanned systems technology, to the benefit of a community that includes product manufacturers, government agencies, academic institutions and end users. That era began with establishing technical, application and policy fundamentals. Years of slow but steady incremental growth set the stage for a dramatic acceleration and acceptance of unmanned systems in the post-9/11 era, predominantly by military and civil government users. This, in turn, set the stage for an exponential emergence of commercial and consumer applications and demand.

Over these 40-plus years, the association was recognized and respected by a well defined, but limited, constituency, operating mainly in controlled, bounded environments. In the era unfolding now, the almost unlimited potential for anyone to operate anywhere with any device opens technical, safety, policy and cultural challenges for an enormous constituency, who may turn to any number of sources for the leadership provided by an association such as AUVSI.

Vision

IT STARTS WITH A WORLD WHERE

• Unmanned systems are everywhere
• They help prevent significant loss of lives, positively impacting the way we live
• They diminish physical boundaries and increase human potential

MEMBERS ARE

• Making the world better and safer
• Saving lives through innovative tools, products and services
• Providing data to aid in efficiency and safety
• Participating in solutions that cross continents

AUVSI PROVIDES VALUE TO ITS MEMBERS BY

• Removing roadblocks to innovation
• Offering best insights in the field
• Providing resources for members’ growth
• Advocating for safety issues
• Providing data to aid in efficiency and safety
• Advancing utility and effectiveness of unmanned systems throughout the world

Values

EDUCATION

• Help create and promote shared learning and know-how across air, land and maritime

SAFETY AND SECURITY

• Ensure a culture of safety and security by enabling designers, makers, sellers and buyers to create safe, effective products

INTEGRITY

• Incorporate ethical decision making in unmanned systems and robotics technologies

INNOVATION

• Foster innovation for our members by removing barriers and providing networking, resources and best insights