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Mr Nickolas BOSSINAS
Hybrid Systems and New Technologies Manager
IDE-INTRACOM Defense Electronics
& General Secretariat Hellenic Aerospace Engineers Society
Mr. Nickolas Bossinas currently serves as Hybrid Systems and New Technologies Manager of IDE -
INTRACOM Defense Electronics and he is also Product Manager of IDE’s Unmanned Aerial System. He
holds an MSc. degree in Applied Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and is
currently PhD candidate on nanocomposite materials for aeronautical structures at NTUA. He has also a
Master in Business Administration from Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB) of Switzerland and a
Bachelor in Aeronautics from Hellenic Air Force Academy.
Mr. Bossinas joined IDE in 2014. His previous work experience includes several positions such as a
researcher, R&D Director and Innovation Manager at ONEX Group of Companies from 2009 to 2013,
whereas from 1996 to 2009 he worked at Hellenic Air Force as Flight Line Commander for F-5 aircraft,
Quality Assurance officer, Support Command staff officer and Chief Engineer of Hellenic State aircraft.
He has participated in several European and national research projects (Nanopolytox, TANOCOMP,
CARBONCOMP, HCUAV) related to nanotechnology, aeronautics and security and he is an evaluator of
the European Union for Horizon2020 Research Program.
Mr. Bossinas is also General Secretariat of Hellenic Aerospace Engineers Society since 2006.
"Advanced Capabilities in Unmanned Aerial Systems for ISTAR Operations"
The presentation of IDE during UASUV Conference aimed to present new ideas on how modern
concepts and technologies can alter the way Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are used for Intelligence,
Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) operations. Nowadays military forces own
and operate various types of UAS depending on the characteristics and requirements of every ISTAR
mission. IDE, through its active involvement in the development of modern UAS, has realized that it is
possible to reduce the need of having many (small, medium and large) UAS classes for covering all ISTAR
missions and employ only Tactical ones by taking advantage of new and emerging UAS technologies
(data-link hand-over mechanisms, on board communications relay devices, higher / more optimized
bandwidth, swarming operations, sensor auto-cue mechanisms) as well as modern concepts adopted in
military operations, such as interconnected battlefields. Specific scenarios demonstrating the
operational and financial benefits of these modern concepts, tailored to the needs of the end-users, are
presented and explained.