Autonomous Flight.ppt

Autonomous Flight AIAA Group 6 Mat Thompson Autonomy-The degree to which something is subject to control from the outside Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Manned Aerial Vehicles UAV Autonomy Least- Target and Drone Civil and Commercial Reconnaissance Research and Development Most- UCAV Sensor Fusion Communications Motion Planning Trajectory Generation Task Allocation UAV Tier Systems USAF Tier System Tier 1 Low altitude, long endurance- Gnat 750 Tier 2 Medium altitude, long endurance- MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper Tier 2+ High Altitude Long Endurance Conventional- RQ-4 global Hawk Tier 3- High altitude long endurance low observable- RQ-3 Dark-star USMC Tier System Tier 1- Dragon Eye scouts urban areas, launched by bungee chords Tier 2- Scan Eagle needs four humvees to carry system UCAV J-UCAS Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems X-45 UCAV Attack missions successful. Communication. X-47 Pegasus Collision avoidance software. Group flight. Real Time communication and decision making between UCAVs Program Canceled Foreign Autonomous Vehicles nEUROn drop a bomb by 2012 Alenia Sky-X still in test flight stages Autonomous Vehicles Worldwide Future Autonomous Flight Air Force “Hunter-Killer” Program will select one of the five for production after 2007 1. Scaled Composites Model 395 2. Scaled Composites Model 396 3. General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (already flying) 4. Aurora/Israeli Eagle/Heron 2 5. Lockheed ? *6. Raytheon package Unmanned Systems Roadmap DoD autonomous goals until 2030 1. Joint unmanned combat aircraft system capable of performing suppression of enemy air defenses/strike/electronic attack/surveillance in high threat environments 2.-9. logistics to support goal 1. Full Autonomy P-175 Polecat is being developed by Lockheed to have full autonomy from take-off to landing. Triple Redundant Flight Control Software Far Future… Keeping the man-in-the-loop Autopilot Modern autopilots use inertial guidance systems as well as GPS