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Pathfinder Raven Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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Pathfinder Raven Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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    1. Pathfinder Raven Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Mr. Andrew Mawn U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center (NSC) TPID, ACTD & Urban Technology Office

    2. 9/1/2012 2 Agenda Pathfinder Raven: Background Requirements System Development System Description Operational Use Future Developments

    3. 9/1/2012 3 Background Intelligence collection and dissemination tool Evolved from the larger Pointer SUAV Initial prototype to fielding in 5 months

    4. 9/1/2012 4 Requirements Development Pointer SUAV provided an initial reference point for the design.

    5. 9/1/2012 5 Requirements Development Pointer training sessions Pathfinder Raven team executed training, developing expertise in system operation and tactics Provided on-going access to SUAV users Soldier input throughout design was key to success

    6. 9/1/2012 6 System Development Spiral development: iterative prototyping, modeling, and testing User feedback in each iteration

    7. 9/1/2012 7 The Pathfinder Raven System Man-portable 4.5 foot winspan 4 pound weight Electric

    8. 9/1/2012 8 Falconview Mission Planning Mission Replay Button Clicking the Mission Replay button produces the window shown . This button can be clicked to review/replay the stored mission events after mission captures have been made. When pressed, a replay window is opened that allows the user to scroll through all captures in order. When a capture is selected using the slider, the mission parameters and imagery at the time of the capture are played back in both the replay window and the main map screen. A warning will appear on the main screen, indicating that the objects on the map are not live and they cannot be adjusted like a live mission can. The filename of the image and the data file are displayed below the slider when a captured event is chosen and replayed. The replay tool looks in the “C:\SUAV_Logs” directory for all capture files. Files can be added or deleted from this directory at any point using a standard file browser.Mission Replay Button Clicking the Mission Replay button produces the window shown . This button can be clicked to review/replay the stored mission events after mission captures have been made. When pressed, a replay window is opened that allows the user to scroll through all captures in order. When a capture is selected using the slider, the mission parameters and imagery at the time of the capture are played back in both the replay window and the main map screen. A warning will appear on the main screen, indicating that the objects on the map are not live and they cannot be adjusted like a live mission can. The filename of the image and the data file are displayed below the slider when a captured event is chosen and replayed. The replay tool looks in the “C:\SUAV_Logs” directory for all capture files. Files can be added or deleted from this directory at any point using a standard file browser.

    9. 9/1/2012 9 Raven SUAV Launch

    10. 9/1/2012 10 Raven SUAV Fly By

    11. 9/1/2012 11 Raven SUAV Recovery

    12. 9/1/2012 12 Day and Night Images

    13. 9/1/2012 13 Operational Use The Pathfinder Raven is deployed worldwide and has been used effectively for: Special Reconnaissance Convoy Security Direct Action Route Reconnaissance & Security Force Protection Battlefield Damage Assessment Specific missions: Hand-emplaced obstacle detection along convoy route Flown for reconnaissance and surveillance in establishing new FOB; identified enemy positions undetected by foot patrols

    14. 9/1/2012 14 Operational Use (cont’d)

    15. 9/1/2012 15 Operational Use (cont’d)

    16. 9/1/2012 Future SUAV ACTD Developments FY06 ACTD Candidate Problem: SUAVs provide real-time reconnaissance and surveillance at the small unit level. Urgent fielding initiatives have identified numerous capability gaps with SUAV systems. SUAV R&D supporting USSOCOM or the US Army is limited due to the rush to field systems.

    17. 9/1/2012 17 Points of Contact Andrew Mawn Research & Development Command Natick Soldier Center Natick, MA andrew.mawn@us.army.mil 508 233 4262 Scott Newbern AeroVironment, Inc. Simi Valley, CA tokumaru@aerovironment.com 805 581 2187

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