1 / 25

“We give the US Air Force its Wings”

Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate: Cooperative Airspace Operations 3 March 05. Daniel Thompson Future Capability Lead, Cooperative Airspace Op’s Air Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory. “We give the US Air Force its Wings”. Agile Combat Support.

paytah
Download Presentation

“We give the US Air Force its Wings”

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate: Cooperative Airspace Operations 3 March 05 Daniel Thompson Future Capability Lead, Cooperative Airspace Op’s Air Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory “We give the US Air Force its Wings”

  2. Agile Combat Support Agile Combat Support Force Application Long Range Strike Command & Control Prompt Global Strike Persistent Precision Engagement Cooperative Airspace Ops Agile Combat Support Agile Combat Support Operationally Responsive Space Access Persistent ISR & Reconnaissance Force Projection War Winning Upgrades for Today’s Platforms Multi-Mission Mobility Surveillance Superior Technologies for Future Aerospace Dominance Capability Focused Tech Investment Strike ISR Mobility

  3. Cooperative Airspace Operations Vision: Same Base, Same Time, Same Tempo • Critical System Attributes: • Reliable & Safe – Op’s in proximity to man • Responsive/adaptive to dynamic missions • As autonomous as needed, as interactive as desired • Operations transparency • Affordable & Certifiable Collaboration & Teaming Transparent Ground & Air Op’s Sense, Avoid, File & Fly Reliable, Certifiable Systems & Software Safe Interoperability & Coordination Partners in CAO: AFRL: VA, SN, HE, MN, IF DoD: DARPA, Navy, Army Other: NASA, Industry System of Systems Decision Making Based on JUCAS ICD, SAB Summer Study, Global Hawk ORD, OSD UAV Roadmap, Predator CDD

  4. Cooperative Airspace OperationsCFTI Taxonomy Product Area Capability Attributes Product J-UCAS 4-ship flight management Multi-vehicle Teaming Cooperative Airspace Ops Operations in manned/unmanned teams Multi-UAV distributed control V&V of flt critical intelligent software SW V&V HALE UAV detect and avoid Multi-vehicle see and avoid Airspace Operations Safe operations from airbases and in airspace Non-GPS nav, landing, and ground ops Terminal area & ground ops Open architecture, highly reliable VMS Reliable Control Health mgmt integ w/adaptive control Status As Of Aug 04

  5. Cooperative Airspace Operations Attribute Availability Forecast Manned/Unmanned Teaming BASELINE X-45, Predator Distributed/Cooperative Control of multiple packages and ISR assets Adaptive for max effectiveness in dynamic environment Manned/Unmanned Teaming Manned/Unmanned Teaming Single coordinated UCAV package V&V of intelligent and adaptive systems Adaptive to continue the mission Human as Supervisor V&V’able today Safe Airbase/Airspace Op’s Human as Teammate Human as Operator Safe Airbase/Airspace Op’s • Flexible ATC & Ground Op’s – “File & Fly” • n v m • GATM compliance Safe Airbase/Airspace Op’s Min ATC Op’s – “See & Avoid” (1 v 1) Equivalent ATC & Ground Op’s – “Same Time, Same Base, Same Tempo” Safety/Reliability – Equivalent to manned systems Ability to operate w/o GPS Mid Term (10) Far Term (15) Near Term (07)

  6. Cooperative Airspace OperationsCFTI Taxonomy Product Area Capability Attributes Product J-UCAS 4-ship flight management Multi-vehicle Teaming Cooperative Airspace Ops Operations in manned/unmanned teams Multi-UAV distributed control V&V of flt critical intelligent software SW V&V HALE UAV detect and avoid Multi-vehicle see and avoid Airspace Operations Safe operations from airbases and in airspace Non-GPS nav, landing, and ground ops Terminal area & ground ops Open architecture, highly reliable VMS Reliable Control Health mgmt integ w/adaptive control Status As Of Aug 04

  7. Reliable Affordable Adaptive Autonomous VMS Objective Demonstrate TRL 6 maturity of critical integrated technologies to achieve reliable, affordable, adaptive, autonomous control for effective multi-ship combat UAV operations Control of Multi-Mission UAV Systems • Compact, light weight, low cost VMS • On-board, real-time, diagnostics • Adaptive flight control • Autonomous, cooperative flight mgmt Reconfigurable, adaptive flight control Reactive, autonomous, cooperative flight mgmt

  8. Cooperative Airspace OperationsCFTI Taxonomy Product Area Capability Attributes Product J-UCAS 4-ship flight management Multi-vehicle Teaming Cooperative Airspace Ops Operations in manned/unmanned teams Multi-UAV distributed control V&V of flt critical intelligent software SW V&V HALE UAV detect and avoid Multi-vehicle see and avoid Airspace Operations Safe operations from airbases and in airspace Non-GPS nav, landing, and ground ops Terminal area & ground ops Open architecture, highly reliable VMS Reliable Control Health mgmt integ w/adaptive control Status As Of Aug 04

  9. Safety & Reliability Issues Navigation Aircraft Airworthiness FAA Airspace Classifications Collision Avoidance with cooperative & non-cooperative aircraft Weather Avoidance? Compliance with 14 CFR 91.113 Interoperability with manned / unmanned aircraft ATC Communications Command & Control Link Take-off & Landing Operator Qualifications Airspace Access

  10. Sense-and-Avoid Goal: Develop and Demonstrate Safe Multi-Vehicle Air Operations Phases/Tech Availability: Phase 1 (Manual): FY06 Phase 2 (Auto): FY07 Phase 3 (Multi-Veh): FY10 Technology Challenges: • Cost Effective Sensing • Sensor/Datalink/Avionics Fusion • Equivalent Level of Safety • Operations with close separation • Enable UAVs to perform a wider range of Air Force missions

  11. DTED & Maps Imaging Sensors GPS INS Vel Pos Geo Fix Kalman Filter Radar Alt Autonomous Landing Non-GPS Landing & Ground-Ops Goal: Develop and demonstrate sensor architectures and algorithms for UAV airbase operations without reliance on GPS availability Tech Availability: FY09 Technology Challenges: Multi-purpose Sensor Integration Cost Effective Sensing Sensor/Datalink/Avionics Fusion Real-time Data Interpretation Manned System Equivalence

  12. Autonomous Terminal Area and Ground Operations Goal: Develop and demonstrate equivalent airbase operations as manned operations: “Same base, same time, same tempo” Tech Availability: FY12 Technology Challenges: Manned System Equivalence Mixed Operations Robust Safety Sensed Situational Awareness Operator-Vehicle Ratio V&V of On-Board Algorithms

  13. 6.1/SBIR Effort 6.2 Program 6.3 Program Other Funding S1 Spiral Leveraged Program Funded Transition Unfunded Transition 5 Technology Readiness Level Transition Point (TAD) Products Cooperative Airspace OperationsProduct Area: Limited FOR DAA 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ACAS HALE UAV DAA AFCST AFRL/SN 6 Limited FOR DAA Global Hawk AFRL/SN DAA

  14. 6.1/SBIR Effort 6.2 Program 6.3 Program Other Funding S1 Spiral Leveraged Program Funded Transition Unfunded Transition 5 Technology Readiness Level Transition Point (TAD) Products Cooperative Airspace OperationsProduct Area: Non-GPS Ground Operations 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 AFCST Devel sensing arch for UAV airspace op’s -- SEFAR 5 Non-GPS Gnd Ops Non-GPS Gnd Op’s TBD 6

  15. 6.1/SBIR Effort 6.2 Program 6.3 Program Other Funding S1 Spiral Leveraged Program Funded Transition Unfunded Transition 5 Technology Readiness Level Transition Point (TAD) Products Cooperative Airspace OperationsProduct Area: See and Avoid 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ACAS HALE UAV DAA 6 AFCST Devel sensing arch for UAV airspace op’s -- SEFAR 5 See & Avoid Multi-vehicle SAA 6 TBD

  16. 6.1/SBIR Effort 6.2 Program 6.3 Program Other Funding S1 Spiral Leveraged Program Funded Transition Unfunded Transition 5 Technology Readiness Level Transition Point (TAD) Products Cooperative Airspace OperationsProduct Area: Terminal Area and Ground Operations 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ACAS HALE UAV DAA AFCST 6 Devel sensing arch for UAV airspace op’s -- SEFAR 5 Multi-vehicle SAA 6 Non-GPS Gnd Op’s Term Area & Gnd Op’s 6 Auton Term Area & Gnd Ops ATAO Reqmts 6 TBD 3 Refine/demo alg’s -- ATAO Sim MISCU 3 4 NASA Access 5

  17. Cooperative Airspace OperationsCFTI Taxonomy Product Area Capability Attributes Product J-UCAS 4-ship flight management Multi-vehicle Teaming Cooperative Airspace Ops Operations in manned/unmanned teams Multi-UAV distributed control V&V of flt critical intelligent software SW V&V HALE UAV detect and avoid Multi-vehicle see and avoid Airspace Operations Safe operations from airbases and in airspace Non-GPS nav, landing, and ground ops Terminal area & ground ops Open architecture, highly reliable VMS Reliable Control Health mgmt integ w/adaptive control Status As Of Aug 04

  18. Validation and Verification of Flight Critical Intelligent Software Problem: Software is already a schedule & cost critical issue. Emerging UAV adaptive & autonomous functions will significantly expand this problem Goal: Affordable Validation, Verification, & Certification of Flight Critical, Intelligent Software • Technology Challenges: • Man & Machine Interoperability • Learning/Adaptive Functionality • Multi-vehicle System of Systems • Mixed Criticality – Flight & Mission • Sensor Fusion/Integration

  19. 6.1/SBIR Effort 6.2 Program 6.3 Program Other Funding S1 Spiral Leveraged Program Funded Transition Unfunded Transition 5 Technology Readiness Level Transition Point (TAD) Products Cooperative Airspace OperationsProduct Area: V&V of Flight Critical Intelligent Software 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 DARPA MoBIES, PCES TASS SBIRs VVIACS Integrated SW Envir CERTA-FCS Affordable processes for flight critical intelligent software devel and V&V FWV Initiative, & Other Gov’t Other VA TBD Phase I – Definition & Metrics Phase II – Development of processes Phase III – Demo against relevant application

  20. Cooperative Airspace OperationsCFTI Taxonomy Product Area Capability Attributes Product J-UCAS 4-ship flight management Multi-vehicle Teaming Cooperative Airspace Ops Operations in manned/unmanned teams Multi-UAV distributed control V&V of flt critical intelligent software SW V&V HALE UAV detect and avoid Multi-vehicle see and avoid Airspace Operations Safe operations from airbases and in airspace Non-GPS nav, landing, and ground ops Terminal area & ground ops Open architecture, highly reliable VMS Reliable Control Health mgmt integ w/adaptive control Status As Of Aug 04

  21. UAV Flight Management Goal: Develop and Demonstrate Single & Multi-ship Flight Management – “As Autonomous As Needed, As Interactive As Desired” Initial User/TAD: UCAV/TBD • Technology Challenges: • Single & Multi-vehicle Control & Coordination • Optimal Use of Resources • Real Time Response • On-board Situational Awareness & In- Situ Decision Making • Limited Datalink Bandwidth • V&V of Adaptive & Intelligent Software

  22. Autonomy Continuum Airspace Op’s Wide Separation Collision Avoidance Close Separation Tactical Plan Group Tactical Plan Group Tactical Goal Group Strategic Goal Intelligence Off-Board Data + Sensed Data + Inference Off-Board Assess & Replan On-Board Trajectory Replan On-Board Group Replan Implicit/Predictive Replan Adaptability Diagnostic Adaptive Health Prognostic Assessment Group Assessment Large Numbers, Complex Environment Individual UAV Multi-vehicle Coordination Battlespace Knowledge Battlespace Cognizance Multi-Vehicle Cooperation Battlespace Swarm Cognizance Multi-Vehicle Coordination Fully Autonomous Fault/Event Adaptive Remotely Piloted Limited Response Preplanned Mission Changeable Mission 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Autonomous Control Level (ACL)

  23. Multi-vehicle Teaming 6.3 ACL5 6.1 ACL7-8 • Hierarchical Control • Group planning and resource assignment done by leader • Plan communicated and executed by team members • Distributed Control • Individual planning and replanning • Group coordination 6.2 ACL6 • Implicit Coordination • Each vehicle plans for all vehicles • Distributes the data and computing • Requires synchronized information • Facilitates transition to distributed More flexible and efficient use of available resources

  24. 6.1/SBIR Effort 6.2 Program 6.3 Program Other Funding S1 Spiral Leveraged Program Funded Transition Unfunded Transition 5 Technology Readiness Level Transition Point (TAD) Products Cooperative Airspace OperationsProduct Area: Multi-vehicle Teaming 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 4-ship JUCAS Flt Mgmt CMUS (Baseline, Tech Val) COE Cooperative Control & Control Collaborative Center 5 JUCAS DARPA SEC & MICA DIReCT 5 Selection/refinement towards end-application needs -- DICCAT ExACT Multi-UAV Distrib Control DCAT Flight test of multi-UAV control -- DCACD 4 6 TBD Multi-UAV SBIRs UAVOM AFOSR, AFRL/MN, Navy (Future Naval Capabilities), & Army (Autonomous Cooperative Operations) Programs

  25. Cooperative Airspace Operations Cooperative Airspace Op’s – Developing and demonstrating the key technology products to enable UAV’s (and manned systems) to be more effective and reliable in performance of operator missions Questions?

More Related