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Technology and Innovation

Miguel A

ngel Morell

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June 2015


Agenda

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Towards Automatic Refueling


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OBJECTIVE

• The simplify the Air to Air Refueling manoeuvers trying to get the maximum feasible automation reaching important improvements in operational and safety aspects

VALUE

• Save risks (due to manual AAR operation is very complex)• Save time. The number of AAR operation is increasing

during the mission time.• Facilitate the operation for users.

PROJECT STATUS

� Operational Evaluation at Engineer Simulator successfully completed.

� Operational Evaluation in Flight without contact successfully completed

• Contact Flight Test Campaign planned to start at the end of 2016

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AAR Refueling Kit for C295


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OBJECTIVE

• To equip our Medium & Light aircraft with Air to Air refueling capabilities for low speed receivers, as Turboprop A/C, helicopters and UAVs.

VALUE

• To equip M&L aircraft with Air to Air Refueling capability.

• Ground Refueling capability to ground vehicles.

• Standard pallets. Minimum modification to the aircraft.

• New control system for hose & drogue operations.

PROJECT STATUS

� Ground Test successfully done.

� Hose deployed in flight and stable between 95-140 KIAS

� Helicopter and C295 proximity flight successfully completed

• Dry Contact Flights scheduled in July with C295 and H-225M the end of 2016

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A400M Helicopter AAR� A400M Helicopter AAR R&D programme launched to analyse extended hose length solution (from

80ft to 120ft) feasibility.� R&D programme consist of 2 phases: Advanced Simulation&Modelling Ph1 and Wind Tunnel Test

Ph2.� Simulation & Modelling targets hose stability and hose response behaviour simulation.� Wind Tunnel Test at Onera F1 Tunnel finished and Aerodynamic assessment of the data

generated on-going.

� Following successful completion of the R&D programme a Flight Test programme will follow to fully validate the results of previous phases. Target is to proceed with a FT proximity testing before end of 2016.


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A400M Model with hose deployed in Onera F1 Wind Tunn el (Ph2)


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Tactical Ground Collision Avoidance System for A400MT-GCAS ®

T-GCAS® has been developed to provide CFIT protecti on for all military flight phases:– Tactical Take-off and Tactical Landing (e.g. unpaved runways) without the use of a runway data base or terrain clearance floor– Low level flight down to 150 ft in VMC and down to 500 ft in IMC– CFIT protection during low level delivery down to 15 ftabove ground level

Predictive Mode - Forward-Looking Terrain-Awareness• Evaluation of digital terrain model,aircraft foreseen trajectory

and maneuver capability for current aircraft configuration. • Alert indication in PFD, HUD and audio signal➥ 2 alert levels for improved crew situation awareness• Exact location of the predicted terrain or obstacle incursion indicated on the Navigation Display

Reactive ModeClosure Rate Monitoring down to 5 ft above ground level. Radioatimeter based


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C295 Cockpit Automated Procedures

� The objective of the R&T Program is to enhance modern cockpit operation taking into account Human Factors

aspects to improve Situational Awareness and reduce Pilot Workload Load keeping flight safety level and mission

effectiveness.

� The new function aims to simplify the way how flight crew interacts in the cockpit during normal operation or after

system failure occurrence to reach the objective of automated flight.

� Increasing procedure automation during the checklist running while maintaining pilot

in-the-loop using visual feedback

� Increasing pilot mental spare capacity, especially during emergency situations.

� Providing Automatic Aircraft reconfiguration per flight phase (flaps setting, landing

gear, speed brakes, lights, general systems…)


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� The project request the development of an Aircraft

Configuration Management system capable to monitor the

aircraft systems and automatically provide commands to

change the configuration.

� A global operational evaluation will be performed including

complex scenarios with the integration of a prototype

(HW&SW) in the Active Cockpit on ground demonstrator

A/C OperationalActors&Interfaces

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C295 Cockpit Automated Procedures


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Cockpit Avionics Simulation

TS03 Rehosting

FMS

INS/GPSENGINES SENSORS

A/CSTATUS

COCKPIT CONTROLS

SIMULATOR INTERFACE WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES (AD&S)

Cockpit Automated Procedures System

Landing check list

Anti-ice check

FLAPS

LANDING gEAR

Hydraulics

A/P

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JRE (Joint Range Extension) Link16 for TankersAplication of Link 16 JRE Functionality in the tanker• Acting as Link 16 data relay to make local Link

16 information accessible to the C3I network.• Aditionally ccessing information from Link 16

networks/scenarios that are Beyond-Line-Of-Sight ie in the destination area.

• There are two main options to implement JREAP capability in A330 MRTT:

Tx/Rx of L16 messages through an IP Satcom(JREAP-C), e.g. Inmarsat 4 / SkynetTx/Rx of L16 messages through UHF DAMA radio (JREAP-A

Activity performed:Integration in Lab of a COTS JREAP-C SW application within the Tankers TIMS architecture and performing L 16 data exchanges through a simulated satellite network with a RPAS control station also fitted with JREAP capability.

Next Step Integration in one MRTT fitted with wideband SATCOM


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Airborne Laser Terminal – Flight DemonstrationAirbus DS – Military Aircraft is involved in an Affordable Optical Communications (AOC) Airborne Terminal Demonstration programme which:

• Will demonstrate laser communication from aircraft to spacecraft in GEO (39,000km)

• Will use Europe Data Relay Satellite (EDRS-A) as a space backbone

• Will embark a prototype laser terminal onboard an Airbus A310 Flying Test Bed

• Will transmit data (e.g. video) making use of a Gb-capable channel (1-2 orders of magnitude

faster than standard air-to-sat links)

Flight Test Demonstration is scheduled to take place by end of July 2016, over a Spanish restricted airspace area, performing up to 8 independent air-to-sat laser lin ks between the Airbus DS Optronics terminal onboard de A310, and the EDRS-A satellite in its geospatial orbit.

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GREPS – Generic RPAS Ground Control Station

GREPS is the Airbus DS answer for developing the reference Ground Control Station (GCS), based on the experience gathered in developing Ground Control Stations for several other UAS like nEUROn and Atlante .

• Interoperable GCS capable of controlling different air platforms, based on STANAG 4586• Modular concept, supporting different types of instantiations• Scalable for simultaneous multi-vehicle C2 support• Stepped, cost-effective certification approach for different scenarios

GREPS supports different configurations :• GREPS Full: large platforms, integration into non-segregated airspace (duplex architecture)• GREPS Light: light and medium platforms, operation into segregated airspace (simplex architecture)

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Sagitta Open Innovation Programme


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• The Sagitta Program is an open innovation initiative of Airbus Defence and Space in cooperation with academic partners to demonstrate technological capabilities for future Unmanned Aerial Systems.

VALUE

• Scouting for new ideas for technology gaps with qualified academic partners

• Concentration of the German academic community behind the key technology areas of interest

• Provide the Sagitta Demonstrator as experimental platform• Training and education of highly qualified engineers.

PROJECT STATUS

� First PhD thesis completed in Research Programme.� Sagitta Research Demonstrator fully integrated� L0 taxi testing with Demonstartor started in MAN• Flight Test Campaign planned to start before the end of

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Eurofighter Storm Shadow Design and Clearance

• Eurofighter Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) successfully completed a release of the MBDA Storm Shadow in November 2015 at Aberporth MoD firing range, in the UK.

• Clearance provided by the Eurofighter Flight Control System Joint Team at the Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Manching, Germany.

•• The WIF method (Weapons Integration Flexibility)

method, seeks to give a flight clearance for a new store without an update to the Control Laws, significantly reducing development cost and time.

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FFS (Advanced Aerostructures)

• R&T program covering advanced composite

aerostructures including 3 different

technology lines

• Structural , certifiable Bonding including

a bonded flight demonstrator

• Large multiband, lightweight radomes

for MALE

• Low Observability (Radar absorbing)

Materials and Stealth Design concepts

for EFA MLU* and NGWS**

Multiband, lightweight radomes, special focus on SATCOM radome

EFA Twin Seater Airbrake as basis for bonded flight demonstrator

* EFA MLU � Eurofighter Midlife Upgrade ** NGWS � Next Generation Weapon System



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