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Unmanned Little Bird H-6U

Development of Navigation and Automated Flight Control System Solutions for Maritime VTOL UAS Operations

BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company.



Travis Berka - Boeing

Sandy Kennedy – NovAtel

Sheena Dixon – NovAtel

Jason Graham – Boeing

Don Caldwell - Boeing

Mark Hardesty with Co-Authors

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Maritime Operations Testing


Develop a primary navigation solution (IRAD)



Integration and demonstration of a precision navigation system to

enable ship board terminal operations (takeoff/landing)

Evaluate cockpit enhancements for complex airspace and

challenging visibility conditions – enhanced situational awareness

and ability to safely cope with inadvertent IFR flight

Training for maritime flight operations –both for flight crew

members and for the engineering test team on the yacht

Shake out the functionality of Boeing’s proprietary COMC2 ground

control station software and examine the potential for integration of

the Landing Period Designator system

Test Program Objectives




NovAtel - provider of a precision navigation solution

Garmin – provider of the cockpit instrument panel equipment as

well as a prototype RADAR altimeter with the Automated Flight

Control System

The Squadron – maritime flight operations training for Boeing test

pilots, flight test team, and fire/crash rescue crew personnel

Boeing Ground Control Station (COMC2) developers – examining

integration with the developer of the Landing Period Designator

Shadow Marine w/ Killian Yacht & Ship Brokers – providing a

suitable helipad equipped vessel

Key Participants and Elements




Rapid prototyping test platform for developing and deploying game

changing technologies and capabilities for VTOL UAS

Militarized AV with combat proven capability and reliability

Demonstrated unmanned sensor and strike integration

Optionally piloted capability speeds development, reduces risk

and cost, and your prototype sensors always come home intact

Unmanned Little Bird (ULB)

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ULB Demonstrated Capabilities

Ship-based navigation

Weaponization

EO / IR / LD integration

Comm Relay

SIGINT

Cargo Re-supply

STANAG 4586 GCS

Tactical flight profiles

Unmanned flight

CASEVAC

Autonomous Sensor Cueing

Manned-unmanned teaming

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Demonstrated Capabilities

Flight Tested Capabilities since 2004

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One-person GCS Resupply

Unmanned

Ship-based navigation

Precision Landing

SIGINT Comm Relay

MUM Teaming

CASEVAC

COMC2 Weapons

Frigate Integration Cued EO / IR / LD




•Improve situational awareness

•Flight safety for degraded visual environment

•New RADAR altimeter integration with AFCS to

improve terminal operations control

Garmin Instrument Panel / RADAR Altimeter




Risk Management - Maritime Training

The Squadron - providing

•Pilot training

•Yacht crew training – crash response and

wave off criteria for landing safety officer

•Visual cue environment for rotor clearance




Risk Management – Test Conduct

Boeing fire/crash

rescue team

Stand alone

fire system

WOD & deck motion

limit monitoring

Test team situational

awareness in the

command center




1st generation of a

precision dual-platform

relative navigation

solution – NovAtel

OEM-4 SPAN

MD900 & YO-3A –

precision formation

flight for noise

research – LASER

range finder and

alignment stripes

1996 2006

2012

2nd generation –

NovAtelSPAN-SE

Origin & Evolution - the Navigation Concept




Testing RADAR Navigation – July 2011

NovAtel OEM-4 SPAN vetted as a TSPI system to evaluate the accuracy of

a RADAR navigation solution




NovAtel OEM-4 SPAN Performance - Trailer

X = -0.018 (m), standard deviation = 0.010 (m)

Y = -0.011 (m), standard deviation = 0.010 (m)

Z = 0.015 (m), standard deviation = 0.021 (m) BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company.



NovAtel OEM-4 SPAN Performance – H-6U

Mean Std Dev

Easting 0.06 cm 1.08 cm

Northing 0.01 cm 1.54 cm

Altitude 0.25 cm 2.15 cm BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company.



NovAtel OEM-4 SPAN Conclusions

OEM-4 SPAN data generated in a fixed reference station Real Time Kinematic (RTK) environment demonstrates high confidence in the 3-dimensional solution for both:

Low dynamics of the trailer environment (similar to a ship)

High dynamics of the H-6U

Both vehicles equipped with the Honeywell HG1700-58 tactical grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)

OEM-4 lacks computing resources and is no longer supported, so time to move to a more contemporary solution



NovAtel SPAN-SE Contemporary Solution for Relative Navigation

BOEING PROPRIETARY

• Adequate processing capability in the SPAN-SE

• Multiple communication ports

• USB

• Ethernet

• RS-232 / RS-422 (4)

• Solution developed uses a single communications port to link the

ship and H-6U SPAN-SE systems together and generate a relative INS

message, including:

• X, Y, Z relative position (meters)

• X, Y, Z relative velocities (meters/second

• Roll, pitch, yaw relative attitudes (degrees)

• Integrity data



H-6U Initial Landings




ULB Rapid Prototyping Architecture

Display Interface Unit (DIU) inputs to change

Automated Flight Control System (AFCS) response BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company.



Fully Integrated Terminal Operations




NovAtel SPAN-SE Results – Relative RTK




ULB over 1000 flight hours as UAV without accident

Low risk integration and development using OPV approach

Demonstrated a navigation system integration that allows large ship

multiple landing spot capability

Optionally piloted approach generates huge savings in development,

debugging, demonstration, and fielding costs while greatly increasing

operational tempo

Summary

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