Le Bourget 2017 - Rotary Wing Unmanned Air Systems & Surveillance/Maritime Patrol Operations

Rotary Wing Unmanned Air Systems &Surveillance/Maritime Patrol operations

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RWUAS Applications and Missions - Government Use

Law Enforcement / Police

• Observation / Evidence Gathering

• Search and Find

• Tracking / Pursuit

• Traffic Management

National Security

• Border and Coastal Surveillance

• Search and Find

• Tracking / Pursuit

Disaster Relief

• Observation / Mapping (Earthquake / Fire

/ Flood)

• Search and Find

• Environmental / NBC Monitoring

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RWUAS Applications and Missions - Military

Battlefield

• Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting

• Force Protection / Fire Support

• Route Clearance

• Pattern of Life

• Cargo Re-Supply

Maritime

• Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting

• Beyond Line of Sight Comms Relay

• Mine Countermeasures & Hydrography

• Anti-Submarine Warfare

• Cargo Re-Supply

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Rotary Wing Unmanned Air SystemsBattlefield Capabilities

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Rotary Wing Unmanned Air SystemsNetwork Capabilities

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Rotary Wing Unmanned Air SystemsSurveillance Capabilities

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Applications

• Fishing Fleet Monitoring and Control

• Traffic awareness, IF/F

• Maritime security on EEZ

• Search & Rescue Operations

• Fleet/cargo tracking

Enabled features

Vessel Name, Size, cargo

Real time position & course

Rotary Wing Unmanned Air SystemsSurveillance Capabilities

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Drones are part of the EU Aviation Strategy

EU Aviation Strategy

Source: High Level Conference “Drones as a leverage for jobs and new business opportunities” held in Warsaw in November 2016. Presentation of Leonardo Helicopters.

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RUAV eco-systemThree innovation pillars to enable opportunity growth & value creation

Product Innovation

Process/Operation Innovation

Infrastructures Innovation

Endurance/Payload

UAV Engines & Propellers

Data-links

SATCOM

Standards

Personnel Certification

Energy Storage Evolution

Sense and Avoid system

Sensor Fusion/Data Analitycs

Remotely Piloted option in General Aviation

Automatic air traffic control systems

Dangerous Operations Air Freighting

Migration/Border Control

Remote Sensing

UAV Engineering Academies

SMART Cities

Maps on cloud & Maps on cloud & Geo-fencing

Incremental Substitutive

Cyber Resilience

Source: High Level Conference “Drones as a leverage for jobs and new business opportunities” held in Warsaw in November 2016. Presentation of Leonardo Helicopters.

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AW HERO

• Developed by Sistemi Dinamici,

now owned by Leonardo

Helicopters

• Incorporates Leonardo Helicopters

experience

AW SOLO

• Optionally Piloted Helicopter

(OPH)

• Based on the EASA certified single

engine SW-4 developed by

Leonardo Helicopters, Swidnik,

Poland

• Remote piloting system

developed and integrated by

Leonardo Helicopters in Italy

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AW HERO UAS System Components

The AW HERO R-UAS includes:

� A Ground Control Station comprising Command & Control and Payload Management

� One or more Air Vehicles

� A Wide Band real-time Data Link system

� Payload comprising a modular sensor suite

Ground Control Station

Air Vehicle

Data Link

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AW HERO - Air Vehicle

AW HERO

Performance

• Endurance:6 h @ 35kg Pld

• Ceiling 1: 10000 ft

• Max. Cruise Speed: 90 KTS

Weights

• Empty Weight: 120 kg

• MTOW: 205 kg

• Useful Load: 85 kg

Dimensions

• MR Diameter: 4 m

• Length: 3,7 m

• Width: 1m

• Heights: 1.2m

Engine

• HeavyFuel (JP-5, JP-8 , Jet A1)

Range Datalink

• Up to 100 NM

1: Ceiling @ MTOW, ISA

Folded Blades

1,2m

1,1m3,7m

1m

Main Rotor Diameter: 4 m

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MaritimeRadar

EO/IR

AIS

LIDAR

SAR

Comms Relay ESMDistress Signal Receiver (EPIRB)

Range of Air Vehicle Payloads

StoreDispenser

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AW HERO Achievements

• First flight - November 2013

• Italian Navy Air Vehicle demo - May 2014

• Basic EO/IR integration - January 2015

• Operational capability demo - April 2015

• Italian Navy/ASI/Selex capability demo - July 2015

• Flight in BLOS condition - November 2015

• Platform upgrade – December 2016

• Flight test of latest version – planned September 2017

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AW SOLO Main Features

• Based on SW-4 EASA certified helicopter

• Single 450hp Rolls-Royce 250-C20 Gas

Turbine

• Dual Use Mission Payload

• Maritime and Battlefield variants

• Shipboard operational capability

• Redundant actuation system

• Remote Engine Start-up/Shutdown

capability

• Auto Take-off / Landing capability

• Integrated FMS/FCS (Triplex

architecture)

• Dedicated redundant data links

• Automatic recovery procedures

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AW HERO & AW SOLOCommon Ground Control Station

• Remote Pilot and Mission Operator Positions

• Designed to control AW SOLO and AW HERO

• Control of all the flight phases

• Provides vehicle information (state, vector, sensors data, engine data)

• Operator manages flight plans, auto-takeoff, auto-land

• Engine start-shutdown procedure

• Management of emergency procedures (GPS loss, lost link)

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Italian Blade (completed)Where: Viterbo - ItalyWhen: 22 June– 3 July 2015Sponsor: European Defence AgencyObjective: Demonstrate Capability of ISTAR and the «Manned/unmanned» teaming in real operational environment.Participants: 40 helicopters and 1000 military personnel

Unmanned Warrior (completed)Where: ScotlandWhen: 10 – 20 October 2016Sponsor: UK MoDObjective: Demonstration of the most recent unmanned systems (fixed wing, rotary wing, ground, underwater surface) and related sensors (ISTAR and command & control integration) Participants :Aerial, Naval, Ground systems and vessels and ships, UK MOD

CCD Demo PH1 (completed)Where : Galles - UKWhen: 2013-2015Sponsor: UK MoD: Platform: SOLO Objective: Demonstrate ISTAR Capability of RWUAS in real environment and shipboard operation in simulated environment.Participants : UAS, Naval units, UK MOD

SESAR INsuRE (completed) Where: Grottaglie - ItalyWhen: December 2015Sponsor: European Union Objective: flight demonstration in non segregated air space, integrated with flight traffic control systems according with the italian ENAC/ENAV preliminary procParticipants : UAS, ENAV & ENAC

Leonardo’s experience (including Sistemi Dinamici and PZL-Swidnik)

CCD Demo PH2 (on going)Where : UKWhen: 2016 - 2018Sponsor: UK MoD: Objective: Demonstrate shipboard operations in real environment.Participants : UAS, Naval units, UK MOD

HELIMARIS (on going)Where: PolandWhen: 2016-2019Sponsor: Polish Gov (using European Funds)Objective: Innovative use of OPH as platform for the maritime missionsParticipants : Aerial, Naval, CTO (Ship Design and Research Centre ) WUT, Ground systems and vessels and ships

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• Integration of multiple sensor payloads - radar & cameras

• Integration with Combat Management System Emulator

• Dissemination of sensor data to remote terminals; control of sensor

payload from a remote terminal

• Mission recording & playback

• Control Station handover

• Demonstration of Leonardo PicoSAR radar in a maritime environment

Barmouth Bridge & harbour

AW SOLO RUAS CCD ProgrammeSystem Integration

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AW SOLO RWUAS CCD Demonstrator Program

Applications successfully demonstrated

• Hydrography (seabed / beach survey)

• Mines counter measure survey

• Communications relay for Mine

Countermeasures (MCM)

• Communications relay (General)

• Persistent situational awareness

• Maritime interdiction operations

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Location: Llanbedr, N. Wales

Date: 11 May to 22 May 2015

No of Flights: 26

Flight Hours: 27:05

Summary:

16 flights with a successful trailer landings & take-offs (22/28), in relative wind speeds (up to

27kts) and bearing (0 - 80 degrees)

RWUAS CCD Phase 1Demonstration Flight Trials

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RWUAS CCD Phase 2

Objectives of the programme include

� Identification, research, development, experimentation and demonstration of emerging technologies applicable to future VTOL UAS in order to ‘inspire, catalyse and accelerate innovation’.

� Development of outline concepts for future VTOL UAS - commercial, military and para-public applications.

� Identification of technologies that could be applied to existing platforms to enhance capability delivery and operational safety.

� Advancement of technology and overall system design evidence to underpin VTOL UAS regulatory development in restricted and congested airspace.

UK MOD and Leonardo Helicopters jointlyinvesting in a programme of work toidentify, develop and exploit theopportunities offered by emergingtechnologies, to reduce costs and increasethe agility, flexibility, resilience andpersistence of UK rotary wing capability

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Conclusions and Next Steps

RWUAS can deliver ‘more with less’

• Affords real maritime capability

• High sea states operation - beyond

manned limits

• Novel land battlespace application

RWUAS provide new benefits

• Starring capability

• Runway independence

• Persistent wide area surveillance

• Advantages across all Defence Lines of

Development

Le Bourget 2017 - Rotary Wing Unmanned Air Systems & Surveillance/Maritime Patrol Operations

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