Brandon Maier, Project Manager Peregrine Jet UAV Brandon Maier, Project Manager

Goal: To Develop a jet UAV which can fly at high speeds and perform flight test experiments Motivation: Provide FIT with a high speed UAV for experiments Further research into high speed drone designs Provide Multidisciplinary involvement, extending opportunities past Aerospace Eng. Department

Challenges Developing autonomous and manual capability Design integration for flight test Pass FAA standards for autopilot, control, and safety

CS Components Develop Autonomous capability Integration of sensors and controls to perform auto and manual flight Development of failsafe and collision avoidance protocols (communication failure and transmitter development)

CS Requirements Transmission of data Create a user Interface Video feed Crucial sensor data Latency mitigation Create a user Interface Integrate X Plane User Interface Display instrumentation data Display FPV video feed

Rockwell Collins & ONR Involvement Two Sponsors Rockwell Collins Office of Naval Research ONR Funding RIG Facility Systems Engineering Involvement

Contacts Project Lead: Brandon Maier bmaier2014@my.fit.edu Systems Engineer: Brian Nyffenegger bnyffenegger2015@my.fit.edu Avionics Lead: Jeremy Jones jeremy2014@my.fit.edu