SpeedNews Aerospace & Defense Suppliers Conference Rich Baldwin Vice President, Military Sales 5/11/05

2 © 2004 ACSS Today’s Topic Safety/Surveillance Considerations for UAVs

3 © 2004 ACSSAgenda About ACSS UAV Market Picture UAV Market Influencers UAV Safety Future Directions “We've already had two midair collisions between UAVs and other airplanes. We have got to get our arms around this thing…" Gen. John Jumper said, according to United Press International

4 © 2004 ACSS Innovative Solutions for Safe Flight Our Avionics Improve Safety and Situational Awareness Aircraft Collision Avoidance Systems Terrain Collision Avoidance Systems Aircraft-to-Aircraft Data Communication Data Link Communications (Aircraft-to-Ground/Ground-to-Aircraft)

5 © 2004 ACSSStructure ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales Company Joint Venture Company Operated As L-3 Communications Company Managed by an Executive Board With Representatives From Both Companies L-3 70% Thales 30%

Company ACSS Leading-Edge Surveillance Products for Global Aviation TCAS TAWS T 2 CAS Mode S/IFF Thales Avionics Represents ACSS Products in the Commercial Air Transport Market 6 © 2004 ACSS

7 UAV Market Picture Two Major Market Challenges: 1. Resolution of airspace management and current FAA regulatory roadblocks (File and Fly) Will determine applied surveillance ops procedures 2. Evaluation of aerial missions best suited for UAVs Will determine safety technology needs The show is on! Major players continue to form alliances and purchase subsystem developers in a strategic chess match

8 © 2004 ACSS UAV Market Approximately $12 Billion in U.S. funding with 12% CAGR in two main areas: Commercial Platforms Tactical/Combat Platforms

9 © 2004 ACSS UAV World Market Most Growth: UCAV Total Avionics Market : 1800M (w/o support)

10 © 2004 ACSS Planned Global UAV Expenditures Source: OSD Roadmap 2002 Includes: A/C Control stations Maintenance Significant Growth

11 © 2004 ACSS UAV Mission Variants Current Future Reconnaissance Surveillance Target Acquisition Battle Management Reconnaissance Mine Detection Mapping Surveillance Target Acquisition & Designation SIGINT Battle Management Communications Relay Jamming Offensive A/G Missions Defensive A/A … Forest Fire Detection Environmental Monitoring Agriculture Fishing Law enforcement … Civil Military Concepts of use are emerging Mission variants will impose system definition UAVs may pave the way for one - man cockpit in civil a/c

12 © 2004 ACSS UAV Border Patrol Scenario

13 © 2004 ACSS Airspace Integration Hierarchy 1200 feet AGL 18,000 feet Class 1 and 2 Micro and Mini UAVs Commercial (future-primarily), Military Market No Collision Avoidance System Most Likely a 1:1 Ratio UAV:Controller Class 2 and 3 MALE Mini and Tactical UAVs Commercial, Homeland Defense & Military Market Transponder*, See & Avoid, VFR Qualifications Class 3 Tactical UAVs Homeland Defense & Military Market Transponder, See & Avoid, DME, IFR Qualifications Class 4 and 5 HALE UAVs and UCAV Commercial, Homeland Defense & Military Market Transponder, See & Avoid, DME, IFR Qualifications 60,000 feet Global Hawk Predator Pioneer Shadow Hunter Pointer Dragon Eye Micro AVs * Transponders required above 10,000 ft Class E “other” Class A Class E* “other” Class G Not regulated 10,000 ft 4,000 ft 2,500 ft Class D Class C Class B Airspace Class Class 6 Ultra HALE UAVs Helios Class D Class C Class B

14 © 2004 ACSS UAV Surveillance Scenario

15 © 2004 ACSS UAV Surveillance Scenario

16 © 2004 ACSS C2 Assets UCS ELEMENT AIR VEHICLE ELEMENT UAV SURFACE COMPONENT LAUNCH & RECOVERY ELEMENT PROPULSION UNIT AVIONICS UNIT UAV AIR COMPONENT Operator(s) UAV SYSTEM STANAG 4586 DATA LINK ELEMENT PAYLOAD ELEMENT MISSION AND PAYLOAD UAVs & Networkcentricity

17 © 2004 ACSS UAV Potential Functions: Safety ONGROUNDONGROUND ONBOARDONBOARD

18 © 2004 ACSS UAV Market Environment Technology Considerations New Control System Algorithms Demonstrated for autonomous evasion capability Lengthy roadmaps to test vehicle Next stage will merge terrain data into flight model Intelligent Autonomy Networking/swarming Ongoing funding ACSS UAV Thinking Organic technology Systems technology (networks and/or partner bundles) Platform and packaging (mil spec)

19 © 2004 ACSS FAA Perspectives on Collision Avoidance TCAS II (TSO C-119) avionics is inappropriate for UAV collision avoidance Designed for pilot in the loop Bearing accuracy does not support maneuvers in the horizontal plane Not certified for autonomous RA response Advocates Mode-S transponder equipage for collision avoidance Allows TCAS II equipped aircraft RA protection against UAV TCAS II may be appropriate with independent See and Avoid capability (system) New technology

20 © 2004 ACSS UAV Safety Mission: Technology Drivers 1. National Airspace (NAS) Penetration 2. Tactical/NCO/ISR Ops Sense & Avoid (SAA) Technologies Cooperative/Non-Cooperative Via transponder interrogation Equivalent Level of Safety (ELOS) Same as ‘see and avoid’ (Pi-Bot) Sensor use  Optical, infrared, radar Present Limiting Factors Bandwidth limitations Transmission time delay Future Autonomous operation (commercial and military ops) Landing/Refueling

21 © 2004 ACSS Market Survey Considerations Programs ACESS 5 Global Hawk Predator J-UCAS SeFAR DARPA Projects MALE UAV FAA Expected Behavior Engineering Planning Technology Requirements IP Considerations and future applications Validation of Potential Business/Market Capture

22 © 2004 ACSS DOD UAV Airspace Integration Milestones

23 © 2004 ACSS Safety Roadmap: ACCESS 5 Scheduled at NASA Dryden Flown as UAV, pilot in cockpit for flight safety Controlled from ground Full TCAS system installed ACCESS 5 Flight Test First TCAS II to fly in UAV

24 © 2004 ACSS Who Will Ensure UAV Safety? Regulators and Aviation Industry Working together, we will ensure new technology options and rule making to provide equivalent levels of safety among manned and un-manned aircraft.

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Summary UAV Market is Growing Variety of sizes and capabilities Substantial expenditures in the years to come More UAVs = More Traffic Greater need for surveillance and other safety systems 26 © 2004 ACSS

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