Ship-based UAV Recovery System (SURS) Launch and Recovery of Manned and Unmanned Vehicles from Marine Platforms 2010 Symposium March 8-9, 2010

2 Problem Statement Navy wants to base Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) off of ships for a variety of missions Needs method to recover UAV’s onto ships Compatible with future ship operations – high tempo, highly autonomous, low manpower required Baseline Technology: Net-based recovery. Manpower-intensive, Risks damage to UAV. Not scalable to high-tempo operations

March 8-9, Ship-based UAV Recovery System (SURS) Tailhook-based recovery Compatible with fully autonomous operation Addresses large aircraft, to 350 lb GTOW

March 8-9, Ship-based UAV Recovery System (SURS) Fixed-wing UAV’s lb –Examples: Shadow, Pioneer Tailhook-based recovery Small-deck Navy ships, e.g. LCS- class Compatible with fully autonomous operation Recovers across width of deck Occurs while ship underway Sea states targeted to SS 5 Minimal ship design impact Modular and stowable

March 8-9, Phase II Base Project MilestoneTRL Date Completed System top-level design complete27/07 Detail design and fabrication complete37/08 Key subsystems tested: Arrestor, recovery cart, braking system 49/08 Mock recovery tests with integrated system completed510/08 Ground-based recovery tests with aircraft completed 62/09

March 8-9, Radio controlled aircraft (163 lb; 42 kts ground speed) Two recovery attempts back-to-back –Both recoveries successful –No visible damage to aircraft or cart Proprietary Status: 1/18/09 Recovery Tests

March 8-9, (recovery video)

March 8-9, Good agreement between simulation and actual Arrest force gradually rises (400 to 520 lbs approx) Max decel ~ 3.3 g’s Demonstrated recovery consistent with a arrest deceleration slightly in excess of 3 g’s. Pioneer at 68 knots can be arrested in 40 ft at 5 g’s decel Proprietary Modeling and Analysis

March 8-9, Milestones – Option Phase SBIR Option Phase POP 6/9/09 – 6/8/10 Hardware upgrade Reliability, safety improvements Hardware for rapid reset (target 10 min manual) Ground tests I RC aircraft knots Ground tests II Viking 100 UAV 150 lb autonomous recovery At-sea tests II Viking 100 UAV 150 lb autonomous recovery

March 8-9, Types of Partners Sought Partners: –NAVSEA/NAVAIR program managers –Ship systems designers, integrators –Manufacturers –UAV / autonomous guidance vendors License technology Help fund remaining development Benefits for industry partners: –Helping to address compelling need of US Navy –Strong near-term volume potential (100’s of units or >) –Long-term role onboard Navy ships

March 8-9, U-BASE Navy Phase I STTR Ground-up system for automated launch, recovery and refuel of Tier II UAV’s

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