1. Overview of the NOAA UAS Requirements and Capabilities Database Matt Lucas NOAA UAS Program TriVector Services, Inc. matthew.w.lucas@trivector.us matthew.w.lucas@trivector.us

2. UAS Mission and System Development Observing Requirements Developed through workshops and telecons with Stakeholders Platform Agnostic See Categories on the next slide. These are being coordinated with TPIO Derived UAS Constraints Sensors Constraints (weight, resolution) Operational constraints – Range, Endurance, Altitude Environmental Constraints – Icing, etc. Potential Concepts of Operations Number of Vehicles Types of Payloads Length of Missions Flight Track Command, Communications, and Control These are evaluated through trade studies and Analysis of Alternatives System Definition & Requirements Overall System Specification Subsystem (Payload, Platform, etc.) Specifications Formal Concept of Operation Formal Acquisition

3. Observing Requirement Categories Location – The general area where the measurements are required, also includes altitude of the measurement (i.e. in situ measurements in a tropical cyclone). Minimum Coverage Area – (nm 2 ) Required area of coverage. May be a subset of the location (i.e. for counting mammals, one may make some assumptions about the population distribution that allows them to survey a small area and extrapolate to estimate the total number of mammals) Survey Frequency – (daily, monthly, yearly) Season of Opportunity – (i.e. fall, hurricane season, any time) Measurement Requirements – Accuracy/Precision/Resolution – Sampling Rate Measurement Resolution – Distance Between Measurements (vertical/horizontal), Image Resolution Data Availability/Delay – Real time data, maximum data delay. Operational Readiness – Maximum allowable time to get to the measurement location. Environment – The environment in which the vehicle/payload must perform it’s mission. Coverage Rate – Coverage Area divided by Elapsed Time (nm 2 /hr).

4. Requirements Overview Atmospheric Rivers Marine Monitoring Marine Wildlife Sea Ice Tropical Cyclone Winter Storm Mission Centric Requirements Requirement Attributes: Applicable Instrumentation Applicable Platforms Applicable Subsystems Requirement Owner/Stakeholder

5. Requirements-Based Process

6. Database Overview 6 Requirements Mission Based Requirements Owner/Stakeholders Applicable Platforms / Sensors UAS Vehicles Performance Information Cost Information Sensors Design Specification Experience Test Demonstration Missions Mission Description Mission Manager UAS Vehicle UAS Classification Sensor Type The database is developed using FileMaker Pro.

7. Vehicle and Sensor Information 7

8. Current Database Statistics Vehicle Information Captured: – Performance Data: 70 – Cost Data: 22 Sensors Captured: 47 Requirements – Mission Requirement Categories: 29 – Total Mission Requirements: 354 Demonstration Missions: 16 of 19 Captured 8

9. Database Demonstration