1. The Aerosonde Global Reconnaissance System www.aerosonde.com Greg Holland

2. Presentation Summary Aircraft Operating System Instrumentation Global Operations Wallops Facility

3. The Mark 3 Aerosonde 50 cm Range > 3000km GPS navigation Endurance > 30 h Surface to 7 km Wingspan 2.9 m 24cc Fuel Injected Engine Autonomous Sat or Radio Comms 13-15 kg www.aerosonde.com

4. The AeroGuard Role: Tactical Reconnaissance and Surveillance; Uniqueness: Range, flexibility, cost

5. Aerosonde Niche Endurance varies with aircraft configuration. Only small, long-endurance UAV in operation at present.

6. Aerosonde Operational Mode Forward Control Station Iridium LOS UHF Radio operation to 200 km Launch from unprepared sites Global Operation using Iridium Satcom LOS UHF Radio operation to 200 km Command Center Able to transfer between each mode as required

7. Operations Example Launch and Recovery PI Command Center UHF Radio Internet Satcoms and Internet

8. Command Centre

9. Aerosonde Virtual Field Environment User Friendly, Internet Access

10. Launch and Recovery Site Preparation Local Command Equipment

11. Launch www.aerosonde.com

12. Recovery Wide variety of surfaces: Tarmac, Grass, gravel, sand. Salt, ice and snow

13. Aerosonde Global Operations 1995-2003

14. Aerosonde Instrumentation Standard Met (PTU and Winds), Vis/IR still and video, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Chemistry, EW; Laser altimetry, Radio Relay, SAR

15. Aerosonde observations are of comparable accuracy to those obtained from Radiosondes (Australian Bureau of Meteorology Field Analysis 2000) ~0.1 hPa, ~0.2C, ~2-5%RH and ~1 m/s Met Instrument Accuracy

16. Met Observations Before Frontal Passage Gradual Cooling After Front Icing Conditions: Potential Icing Moderate Icing

17. SST Measurements off Barrow, Alaska Flight Path SST Analysis from Aerosonde observations (J. Inoue, Personal Comm)

18. Arctic Ice and Surface Temperature Mapping

19. Surveillance of Cassini Island

20. Cassini Island

21. Concept of the WUAVF Concept: –Fully staffed facility based out of Wallops, but with a fully mobile capacity to operate anywhere; –Operated by Aerosonde North America under a collaborative agreement with NASA; –An initial block of flight hours available.

22. Concept of the WUAVF Usage: –Part of a Global Network;Part of a Global Network; –Support for Users/Commercial Operations; –24h deployment to support emergencies; –Educational and Training Tool.

23. Educational Themes Graduate: –Opportunity to work with the full operation, as an engineer, meteorologist, or oceanographer; Undergraduate:Undergraduate: –Capacity for undergraduate class projects, which can be utilised for system development; Middle-Senior School –Self-learning Interactive Modules designed to engender interest and basic knowledge in both UAVs and meteorology.

24. Concept of the WUAVF Issues: –Environmental issues…none; –Air Traffic Regulations;Air Traffic Regulations –Range Safety Requirements.

25. Summary Small, Flexible Aircraft; Sophisticated Operations System; Variety of Deployment Opportunities; Excellent Educational Tool. The WUAVF Aerosonde Operation Provides:

26. The Global Network Melbourne (Aerosonde) Hawaii (UH) Wallops (NASA) Guam (USAF) Kadena (USAF) Alaska (NSF/USAF)

27. Australian UAV aviation regulations established 2003. Aerosonde has obtained full AOC approval, with Certificate Number VT585156-U-01 being issued on 30 May 2003 Aerosonde Pty Ltd is the only international UAV operator with regulatory certification Air Operators Certificate Operations completed under air traffic regulations in: USA, Canada, Marianas, Solomons, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Scotland, Portugal.