1. Meeting #96 Brian Van Vliet Chief, Control Sciences Division AFRL/VAC; 937-255-3311 brian.vanvliet@wpafb.af.mil Air Force Research Laboratory AEROSPACE CONTROL AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS COMMITTEE MEETING 19 October 2005 4.1. Government Agencies Summary Reports 4.1.3.1. US Air Force (AFRL)

2. Cooperative Aerospace Operations Mixed Manned/Unmanned Teams UAV In-situ Decision Making Transparent Airspace Ops Adaptive Software V&V Reliable Unmanned Ops Same Base, Same Time, Same Tempo

3. Sense-and-Avoid Advanced Technology Demo Goal: Develop and Flight Demonstrate Safe Multi-Vehicle Air Operations Initial Users: Predator A & B: FY06 Global Hawk: FY07 Technology Challenges: Equivalent Level of Safety Cost Effective Sensing Sensor/Datalink/Avionics Fusion Operations with close separation Enable UAVs to perform a wider range of Air Force missions

4. UCAV Automated Aerial Refueling Phase I Open Loop Flight Test – Sep 04 Preliminary Equivalent Model Development – Nov 04 Pathways and Position Simulation – Oct 04 TTNT Data Link Test – China Lake – Sep 05

5. Enable remote surveys Reduce threat exposure Compress mission planning cycle Fewer site visits Reduce manpower CUSTOMERS AMC: Drop Zones Army: Trafficability AFSOC: Austere Ops Autonomous Opportune Landing Capability Operate in reduced visibility Enable missions currently denied Enhance sortie rates Compatible with infrastructure Reduction of Class A mishaps Fog, Dust, Battlefield Obscurants Precipitation Terrain Night Increase battlespace spatial (OLS) and temporal (AALC) access Opportune Landing System Autonomous Approach and Landing Capability