UAS in America Billy Gililland

Drones

A stingless male bee

A target

A continuous low humming sound Not a Drone UAS 101

• Remotely Piloted Aircraft - RPA

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – UAV

• Unmanned Aerial System - UAS

• Ground Control Stations - GCS

• Payloads

• Missions

Typical UAS

Aircraft Shipping Container

Two Line-of-Sight (LOS) Ground Control Station (GCS) C-Band Data Links 3-4 aircraft

Engine Stand Wing Handlers Fuselage Stands Basic Tool Kits Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Ku SATCOM Data Link Ground Control Stations

Flight Simulator

Virtual Combat Direction Center

Maintenance Desktop Trainer Simulator Payloads are Key

Payload Types System Modes

EO/IR/LD • Wescam MX-15, MX-20, M-12, M14TS • IAI – TAMAM/MOSP s80/770 • Raytheon Camera Systems • + Others

Radar • GA-ASI Lynx SAR/GMTI • Raytheon SeaVue • Telephonics APS143V# • ELTA/EL/M2022A(V3) • + Others Comm • ARC-210 and Extender Comm Relay • RVT Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground Video • Indium Low Data Rate Data Link • Harris PRC-117 Radio Relay • + Others Specialized and • Finder mini-UAV Scientific • CSAR (Personnel Locator Beacon) Sensors • NASA ACES (lightning sensors) • RAF DB-110 • NASA AMS (wild fire sensor) • + Others

Classified Programs • Numerous Payloads Border Protection Missions Disaster Assistance Civilian Missions — Forest Fire Support San Diego Fires on October 22, 2007

NASA Regional Picture – Southern California San Pasqual Valley – Early A.M.

Ikhana Flight Path and Burned Areas Ikhana Imagery of Burned Area – Near Escondido, CA UAS at work

Predator XP EO/IR

Ops Com

EO/IR

LYNX SAR LYNX SAR

Man-made Object Recognition SAR Image From Anywhere in the World

Line-of-Sight Forward Pass

Airborne Relay Satellite Relay History

Pre – aviation Years before the first manned airplane flight on December UAV’s 17, 1903, primitive UAV technology was used for combat and surveillance in at least two wars.

Perley’s bomber Eddy’s Surveillance Kite Civil War Pre World War 1 History

1930’s For more than a decade after the end of World War I, development of pilotless aircraft in the U.S. and abroad declined sharply. By the mid-to-late 1930s, new UAVs emerged as an important combat training tool.

RAF Radio controlled USA – Radioplane Company gunnery target Predecessor to Northrop/Grumman Poached engineers from Lockheed

History

1940’s During World War II, Nazi Germany's innovative V-1 demonstrated the formidable threat a UAV could pose in combat. America's attempts to eliminate the V-1 laid the groundwork for post-war UAV programs in the U.S.

V-1 PB4Y-1 History

1960’s and 1970’s From their early use as target drones and remotely piloted combat vehicles, UAVs took on a new role during the Vietnam War: stealth surveillance

D-21 Ryan SPA 147 History

1980s – 2000’s UAVs command a permanent and critical position in high- tech military arsenals today, from the U.S. and Europe to Asia and the Middle East. They also play peaceful roles as monitors of our Earth's environment.

• Delivered 575+ aircraft & 264+ GCS • 2,200,000+ flight hours

• Every second of every day over 58 Predator – series aircraft are airborne worldwide What Now?

So What’s the holdup?

Our continuing mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world What we see – it’s easy! What they see – it’s crazy!

My Take

• There is no way we will meet the FAA schedule at the current rate of progress. • The USG (FAA) needs to LEAD this effort, and that means Funding and direction • Rather than leading the effort with small UAVs they should start with the MALE and HALE UAVs, why? - They are flown by rated pilots - They already operate a the same altitudes of private and commercial aircraft - They have thousands of hours of data to share, and the regulatory structure is an easier transition You are the future of UAV operation!

• We’ve only scratched the surface of how the UAS can be used to support and expand global commerce • The US “leads the fleet” and Rightly So! • You are the innovators in your field • If you can imagine it, it can be done, You’re Engineers for crying out loud.

Lets work together to lead the world into another strategic leap in technology application!