MIT What are the Key Technologies for ICAT Formation Flight Overall Concept Questions Concept Scale Q Concept of Operations? Opportunities/Costs 日 How does form up occur a Performance gains estimate u Station keeping requirements 口 Failure modes ◆ Capacity Q Existing elements or New 口 Costs Vehicles Development Control Systems Deployment CNS Other Concept Technologies Regs 日 Formation design 日 Station Keeping Com Nav ◆ Surveillance ◆ Control
MIT ICAT What are the Key Technologies for Formation Flight y Overall Concept Questions Concept of Operations? How does form up occur Station keeping requirements Failure Modes Existing elements or New Vehicles Control Systems CNS Other y Concept Scale Opportunities/Costs Performance gains estimate Fuel Capacity Costs Development Deployment y Concept Technologies Reqs Formation design Station Keeping Com Nav Surveillance Control
MIT What are the Key Technologies for ICAT Formation Flight · Communications Navigation · Surveil|lnce Control(Station Keeping) 口 ntent states 日 String stability Vehicle Configuration 口Aero/ Performance 口 Control Propulsion Degree of Autonomy Flight Criticality 口 Hardware 口 Software Low Observability · Others?
MIT ICAT What are the Key Technologies for Formation Flight y Communications y Navigation y Surveillance y Control (Station Keeping) Intent States String Stability y Vehicle Configuration Aero/Performance Control y Propulsion y Degree of Autonomy y Flight Criticality Hardware Software y Low Observability y Others?
MIT ICAT Communications Requirements a Communicate necessary information between formation elements and command node (lan and Air-Ground 口 Bandwidth 口Low- Observable? a Synchronous vs asynchronous Constraints 日 spectrum □ Antenna location echnologies 口 Radio ◆UHF,VHF,MMW a Optical ◆ Laser 口 Protocols
MIT ICAT Communications y Requirements Communicate necessary information between formation elements and command node (LAN and Air-Ground) Bandwidth Low-Observable? Synchronous vs asynchronous y Constraints Spectrum Antenna Location y Technologies Radio UHF, VHF, MMW Optical Laser Protocols
MIT ICAT COMMUNICATION Voice 日VHF( line of sight 118.0-1350Mhz a..025 spacing in US, 0.083 spacing in Europe) UHF ◆230-400Mhz( guess) HF(over the horizon) Optical (secure Datalink Q ACARS (VHF)-VDL Mode 2 Q VDL Modes 3 and 4(split voice and data) Q HF Datalink(China and Selcal Geosynchronous(Inmarsatt ◆ Antenna Requirements LEO and MEo Networks Software radios Antenna Requirements
MIT ICAT COMMUNICATION y Voice VHF (line of sight) 118.0-135.0 Mhz .025 spacing in US, 0.083 spacing in Europe) UHF 230-400 Mhz (guess) HF (over the horizon) Optical (secure) y Datalink ACARS (VHF) - VDL Mode 2 VDL Modes 3 and 4 (split voice and data) HF Datalink (China and Selcal) y Geosynchronous (Inmarsatt) Antenna Requirements y LEO and MEO Networks y Software Radios y Antenna Requirements
MIT ICAT Generic Avionic System Antenna Sensor Black Box Interface Unit Power Hardware Display MFD Cooling Software Input Device Databus Antenna Datalink Flight Data Recorder
MIT ICAT Generic Avionic System Software Hardware Antenna Sensor Databus Flight Data Recorder Black Box Input Device Display MFD Interface Unit Antenna Datalink Power Cooling