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Performing UAV Mission Planning, Design, & Optimization
Russ Magazzu
UAV Product Manager
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Agenda• Unmanned aerial systems application areas• AGI capabilities• STK 8 – Aircraft Mission Modeler
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UAV System Application Areas• RFP prep• Proposal evaluation• System design• Testing & evaluation• Mission planning• Operations• Post-flight analysis
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AGI Software Capabilities
• Platform route
• Sensor modeling
• Communications
• Navigation accuracy
• Threat analysis
• Trade studies
• 4-D visualization
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Route Analysis
• Re-routing capability
• Model UAV performance
• Import routes
• Route optimization
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Evaluate Sensor Coverage• Dynamic analysis of coverage
Sensor coverage over time Adjusted flight path
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Evaluate Sensor Coverage• Dynamic analysis of coverage• Evaluate coverage for custom sensor footprints
– Over defined areas of interest
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Evaluate Sensor Coverage• Dynamic analysis of coverage
• Evaluate coverage for custom sensor footprints– Over defined areas of interest
• Complex constraint modeling– Terrain– Urban canyons
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Evaluate Sensor Coverage• Dynamic analysis of coverage
• Evaluate coverage for custom sensor footprints– Over defined areas of interest
• Complex constraint modeling– Terrain– Urban canyons– Platform body masking– Vehicle attitude
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Evaluate Sensor Coverage• Dynamic analysis of coverage
• Evaluate coverage for custom sensor footprints– Over defined areas of interest
• Complex constraint modeling– Terrain– Urban canyons– Platform body masking– Vehicle attitude– Weather– Time– Lighting conditions– Graze angle
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Evaluate Sensor Coverage• Dynamic analysis of coverage• Evaluate coverage for custom sensor
footprints– Over defined areas of interest
• Complex constraint modeling– Terrain– Urban canyons– Platform body masking– Vehicle attitude– Weather– Time– Lighting conditions– Graze angle
• Quality of coverage
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Communications• Multi-asset network
• Dynamic comm-link analysis and modeling
• Weather modeling
• Customizable RF modeling
• Interference analysis
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Navigation• Model GPS-dependent
equipment in complex environments
• Near-real-time updates
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Navigation• Model GPS-dependent
equipment in complex environments
• Near-real-time updates
• Model jamming environments and interference effects
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Operations• Ingest RT feeds for
situational awareness
• Visual cues– Vectors– Color-coded models
• Compare planned vs. actual
• Dynamic re-planning
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Threat Analysis
• Enemy threat ranges
• Region avoidance
• Radar analysis
• Alerts
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Post-Flight Analysis
• Collection assessment
• Export mission in 3D
• Evaluate plan
• Validate models
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Trade Studies
• Payload planning
• Monte Carlo and Parametric analysis
• Sensor coverage analysis
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4-D Visualization
• Terrain and imagery
• Aircraft 3-D models
• GIS interface
• 3-D object editing
• Visual cues
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UAV System Application Areas• Concepts evaluation• System design• Testing & evaluation• Mission design• Operations• Post-mission analysis
Platform routeSensor modelingCommunicationsNavigation accuracyThreat analysisTrade studies4D visualization
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STK 8
• New for AMM
• Aircraft Mission Modeler– VTOL– V/STOL
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AMM For STK 8• New procedures
– Vertical takeoff/landing– Hover
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AMM For STK 8• New procedures
– Transition to hover– Transition to forward flight
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AMM For STK 8• New performance model
– VTOL characteristics
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AMM For STK 8• New performance model
– VTOL characteristics– Configuration
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Summary• Improve your “mission” throughout the life cycle• AGI capabilities• VTOL, V/STOL
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