DARPA ARES Program Ken Dorsett 25October 2014

What is ARES? ARES Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Multi-Mission VTOL Transport UAS User Defined Payload Modules Transformer Phases I and II Compact Landing Zone – Half of Typical Helo Higher Speed Than Helos Embedded with Infantry Closed Rotor for Safety Field-Changeable Payload Modular Cargo UAS Modular Concept Roadable VTOL ARES Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System VTOL ISR KMAX Pioneering Unmanned Cargo Gets Trucks Off IED Roads CASEVAC Separable UAV Highly Autonomous VTOL, Navigation, Obstacle Avoidance, Autoland Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls with Redundancy Intuitive Human / Machine Controls for Non-Aviator Operators AACUS Autonomous Control Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System

ARES Operational Vehicle Vision Next Generation Modular VTOL Unmanned System Field-Changeable Payloads – Multi-Mission with Single Type of Lifter Compact Landing Zone – Half of Typical Helo Tilting Ducted Fans - Closed Rotor for Safety and Speed Highly Autonomous – Usable by Non-Aviator Troops in the Field Deliver Light Vehicles SOF Support Unmanned Cargo Food, Fuel, Water, Ammo Palletized loads CASEVC Dedicated Medical Lift Humanitarian Aid Disaster Relief Small Unit Transport / Utility Armed Scout SOF Infil/Exfil VTOL ISR Purpose Built Sensor Pod and BLOS Comms Longer Loiter w/ Added Fuel

What is the Role for ARES? Point to Point Delivery of Right Sized Loads for Users = Door to Door Delivery at Point of Need Multiple Units Operating Simultaneously Each Modular Vehicle is Lower Cost than Heavy Lifter Autonomous Delivery – Not Tied to GCS vs. Mass Transportation of Bulk ARES will do “retail” delivery to small LZ – with better speed and flexibility Not trying to displace heavy lifters – note the armored HMMVW under the CH-53 weighs 15,000 lb = Emphasizes Design for Max Lift Weight Speed Secondary Needed for Outsize Cargo or Heavy Items Larger and more Expensive Lifter

ARES –Modular UAS Concept Integrates Existing Tech Twin OTS Turboshaft Engines Reliability and Redundancy Geared to Cross Drive Shaft Scalable Systems Twin Tilting Ducted Fans Tailored Duct Shape for Rapid Transition to/from VTOL Mono-Cyclic plus Aero Controls Scalable Fly By Wire Controls Triplex for Safety and Redundancy Sensors for Automated Navigation and Landing iPad style mission programming Closed Rotor for Small Takeoff and Landing Area Improved Safety for Ground Operations Half the Landing Area of Conventional Helo Folding Outer Wing Panels Payload Pods Sized for User Needs Low Cost – Interchangeable Pods Payload Protected from Wind and Weather

Demonstration Program Build and Fly Demonstrator in 2015. Show Design is Traceable to the Field Vehicle Full Scale Flight Module Maximum Use of COTS Hardware – COTS Engines, OTS Actuators, Gears, Flight Control Hardware, etc for Low Cost Ground Control Station for Remote Pilot UAV Demo Demonstrate Core Capabilities of Modular VTOL UAV Flight Measure Thrust on Ground Test Stand Demonstrate VTOL and Hover Demonstrate Transition to Forward Flight and Back to Hover Demonstrate Basic Handling and Performance in Flight Demo Modular Payload Delivery and Separable Flight

ARES Demonstrator General Arrangement FAN DIA 7.66 FT DUCT DIA 8.50 FT 41 ft SPAN DUCT CHORD 2.57 FT OVERALL HEIGHT 9.87 FT 16.2 FT

Phase III Demo Flight Test Plan Build-up to full graduation flight test with cargo delivery Test Build-up Handling Qualities Evaluation Hover IGE controllability OGE controllability Maneuver Translation Climb to 10,000’ Altitude Transition to Forward Flight Vertical Landing Return to Test Site VTO Transition Controllability High speed Cruise Fuel Burn Measurement Handling Qualities Evaluation Cruise Flight Low altitude Fuel flow At altitude Version 1 FM Returns to Start Point Vertical Landing Manually detach cargo pod VTO Repeat tests with Cargo Pod And Payload Test site: Yuma Test Center (YTC), UAS & Aviation Test Facilities

Wind Tunnel Test - Oct 2013 and July 2014 Cruise Hover Transition

Demonstrator Fabrication in Process Duct Fabrication in Progress Airframe Parts Machined Control Actuators in Test

Demonstrator Fabrication in Process Prop Hubs Machined; Tension Straps Built Gearboxes in Machining Right Angle Gears from CH-53 Final Machined Prop Blade Mold

Summary Next Generation of VTOL UAS ARES = Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Modular VTOL Payload Delivery – Cargo, ISR, other Designed for Operation by Non-Aviators (Infantry) Working toward Demonstrator Build and Test in 2015 Fast Paced DARPA Demonstration Program Hardware Being Built Now for Demonstrator Demonstrator will be Remote Piloted Working Transition to Operational System Talking to USMC, US Army, SOCOM, other users Gathering User Input for Operational Requirements Incorporate Technologies for Autonomy