Meeting #96 Brian Van Vliet Chief, Control Sciences Division AFRL/VAC; Air Force Research Laboratory AEROSPACE CONTROL AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS COMMITTEE MEETING 19 October Government Agencies Summary Reports US Air Force (AFRL)

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

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

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

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