SECOND STREET WEST ESSINGTON, PA 19029 (610) 521-5700 Transformative VTOL John W. Piasecki, President & CEO Piasecki Aircraft Corp. 5th Annual AHS Transformative Vertical Flight Workshop 18 January 2018 Capabilities & Values Culture of Innovation Requirements & Concept Development Agile R&D Program Management CMCM-UAV CONOPS Autonomous transit from medical unit, to pick-up point, and back using GPS and Nav beacon Autonomous terrain avoidance Input GPS destination, and Command GO Autonomous landing National Medal of Technology Boeing Performance Excellence Award Autonomous collision avoidance Load LSTAT/patient and Command GO HOME Load LSTAT/patient and Command GO TO SHIP ISO9001 & AS9100 Certified Company Autonomous homing on shipboard Nav Beacon Land on deck Affordable Experimental Flight Test CONOPS, Design and Trade Studies Multi-Disciplined Engineering Proven Flight Test Methods & Processes Dedication & Teamwork Cost Effective Testing & Validation Methods Propulsion, Structures, Aero, and Controls Testing Rapid Prototyping & Fabrication Air Vehicle Integrated Design, Analysis & Simulation Composites, Precision Machining, Sheet Metal, Welding, and Assembly 75 years of Innovation, Discipline, Agility, and Perseverance Strategic Trends SECOND STREET WEST ESSINGTON, PA 19029 (610) 521-5700 • Need for Advanced VTOL Performance • Software enabled systems allow novel concepts • Exponential growth in UAV use and acceptance • DoD Third Offset Strategy: More with Less • Innovative engagement of non-traditional aerospace companies (Google, Amazon, Uber) DoD Rotorcraft & UAS Challenges SECOND STREET WEST ESSINGTON, PA 19029 (610) 521-5700 Safety & Survivability Inadequate Operational Reach & Reaction Vertical Maneuver To Operational Depths Rotorcraft: A Leading Loss of Life in OEF/OIF Oct’01 – Dec’13: 625 Americans / 419 Rotorcraft / >$6Billion 6K/95F FVL Mishap Rate 4-10X’s Higher than SecDef Goal Requirement Lengthy Development Timelines V-22 Osprey 22 Years to IOC RAH-66 Comanche 25 Years to Cancellation Concurrent Modernization FY14 FY17 Future Vertical Lift FY34+20yrs Production EMD JMR TD PoR?Tech Dev Declining Funding FVL FVL-M AoA IOC S&T Demos Future VTOL UAS Current Fleet Existing Fleet Sustained Thru 2070 DoD Operating Environment SECOND STREET WEST ESSINGTON, PA 19029 (610) 521-5700 Expeditionary & Distributed Ops Ship To Objective Maneuver Complex Terrain Mega-Cities > 110 nm Sea Level 6K’/95F Asymmetric Threats Mountains Logistics Footprint & Operating Cost Operational Energy Declining Funding Autonomous advanced VTOL can address many of these challenges Emerging VTOL Opportunities SECOND STREET WEST ESSINGTON, PA 19029 (610) 521-5700 VTOL UAS Urban Operations Autonomous Logistics On Demand Mobility On Demand Future Air Transportation Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) Modular Multi-Mission VTOL SECOND STREET WEST ESSINGTON, PA 19029 (610) 521-5700 On Demand Future Air Transportation Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) Wingborne Flight Performance Ducts’ Small Footprint Increases Access and Safety Speed Range VTOL & Shipboard Compatible UH-60 LZs ARES LZs (96% more) (100 ft) Ceiling Endurance NoProvince, GoUH-60 ARES LZ Khost Afghanistan VTOL Multi-Mission Modularity Small Deck LZ Common Flight Module 107’ landing zone UH-60 Autonomous or Optionally Piloted Tactical Transport Cargo CASEVAC SOF Infill / Exfill ISR/ RECON/ Fire Support 50’/39’ landing zone ARES Right Sized for Small Unit Support Payload Modular Teaming Address Peak Demands w/o Increasing Fleet Unit Cost Max Delivery Load to Small Unit H-60 Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System Copyright 2018 Piasecki Aircraft Corp – All rights reserved COPYRIGHT 2015 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ARES 8 ARES Demonstrator Development and Test Structural Proof Load Test Complete, May ‘15 Subsystem Installs, Oct ’16 Propulsion Testing Complete, Oct ‘16 Final Assembly, April ‘17 Graduation Flight Demo System Check-Outs Hardware-in-theLoop (HITL) with GCS Handling qualities evaluation Cruise fuel burn measurement Flight module Performance Vertical take-off Vertical landing JMIC delivery Artist’s concept Ground Test & Low Speed Envelope Expansion Modal vibration & 9 structural coupling ARES Ground Test – January 2018 ARES Ground Test – January 2018 ADAPT™ Flight Controls Research Advanced VTOL Aircraft with Redundant Effectors OSD Rotorcraft Safety & Survivability Study (‘09) Casual Factors RW Losses • • • • 19% Hostile Action 41% Combat Non-Hostile 40% Non-Combat Mishap Rate 4-10X’s Higher Sec Def / Congressional Goal RW Fatalities • 73% in Combat Theatre • 68% Human Factor Cruise Flt • 5x’s Higher Mechanical Mishap Fatalities in Combat Theatre vs Non-Combat • CFIT, DVE > Situational Awareness , Pilot Workload & Operating Environment • MANPADS, RPGs > Situation Awareness , CM, Vulnerability, and Crashworthiness Damage Tolerant Controls Identified as a Top Priority S&T Focus Targeted Benefits ADAPT Flight Control Features • Damage Tolerant Control (DTC) • Reconfigurable Control Allocation • Autonomous Emergency Response • • Flight To Optimal (FTO) • Trim & Maneuver Optimization • Load Limiting Feedback Control • Redundancy Management • PENNSTATE 1855 • Safety & Survivability • Reduce Pilot Workload • Reduced Susceptibility & Vulnerability • Automated response Performance • Expanded Speed/GW Flight Envelope • Increased Efficiency • Improved Maneuverability Reduced Cost • Increased Productivity • Fuel Savings • Reduced Maintenance eVTOL Design Study Design Mission: High Value / Time Certain Distribution Configuration Trade Studies • • • • • • • Key Risks • • • • • • 25 configurations down-selected to 5 then to 1 Must close mission within given GW limit Safety & Certifiability Simplicity & Reliability Development Time, Cost & Risk Design flexibility, future growth Cost Effective Low Cost Rapid Prototyping Weight & L/D Margin and Configuration Battery Power Density Modular Hybrid Autonomous Ops in NAS Optionally Piloted Safety Inherent to Design & Redundancy Reliability Simplicity & Design Criteria Certification Baseline & Spiral Insertion PIASECKI AIRCRAFT PROPRIETARY COMPETITION SENSITIVE INFORMATION Safety time tocontained certification areto the significant Use or & disclosure of data on this sheet is subject restriction on the titlediscriminators page of Briefing 890-X-1-4. “There's a lot more to do... and you out there who are doing it... The future is bright... It's your future... Be there!!” Frank Nicholas Piasecki (1919-2008) March 9, 2005 Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony
