This 3-day, classroom and practical instructional program provides individuals or teams entering the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) market with the need to 'hit the ground running'. Delegates will gain a working knowledge of UAS system classification, payloads, sensors, communications and data links. You will learn the UAS weapon design process and UAS system design components. The principles of mission planning systems and human factors design considerations are described. The critical issue of integrating UAS in the NAS is addressed in detail along with major considerations. Multiple roadmaps from all services are used to explain UAS future missions.
Attendance is restricted to citizens of US, NATO and other Mutual Defense Countries (including Australia, NZ, Japan, Korea, Singapore)
Jerry LeMieux, PhD is a pilot and engineer with over 40 years and 10,000 hours of aviation experience. He has over 30 years of experience in operations, program management, systems engineering, R&D and test and evaluation for AEW, fighter and tactical data link acquisition programs. He led 1,300 personnel and managed 100 network and data link acquisition programs with a five year portfolio valued at more than $22 billion. He served at the numbered Air Force Level, responsible for the development, acquisition and sustainment of over 300 information superiority, combat ops and combat support programs that assure integrated battlespace dominance for the Air Force, DoD, US agencies and Allied forces. In civilian life he has consulted on numerous airspace issues for the US Federal Aviation Administration, Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA and DARPA . He holds a PhD in electrical engineering and is a graduate of Air War College and Defense Acquisition University.
UAS Communications & Data Links STANAG 4586, multiple aircraft control, spectrum management, common data link, SATCOM, UHF, optical, tactical radios including SINCGARS & HAVEQUICK, VOIP, communications relay, VMF and Link 16 integration, common link message processing, gateways, network planning & management, network simulation tools, link requirements, transmitter functions: receiver functions, throughput performance, link susceptibility to jamming
UAS Weaponization. Current limitations, desired capabilities, UAS weaponization process: document requirements & characteristics, design of experiments process, modifications to weapon and/or platform, design interfaces, develop prototype, test, field and sustain. current weapons on UAS: AGM-114 Hellfire anti-armor, AIM-92 Stinger, Griffin air to surface, GBU-12 Paveway, GBU-38 JDAM, small tactical munitions,GBU-44 Viper Strike, JAGM, M299 launcher
UAS System Design. Airframe, endurance, design standards, payload, communications, control & stability, navigation, launch & recovery, control station, support equipment, transportation, reliability, modeling & simulation, UAS Multi-Aircraft Control (MAC), certification
Regulations & Airspace Integration FAA Order 7610.4, 14 CFR 91.319, AC 91-57, 14 CFR Parts 61, 63 & 67, DCMA Instruction 8210.1, airworthiness certification, airspace categories, current UAS operations, GCS development, ground and airborne sense and avoid systems, lost link & ATC communications, spectrum protection, reliability, need to standardize equipment, need to develop regulations for certification
Human Factors/Crew Resource Management. Levels of automation, human awareness, knowledge of traffic, weather and airspace information, lack of standards for interface design, contingency management for loss-link, human-automation interface, recognition of system faults, role of the enabling communications and situational awareness.
Future Capabilities. Goals, operational issues, capabilities, mission areas, technologies, space transport, hypersonic, air to air refueling, Joint UCAS, pseudolites, multiple UAS swarming & various roadmaps
Tuition:
Tuition for this three day course is $1690 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ATI@ATIcourses.com.
Jerry LeMieux, PhD is a pilot and engineer with over 40 years and 10,000 hours of aviation experience. He has over 30 years of experience in operations, program management, systems engineering, R&D and test and evaluation for AEW, fighter and tactical data link acquisition programs. He led 1,300 personnel and managed 100 network and data link acquisition programs with a five year portfolio valued at more than $22 billion. He served at the numbered Air Force Level, responsible for the development, acquisition and sustainment of over 300 information superiority, combat ops and combat support programs that assure integrated battlespace dominance for the Air Force, DoD, US agencies and Allied forces. In civilian life he has consulted on numerous airspace issues for the US Federal Aviation Administration, Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA and DARPA . He holds a PhD in electrical engineering and is a graduate of Air War College and Defense Acquisition University.
