Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation Our Legacy...Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence...

Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation

Our LegacyJune 2014-July 2019

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Test Site Purpose>3,200 Sorties Flown Since FAA Certification

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Stand Up And Operate A FAA UAS Test Site Designated To Safely Integrate Civil and Public Safety UAS Operations Into The National Airspace (NAS).

Guide Industry (US and Foreign) through the FAA safety and maturity process required to safely integrate Commercial UAS operations into the NAS.

Provide FAA R&D And Operational Data To Facilitate The Development Of Procedures, Standards And Regulations For Safe UAS Operationsin the NAS.

Complex UAS NASA mission flown at the LSUASC

LSUASC Command Relations(Clients, Partners and Stake Holders)



This is Complex Stuff…

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LSUASC Technology Enablers:• BLOS Tools & CONOPS• Detect & Avoid Radar • Command and Control (C2)• Communications Assurance• UAS Traffic Management

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LSUASC Value Proposition



Impartially represent our clients and partners’ interest in:• UAS Research & Development • UAS Test & Evaluation • UAS Training & Certificationresulting in cost savings and enhanced safety.Our UAS Offerings Include:

• Mobile Air Mobility Airspace and Range Services (BLOS)• Public Safety BLOS CONOPS and Standards• Counter UAS CONOPS, Technology R&D, Test & Evaluation • Package Delivery R&D, Test & Evaluation (including Off-Shore) • Standards Development for Stake Holders and Industry Users• FAA Partnership for Integration Program (Complex Operations)

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R&D Focus Areas

LSUASC• Detect and Avoid• Control and Communications• Human Factors• UAS Traffic Management• Autonomous Behavior• Cybersecurity• T&E of UAS standards,• Processes and Procedures

FAA• Detect and Avoid• Control and Communications• Human Factors• Navigation• Surveillance• Forecasting• Safety, Data and Reliability

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Our Mission Control Center


Texas Test Ranges and Infrastructure~68,000 Square Miles, RELLIS & National Class G

*LSUASC Airport Coordination Required

RELLIS

Remote C2 for UAS Night Operations

UAS Research and Test68,000 sq. miles in UAS test rangesNational Class G Airspace UAS Testing

CLLClass D

Class G Surface to 700’ AGL*

Class G Surface to 1,200’ AGL

RELLIS

RELLIS + 30 Mi Radius

Our NASA Test Venue August 2019

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NASA’s Concept for a possible UTM System that would safely manage diverse UAS Operations in the airspace above buildings and below

crewed aircraft operations in suburban and urban areas.

NASA UTM Program Overview



What is the problem?

• Many beneficial civilian applications of the UAS have been proposed, from goods delivery and infrastructure surveillance, to search and rescue, and agricultural monitoring.

• Currently, there is no established infrastructure to enable and safely manage the widespread use of low-altitude airspace and UAS operations, regardless of the type of UAS.

• A UAS traffic management (UTM) system for low-altitude airspace may be needed, perhaps leveraging concepts from the system of roads, lanes, stop signs, rules and lights that govern vehicles on the ground today, whether the vehicles are driven by humans or are automated.

NASA is researching prototype technologies for a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system that could develop airspace integration requirements for enabling safe, efficient low-altitude operations.

(https://utm.arc.nasa.gov/index.shtml)

https://utm.arc.nasa.gov/index.shtml

NASA UTM Program Overview (Cont’d.)



While incorporating lessons learned from the today's well-established air traffic management system, the UTM system would enable safe and efficient low-altitude airspace operations by providing services such as:

• Airspace design • Designated corridors • Dynamic geofencing• Severe weather and wind avoidance • Congestion management• Terrain avoidance• Route planning and re-routing • Separation management• Sequencing and spacing and • Contingency management





NASA UTM Program Overview (contd)

NASA envisions concepts for two types of possible UTM systems:

• The first type would be a Portable UTM system, which would move from between geographical areas and support operations such as precision agriculture and disaster relief.

• The second type of system would be a Persistent UTM system, which would support low-altitude operations and provide continuous coverage for a geographical area. Either system would require persistent communication, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) coverage to track, ensure, and monitor conformance.

NASA's goal is the development and demonstration of a possible future UTM system that could safely enable low-altitude airspace for UAS operations.





NASA UTM Program Overview (contd)

NASA is leading the research, development and testing that is taking place in a series of activities called "Technology Capability Levels (TCL)", each

increasing in complexity

TCL1 concluded in August 2015. Technologies in this activity addressed operations for agriculture, firefighting and infrastructure monitoring, with a focus on geofencing, altitude "rules of the road" and scheduling of vehicle trajectories. TCL2 completed in October 2016, leveraged TCL1 results and focused on beyond visual line-of-sight operations in sparsely populated areas. Researchers tested technologies that allowed dynamic adjustments to availability of airspace and contingency management. TCL3 completed in May, 2018, and leveraged TCL2 results with focus on testing technologies that maintain safe spacing between cooperative (responsive) and non-cooperative (non-responsive) UAS over moderately populated areas.

TCL4 will focus on UAS operations in higher-density urban areas for tasks such as news gathering and package delivery. It will also test

technologies that could be used to manage large-scale contingencies.(https://utm.arc.nasa.gov/index.shtml)


TCL4/TO7 Overview

Who: LSUASC and 7x UTM Service Suppliers (USS’s).What: Execute 5 Test Scenarios to assess UTM capabilities and/or technical considerations in an Urban environment.When: August 12-23, 2019.Where: Downtown Corpus Christi, TX.How: Employing 10 Live UAS and up to 15 Simulated UAS simultaneously, LSUASC conducts LOS, ELOS & BVLOS operations across a controlled series of Test events.



TCL4/TO7 Objective

The LSUASC and our 7x UTM Service Supplier (USS) Partners conduct a complex 5 Scenario UTM Test in the greater Corpus Christi Metroplex to assess:

• 5x USS ability to communicate with 10 Live UAS and up to 15 Simulated UAS.• 1x USS ability to control all 15 Simulated UAS. • 1x USS provides integrated Common Operating Picture (COP) in the LSUASC

Mission Control Center for added Command and Control & Safety. • UAS & USS ability to operate in various Urban environments that range from

simple (beachfront) to complex (Urban Canyon) to Hybrid (USS Lexington to Whataburger Field flying under the CCTX Bay Bridge).

• GBDAA Radar capabilities and coverage gaps across each environment.• GPS denial-spectrum issues that may arise from such a complex operation (eg,

Spectrum connectivity and propagation issues in the Urban Canyon).



Scenario 1


Scenario 2



Current Architecture(Opportunities to Partner)



Lone Star Urban Air Mobility Proving Ground Overview

• Goal: Building on our recent *NASA TCL4/TO7 Award…Provide the UAM Community of Practice, OEMs, ECOSYSTEM

Vendors and Providers (GBDAA, C2, Weather Radar & Monitoring, Airspace De-Confliction, UTM-Like Tools, Urban Communities, User-Stake Holders) with an opportunity to begin testing & exploring the

art of the possible.• UAM GC 1 2020 Edwards Air Force Base:

– LS UAMPG offers OEMs and Ecosystem Providers opportunity to conduct systems and flight testing “prior” to NASA GC1.

– Additionally, offers NASA a Range Services-Testbed Partner for GC 2 and beyond.

*August 2019, in downtown Corpus Christi, TX





Urban Air Mobility Proving Ground Corridor Options(Advantaging our National Class G Airspace Authorization)

Energy Sector Partner Update

We have been approached by an Energy Sector partner to join with them in conducting a UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) feasibility

assessment (Research) to achieve improved safety and cost reduction for routine inspection of pipeline and fixed assets on their property in various

locations in the US.Our approach:• Utilize our Nation-Wide Class G COA with approved Aircraft and appropriate BVLOS risk

mitigation CONOPS & enablers.• Conduct sufficient flight operations to determine the most robust BVLOS Risk Mitigation

approach, CONOPS and Safety Management System (SMS) revision and updates.• Inform their Safety Case submission toward gaining FAA approval for a BVLOS Waiver.

And…Off-Shore Cargo & Package Delivery is on the horizon!



Additional LSUASC Priorities

• Swarming:– Agrilife “must have” IOT for sUAS to be a viable precision Ag

change detection-machine learning and AI tool for Big-Ag decision support.

– Working with an Aerospace Partner for swarming applications in CUAS R&D toward CONOPS development.

– USSOCOM Partnership Summer 2019 at College Station.• Autonomous Behaviors:

– Partnering with NASA AFRC (Dr. Mark Scoog)– May be long-term solution for such applications as off-shore

cargo and package delivery– May also have significant applications for Border ISR and other

fixed “Linear Asset” Change Detection missions.



Takeaways

• The LSUASC is here to help.• Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions on

current or future FAA UAS rules.• Guide on the FAA’s UAS website for emerging guidance

and updates.• We’ll be at the Energy Drone Coalition event at the

Woodlands Waterway Marriott June 12-13, …drop by!https://stonefortgroup.com/energy-drone-coalition-2019/

UAS are aircraft and require the same Safety Culture and Rigor as manned aviation operations!

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https://stonefortgroup.com/energy-drone-coalition-2019/


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Mike SandersActing Executive Director, LSUASC

Coastal Bend Business Innovation Center10201 South Padre Island Drive

Corpus Christi, Texas 78418361-825-5731

[email protected]

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