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Presented by:

Jeff Ratcliffe

Feb 18, 2016

NORTHWEST UAV

Trusted Provider for Unmanned Systems

INTRODUCTIONS

• Jeff Ratcliffe NWUAV Chief Technical Officer

– Electrical Engineer

Semiconductors

– UAV Program Manager

• Heavy Fuel Engine

Programs

• Multiple Payload Integration

– Navy Nuclear Submarines

All views expressed are my own and not necessarily

representative of NWUAV.

AGENDA

• UAV’s and Their Role in Aviation

– Technological Maturity

– Market Uses

– Integration into the NAS

• Current State of the

Unmanned Marketplace

– Military

– Domestic

– International

• NWUAV’s Role in Helping Ensure Safe Airspace Integration

– NWUAV Background

– Military

– Civilian/NAS/FAA

USES OF UNMANNED AIR

VEHICLES (DRONES)

• Hobby

• Military

• Specific Commercial

• Ubiquitous

UNMANNED SYSTEMS IN NAS

• Hobby Activity

• Professional Grade

– High Density

Populations

– Interaction with

Manned Platforms

• Setting Expectations for Professionalism

Unmanned Manufacturing, Engineering,

and Maintenance

– AS9100

– FAR 21 Compliance

NORTHWEST UAV

• Largest UAV propulsion system provider (1-100hp)

• Facility – 500 Engines/Month Capability

• AS9100 (Aerospace Certified)

• ~ 70 Employees

• 30,000 + Square Feet

• Wire Harness Shop

• Electrical Test Lab

• Turnkey Support from Design-to-Field Operations

• DCAA Audited

HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION

• AS9100 Compliant

• Proprietary Configuration

Controls

• LEAN Manufacturing

Techniques

• Capacity to Produce More

than 500 Engine Modules

and Associated

Subsystems a Month

ENGINEERING SERVICES

Mechanical Engineering

Specialists in each aspect of unmanned

design

• SolidWorks® allows NWUAV’s engineers to

take a concept and develop a prototype,

evaluate and refine it as needed to produce

final production ready designs.

Electrical Engineering

Precision Circuit and Electrical Systems

• Altium Designer® provides a single unified solution for the entire design process. NWUAV uses the latest technologies to design and develop circuit and electrical systems with precision.

ENGINEERING SERVICES Continued

Aerospace Engineering

Experts in flight and propulsion dynamics

• HyperWorks® suite of analysis tools

predicts the dynamics of your system.

• Ellipse method of propeller design to get the

highest possible propeller efficiency at the

lowest possible acoustic detectability.

Physics

Experts in heavy fuel combustion dynamics

• With the latest combustion dynamics

software suites from Ricardo™ we

understand how to optimize your system for

operation on heavy fuels.

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

• Program Management for

Complex Systems

• Understanding the

Trade-Offs for Unmanned

Systems

ACOUSTICAL ANALYSIS TESTING

NWUAV utilizes a 1/24th Octave Real

Time Analyzer to visualize and record

sound energy in a sound controlled room.

Data provided by this system helps

determine where in the frequency

spectrum the highest levels of noise exist.

OTHER SERVICES

• RAPID PROTOTYPING &

MANUFACTURING

• Wire Harness Manufacturing

• Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)

• CNC Machine Shop

• Metrology Services (CMM)

• Maintenance Repair Organization

• Dynamic Performance Testing

Facility

• Computational Fluid Dynamics

Modeling and Analysis

UNMANNED MARKET PLACE

• Military – Production – Steady

– R&D – Declining

• Commercial – 2 years ago

• “Small Investments in Small Operations” – Lack of clear regulations prohibit big plays and deter larger

end-use customers.

– No dominant players entering the field without clear risk picture

• Volume of Use Increasing ‘Under the Radar’

– Now

• Large Investments by Aggressive/Risk Tolerant Investors – Clear paths to operations for some uses.

– Expectations of paths to operations for novel uses.

• Exponential growth

UNMANNED MARKET PLACE Continued

• International

– Large Investments in Air Frames and Infrastructure

– Clear Path to Commercial Operations

– Booming Demand

– Expanding Operations

NWUAV’S ROLE IN HELPING ENSURE

SAFE AIRSPACE INTEGRATIONS

• Military

– Developed documentation for the safe operation and maintenance of the propulsion

systems to the STUAS and other programs

– Provides traceability of components throughout product lifecycle

– FAR based propulsion system testing

• Civilian Infrastructure Development

– Propulsion system testing facilities design

to be FAR compatible

– Professional Maintenance and Repair

Organization

– AS9100 compliance

• NAS

– A&P Mechanics for MRO

– Part 145 Repair Station Application, pending

– DER/DAR/ODAR Personnel Applications, prepared

AIRSPACE INTEGRATION

NW-44 FLIGHT TEST

• NWUAV has secured a Soar Oregon Grant

for Integration and Flight Tests

• First Flight Units for Launch

Client 2014

• Controlled Range Access at

Warm Springs UAS Test

Range

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDUSTRY

INVOLVEMENT

• Join and Participate in our Local Industry Events

• Cascade Chapter AUVSI