1 21st March 2018 Iain Gray, Cranfield University The Future of Aerospace Flight Paths of the Future?
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21st March 2018
Iain Gray, Cranfield University
The Future of Aerospace
Flight Paths of the Future?
Margaret – The traveller’s tale
John – the pilot
Steph – The Air Traffic Controller
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Much is already happening ….
• In industry, airports and airlines
• In regulators
• In Research organisations
• In Universities
…. And in Cranfield University
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But is this all too far fetched ….
It’s already happening …..
Source SAMAD Aerospace
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Integrated Digital Aviation Systems Research
The 4A’s Strategy – Aircraft of the FutureAirspace Management of the FutureAirport of the FutureAirline of the Future
Aircraft Airspace
Airport Airline
Flight Ops
Ma
inte
na
nce Integrated
Digital Aviation
Systems
Research
Passenger Experience
Data Security
Gro
un
d O
ps
Autonomy
Integration
Disruption
Management
Passenger
Service
Efficiency and
Capacity
Revenue
Air Traffic Management
Multi-modal transport
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• We are on the cusp of a 3rd
Revolution in Aerospace
• Technology Revolution in Aerospace
• Electric
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomy
• Digital
• Novel Materials
• Credible Product Concepts
• Urban Air Mobility
• Electric VTOL
• Demonstrators
What does the future look like?
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?
• Benefits from optimising the whole rather than just the parts
• Considering technology, process and business models
• Grand challenges• More efficient and effective solutions• Improved timescales and costs
Greater integration of product
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AIRC Research themes - Novel aircraft concepts
- Wider System IntegrationIntegrated structuresIntegrated thermal management
Flight test capability
Human-robot integrated assemblyAirspace integration (ATM)
Aircraft-pilot integration (engineering simulator)
UAV & systems integration
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Unprecedented levels of academic activity in
aircraft electrification
• Energy
• Environment
• Health
• Management
• Manufacturing
Source : Airbus
Source : Airbus Source Electroflight
Source Cranfield University
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The airlines are exploring possibilities …
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Role of UAV’s and Drones
Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2011-2036
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them to shore for disposal. UUVs crisscross the seafloor of the Sound to locate and tag remnants
of the submarine for later collection. Unmanned aircraft (UA) fly continuously through the
National Airspace System (NAS) at low altitude to monitor and map the declining radiation
contours, at medium altitude to map cleanup operations, and at high altitude to relay control
commands and data from the nearly one hundred unmanned vehicles at work. Decontamination,
refueling, and repair shops have been established in nearby Cordova to service the vehicles and
aircraft and on the USS New York to service the boats and submersibles. It is the largest
coordinated use of international air, ground, and maritime unmanned systems ever conducted.
2.3.2 African Maritime Coalition Vignette, 2030s
Location: Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Africa
Situation: An UAS and an UUV, deployed from littoral combat ship (LCS) Freedom, are on
patrol monitoring the littoral oil infrastructure of a developing nation-state. This nation-state has
recently adjusted its geopolitical stance to ally itself militarily and economically with the United
States and friendly European governments.
Scenario: The Freedom’s UUV in its assigned patrol area detects an anomaly, a remote
pipeline welder controlled by an unknown force. The underwater remote welder is positioning
itself to intersect a major underwater oil pipeline. Using its organic “smart software” processing
capability, the UUV evaluates the anomaly as a possible threat and releases a communications
buoy that transmits an alert signal and a compressed data “snapshot” from the UUV’s onboard
video/acoustic sensor.
The communications buoy’s low
probability of intercept (LPI) data are relayed
via a small tactical unmanned aircraft system
(STUAS) to other units in the area and to the
Joint Maritime Operations Center (JMOC)
ashore. The commander on the LCS directs the
UUV and the UAS to provide persistent
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
(ISR) and command and control (C2) relay
support. Simultaneously, the UAS transmits
corroborating ISR data on a suspect vessel
near the UUV anomaly. Thanks to a recently
fielded, advanced technology propulsion
upgrade, the STUAS is able to stay on station
for 24 hours before being relieved (see graphic
right).
Meanwhile, the JMOC analysts recognize
the pipeline welder in the UUV data snapshot as one recently stolen and acquired by rebel
antigovernment forces. The JMOC then dispatches an Allied quick reaction force (QRF) via
160th
Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) aircraft and USAF CV-22 Osprey from a
nearby airfield. The JMOC retasks a special warfare combatant-craft crewman (SWCC) Mk V to
Opportunity to create a UK National Centre of Excellence in UAV
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UAV ApplicationsNew Operations & Concepts
Agricultural soil moisture mapping Mobile device sensing (Wi-Fi, GSM, etc.) for search & rescue / disaster relief
Infrastructure monitoring (power lines, natural gas leaks, etc.)
Humanitarian aid - wide area water sampling (disease, pesticides)
Complex environment search (airport security, seaport security) Unmanned Cargo Operations
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Integrated Digital Aviation Systems Research
The 4A’s Strategy – Aircraft of the FutureAirspace Management of the FutureAirport of the FutureAirline of the Future
Aircraft Airspace
Airport Airline
Flight Ops
Ma
inte
na
nce Integrated
Digital Aviation
Systems
Research
Passenger Experience
Data Security
Gro
un
d O
ps
Autonomy
Integration
Disruption
Management
Passenger
Service
Efficiency and
Capacity
Revenue
Air Traffic Management
Multi-modal transport
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Virtual Control Tower Cranfield .. End of 2018
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•To Achieve ATC Minimum Tactical
Interventions
•To identify TBO interdependencies
•To determine feasible departure
configurations
•To develop a TBO Service Oriented
“Information Management” Platform
•To maximize trajectory adherence at
key waypoints
•To verify and validate the
implemented Tools.
cooPerative depArtuRes for a competitiveATM networK sErvice
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Airspace Management Challenges
BVLOSBeyond Visual Line of Sight
UTMUnmanned Traffic Management
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Integrated Digital Aviation Systems Research
The 4A’s Strategy – Aircraft of the FutureAirspace Management of the FutureAirport of the FutureAirline of the Future
Aircraft Airspace
Airport Airline
Flight Ops
Ma
inte
na
nce Integrated
Digital Aviation
Systems
Research
Passenger Experience
Data Security
Gro
un
d O
ps
Autonomy
Integration
Disruption
Management
Passenger
Service
Efficiency and
Capacity
Revenue
Air Traffic Management
Multi-modal transport
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….. Airport of the Future – ground autonomy
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….. Airport of the Future – door to door baggage handling, robotics
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….. Airport of the Future way-finding , face recognition
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….. Airport of the Future – the electric aircraft infrastructure
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Integrated Digital Aviation Systems Research
The 4A’s Strategy – Aircraft of the FutureAirspace Management of the FutureAirport of the FutureAirline of the Future
Aircraft Airspace
Airport Airline
Flight Ops
Ma
inte
na
nce Integrated
Digital Aviation
Systems
Research
Passenger Experience
Data Security
Gro
un
d O
ps
Autonomy
Integration
Disruption
Management
Passenger
Service
Efficiency and
Capacity
Revenue
Air Traffic Management
Multi-modal transport
Who will do what in the new world?
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Integrated Digital Aviation Systems Research
Cranfield Value Proposition
Aircraft Airspace
Airport Airline
Flight Ops
Ma
inte
na
nce Integrated
Digital Aviation
Systems
Research
Passenger Experience
Data Security
Gro
un
d O
ps
Autonomy
Integration
Disruption
Management
Passenger
Service
Efficiency and
Capacity
Revenue
Air Traffic Management
Multi-modal transport
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The only university in Europe with its own Airport, Runway and ANSP
…. Ideal for demonstration of ground and flight concepts
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Cranfield Airport and Runway – A unique asset
UK’s Research Airport and Aviation Technology Park– showcasing and research in Aircraft, Airport, Airspace Management and Airlines
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A new £65 million Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) being developed to spearhead the UK’s research into digital aviation technology
DARTeC
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DARTeC – Addressing the Sector’s Digital Research Challenges
Research
Hangar Lab
Radar Enabled
Research
Airspace
Reconfigurable
Digital and
Physical R&T Labs
Airport with
Digital Tower • The integration of drones into
civilian airspace
• Increasing the efficiency of airports
through technological advances
• Creating safe, secure shared
airspace through secure data
communication infrastructures
• Increasing the reliability and
availability of aircraft through self-
sensing, self-aware technologies
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Academic collaboration across aerospace research themes
•Industrial Strategy Policy
•UK Research & Innovation
•Emergence of market potential
Stimulus
•Aerospace Growth Partnership
•Aerospace Technology Institute
•National Aerospace Research Consortium
•Engagement with industry partners including startups and disruptors
Shaped by
•Virtual centre of excellence
•Leverage of centres such as AIRC, IAT
•Cross sector synergies e.g. batteries
•Launch of Future Propulsion research centre
•Focus on key skills for the required capabilities
Leading to
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What does the future look like?
We are on the brink of a revolution in aerospace Coordinated academic research is essential to help to shape it
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