VTOL Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Seventh AHS Technical Meeting on VTOL Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Autonomy

Sponsored by the AHS Arizona Chapter

January 24-26, 2017
Mesa, Arizona, USA

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The 21st century has seen a continued emphasis on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous behavior development for both military and civilian applications on a global basis. There has been an explosion in VTOL UAVs with operations now around the world, and numerous large unmanned and optionally/optimally manned rotorcraft are in varying stages of development all over the world, along with the technologies that will safely integrate them into commercial airspace. The overwhelming focus on Network Centric Operations (NCO) and its application to rotorcraft and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has expanded the scope of the 2017 Technical Meeting.

Opening General Session: VIP speakers have been confirmed from the U.S government, military, industry and academia on topics from autonomous operations, airworthiness to regulation integration. See topics and list of VIP speakers below.

Presentation Title	VIP Speaker	Organization
Welcome	Ram JanakiRam, AHS VTOL UAS Meeting Technical Chair	The Boeing Company
Challenges in Unmanned (Helicopter) Aviation – Lessons Learned in the Development of the MQ-8C RDC	Bob Ernst, PMA-266 Chief Engineer	Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Army S&T Activities Leading to Future UAS Capabilities: A Vision to the Future	Layne Merritt, Chief Engineer	U.S. Army Aviation Development Directorate
Regulations that Allow Growth & Safe Integration of UAS: How do We Get There?	James A. Viola, FAA Flight Standards Service Division Manager (AFS-800)	Federal Aviation Administration, Gen Aviation & Commercial Division
NATO STANAG Airworthiness Code Development for small VTOL Unmanned Aircraft Systems	George "Leo" Flynn, Chief Engineer	U.S. Army Aviation Engineering Directorate
VTUAV Autonomous Operations and Collaboration in the Maritime Domain	Daniel Redman, Advanced Unmanned Systems, ASW Mission Lead	Northrop Grumman Corporation, Aerospace Systems
Autonomy for Aircraft: Current Portfolio, Future Needs	Barbara Lindauer, Government Business Development Director	Sikorsky Aircraft, a Lockheed Martin Company
OPA: An Alternative Development Method for UAV Hardware & Software	Roger Hehr, Experimental Test Pilot	The Boeing Company
Path Planning for UAV Collision Avoidance	Srikanth Saripalli, Director, Unmanned Systems Lab	Texas A&M University

Technical Papers: More than 20 technical papers will be presented during four technical sessions starting Tuesday, January 24th to Thursday, January 26th:

Technical Paper Title	Authors	Organizations
Basic Understanding of Airfoil Characteristics at Low Reynolds Numbers	Justin Winslow, Hikaru Otsuka, Bharath Govindarajan, Inderjit Chopra	University of Maryland
A Functional Safety Management Approach for Certification of Small VTOL sUAS	Daniel P. Schrage	Georgia Institute of Technology
Visual Odometry Onboard a Micro Air Vehicle Using Snapdragon Flight	Cyrus Vorwald, Eric Solomon, Vikram Hrishikeshavan, Inderjit Chopra	University of Maryland
A Foresight of Utilizing Unmanned Logistical VTOL Aircrafts	Yu Ito	Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
Controllability Analysis of a Quadrotor in Hover using Empirical Gramians	Vikram Hrishikeshavan, Elena Shrestha, Inderjit Chopra, J. Sean Humbert	University of Maryland and University of Colorado
Automatic Landing on a Moving Platform Using Deep Neural Network Estimation	Toshinobu Watanabe, Eric N. Johnson	Georgia Institute of Technology
Turbulence Modeling of a Small Quadrotor UAS Using System Identification from Flight Data	Ondrej Juhasz, Mark J. S. Lopez, Marcos G. Berrios, Tom Berger Mark B. Tischler	San Jose State University and U.S. Army Aviation Development Directorate
Development of MAV-scale Quad-Cyclocopter Capable of Aerial and Terrestrial Locomotion	Elena Shrestha, Benjamin Williams, Vikram Hrishikeshavan, Inderjit Chopra	University of Maryland
A Multi-Modality Mobility Concept for a Small Package Delivery UAV	Larry A. Young	NASA Ames Research Center
Multirotor Design and Analysis for the Modification of Commercially Off the Shelf sUAS Technology	Kathy Swift, Christie Bielmeier, Alfred Gates, Fu-Shang (John) Wei	Pinnacl X Corporation and Central Connecticut State University
Flow Analysis of Flapping Wing from RotorCraft Perspective	Camli Badrya, Bharath Govindarajan, James D. Baeder	University of Maryland
System Identification of a Meso-Scale Cyclocopter	Carl Runco, David Coleman, Moble Benedict	Texas A&M University
Runway Independent High Speed Unmanned: CarterCopter Jet VTOL UAS	Jay Carter, Jr., Jeffrey R. Lewis	Carter Aviation Technologies, LLC
Maneuverability and Disturbance Rejection Analysis of a Hover-Capable	David Coleman, Moble Benedict	Texas A&M University
Fire Scout Operations in Parametric Like Roll Ship Conditions	Bernard Ferrier	NAVAIR Dynamics Interface Lab (SETA)
Flight Performance of a Package Delivery Quadrotor Biplane	Brandyn Phillips, Vikram Hrishikeshavan, Derrick Yeo, Inderjit Chopra, Omri Rand	University of Maryland and Israel Institute of Technology
Adaptive Pure Pursuit Based Autonomous Landing of Quadrotors	Alvika Gautam, P.B. Sujit, Srikanth Saripalli	Arizona State University
High Assurance Cyber Military Systems	John Krainski	Boeing Mesa
Landing Path Generation Algorithm for Autonomous Shipboard Recovery of Rotorcraft	Junfeng Yang, Joseph F. Horn	Pennsylvania State University
Obstacle Detection Algorithms in Thermal Infrared Images for Collision Avoidance	Adrian Carrio, Srikanth Saripalli, Pascual Campoy	Arizona State University
Wind Gust Estimation on a Small Vtol UAV	Venkatasubramani S.R. Pappu, Yande Liu, Joseph F. Horn	Pennsylvania State University
Performance and Sizing Tool for Quadrotor-Biplane-Tailsitter UAS	Marius Strom, James D. Baeder	University of Maryland

For additional information regarding the opening general or technical sessions, please contact Dr. Ram JanakiRam, Technical Chair, (480) 891-6057 or (480) 748-9429. Final papers are due to Dr. JanakiRam by Jauary 16, 2017 – see Call for Papers for detailed information.

Preliminary Schedule

Tuesday, January 24th

7:30 AM – Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM – Opening General Session

12:00 PM – Lunch

1:30 PM – Technical Session A

6:00 PM – Social Hour

Wednesday, January 25th

7:30 AM – Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM – Technical Session B

12:00 PM – Lunch

1:30 PM – Technical Session C

5:30 PM – Banquet Dinner

Thursday, January 26th [Morning Only]

7:30 AM – Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM – Technical Session D

12:00 PM – Adjourn

Location/Hotel Reservations

Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West

860 North Riverview

Mesa, Arizona 85201
Phone: +1-480-664-1221 (ask for Corey Keith) or +1-866-716-8134

Mesa Sheraton UAS Technical Meeting

All sessions of this conference will take place at the Sheraton Wrigleyville Resort in Mesa, AZ. Hotel reservations can be made by contacting the resort directly at 480-664-1221 and ask for Corey Keith.

The AHS Arizona Chapter has negotiated a discounted rate for conference attendees staying at the resort of $179/night. Please indicate that you are attending the AHS Unmanned Rotorcraft Technical Meeting to receive the discounted AHS rates.

The hotel provides its registered guests free shuttle service for the airport, and for any desired location within a five mile radius.

The January weather in Mesa is delightful, with average daily highs around 67°F (19°C) and average daily low temperatures are around 42°F (6°C).

For additional information on the hotel, surrounding areas and nearby Arizona sites, please see the AHS VTOL UAS visitor information packet.

Updated 1/9/17

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