sUAS_for_NSC_RFP_Attachment_J-4_Contractor_Air_Vehicle_Performance_Specifications.pdf

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Attachment J-4

Contractor Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Performance Specifications

The UA with full fuel and payload shall be capable of takeoff, operation, and recovery while operating in the environmental conditions described below.

Performance Characteristic Performance

Airspeed Cruise [KSA] Dash

Service Ceiling1

Takeoff & Recovery Wind Limits [KSA]

Maximum Headwind Maximum Crosswind Maximum Tailwind Maximum Gust

Takeoff, Operations and Recovery

Temperature Range Density Altitude Conditions Turbulence Relative Humidity Rainfall

Endurance (takeoff to recovery) [KPP]

Range Clear Conditions [KPP] Light Rain up to 0.10 inches per hour

[KPP]

The UA shall be capable of launch and recovery from the NSC flight deck [KPP]. The nominal dimensions for the NSC flight deck is 48 feet wide by 80 feet long (reference drawing in Attachment 7). Ship-motion parameters for launch and recovery are based on Sea State 4 (4.1-8.2’ seas, Bretschneider scale) with calculated parameters given below.

Ship Motion Parameter2 Performance

Pitch Attitude [KSA] Rate

Roll Attitude [KSA] Rate

Lateral Displacement Acceleration

Vertical Displacement Acceleration

The UA shall also have the following capabilities.

Attribute Performance

External Lighting [KSA]

Loss of Link (LOL) [KSA]

Autonomous Launch and recovery [KPP] Recovery Wave-Off [KSA]

Payload

Detectability [KSA]

Fuel [KSA]

Fuel Additives

Lubricant Non-Lubricant Flash Point Compatibility Assessment Approval

Airworthiness

IFF

1 Service ceiling is the altitude at which the AV’s vertical rate of climb performance is equal to 100 feet/minute.

2 The ship-motion parameter is relative to the center of the flight-deck where applicable.