CL CFT UAS Desired Capabilities RFI attachment version 5.0.pdf

Desired 1 Ton Capable Cargo UAS Characteristics

The desired characteris�cs of the 1 Ton Cargo Capability UAS are as follows:

Metric Performance Max Payload Threshold: 2,000 lbs

Objec�ve: Threshold Cruise Speed Threshold: 80 Kts (92 MPH)

Objec�ve: 120 Kts (138 MPH) Range Threshold: 250 NM

Objec�ve: 500 NM Sea State Threshold: Beaufort Scale 3

Objec�ve: Beaufort Scale 5 Wind Speed Threshold: 10 Kts (12 MPH)

Objec�ve: 20 Kts (23 MPH) Autonomous func�ons

Flight Ver�cal Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Cargo Landing Status Repor�ng Mission Re-Tasking Launching & Landing Command & Control

1) Autonomously land and take off on a vessel in mari�me condi�ons with or without Cargo.

2) Autonomously perform Ver�cal Take Off and Landing (VTOL) or Short Take Off and Landing

(STOL) with or without cargo.

3) Autonomously land and take off from unprepared and poten�ally unmapped sites in Instrument

Meteorological Condi�ons (IMC) and non-icing condi�ons, in high and hot environments, as well as in dust and sand condi�ons with minimum visibility.

4) Avoid obstacles (both sta�c and dynamic) in all flight phases (to include take-off and landing).

5) Autonomously generate complete paths from takeoff to landing, modifiable in real �me by a human-on-the-loop or an Opera�ons Center Supervisor (OCS) in real-�me. It should autonomously navigate this route and no�fy the supervisor and reques�ng task requestor of any substan�al significant devia�ons.

6) Perform remote supervisory control at any point in the mission across various agencies (i.e., field personnel, trauma unit, Autonomous Opera�ons Center supervisors.)

7) Operate both asynchronously as well as beyond line-of-sight (BLOS). Field operators not required to be co-located with the landing vehicle, nor required to have visual contact with the vehicle during landing.

8) Perform mission re-planning (including path and goal modifica�ons) from a GCS while in flight, both within data link range and BLOS.

9) Determine flight al�tudes by the onboard sensing and flight control system, with the expecta�on that the vehicle will have knowledge of flight plans filed by other aircra�.

10) Execute preset lost-link procedures to atempt to reacquire the link in the event of data link loss within data link range.

Desired 1 Ton Capable Cargo UAS Characteristics

11) Execute con�ngency plans in the case of failure of data link reacquisi�on, a last-minute change in the safety of the landing site, or upon wave-off command by a human in/on the loop.

12) Execute an abort if an unsafe condi�on is detected.

13) Be terminally guided from a variety of end-users with no specialized training as well as from various loca�ons (field personnel, medical personnel, supply personnel, remote command center); Field users could be BLOS from the launch loca�on and should be able to interact with the UAS via an unobtrusive device. Terminal guidance consists of the following:

• Ability to update the requested point of landing at any point in the landing sequence.

• Abort delivery to hold at a remote loca�on.

• Abort approach and commence again either to the same or an alternate loca�on.

• Abort delivery to return to launch loca�on with original load (or any other loca�on specified by an air opera�ons supervisor at a remote command center.)

• Specify different flight profiles for different missions, i.e. supply, CASEVAC, etc.

14) Communicate with ground personnel for expedi�ous and safe loading and unloading and has a redundancy form of communica�on in the case of primary system failure.