Vigilante System Overview

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Vigilante System Overview

• SAIC Point of Contact
• Thomas Ciarula
• Vigilante Program Manager
• 4001 Fairfax Drive, Suite 450
• Arlington, VA 22203
• 703-276-3125
• ciarulat_at_saic.com

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What is Vigilante?

• Lightweight, capable UAV based on commercially
  available Ultrasport 496
• Fully capable UAV system including air vehicle
  and ground support systems
• Easily transported via trailer towed by
  auto/truck
• Reconfigurablefor variety of datalinks and
  payloads.
• Can be operated by as few as two people

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History
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
UltraSport 254
UltraSport 331
UltraSport 496
331 OPV
Vigilante 496
Vigilante 500
Vigilante 502
Vigilante Tagalong
BMDO Vigilante
Optionally Piloted
Unmanned
Manned
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Vigilante Variants
Vigilante 500 and 502 UAV
Unmanned air vehicle 5 cu ft interior volume 380
lb. max payload capacity 36 gal. fuel
capacity Improved aero performance
Vigilante 496-OPV
Optionally piloted vehicle -or- Autonomously
piloted with room for one passenger 12 cu ft
interior volume 18 gal. fuel capacity 300 lb.
payload capacity
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The Vigilante 500 and 502
The primary difference between the Vigilante 500
and 502 UAVs is the engine
Vigilante 502
Vigilante 500

• Rotax 914
• 4 cylinder, V-4, 4 stroke, Turbocharged
• Water cooled
• 115 HP _at_ 5800 RPM (3 minutes)
• 100 HP _at_ 5500 RPM (continuous)

• Hirth F-30
• 4 cylinder, Opposed 2 stroke, EFI
• Air Cooled
• 110 HP _at_ 6200 RPM

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Vigilante Performance
Max True Airspeed 75
knots Ceiling 12,000 ft 3,657 m Main Rotor
Diameter 23 ft 7 m Length (Fuselage) 19.8ft 6.0
m Length (Overall) 26.1 ft 8 m Width (Skids) 8
ft 2.4 m Width (Fuselage) 4 ft 1.2
m Height 7.8 ft 2.3 m Empty Weight 604 lb 275
kg Max Gross Weight 1,100lb 500 kg
Vigilante 496 Optionally Piloted Vehicle

Max True Airspeed 117
knots Ceiling 13,000 ft 4,000 m Main Rotor
Diameter 23 ft 7 m Length (Fuselage) 20.7 ft
6.3 m Length (Overall) 26.1 ft 8 m Width (Skids)
5.5 ft 1.7 m Width (Fuselage) 2.5
ft 0.8 m Height 8.0 ft 2.4 m Empty Weight 700
lb 318 kg Max Gross Weight 1,100lb 500 kg
Vigilante 502 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Unit Fly Away Price 600,000
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Payload / RangePayload / Endurance
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400
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300
Payload (kg)
Payload (lb)
Maxi,mum capacity of the fuel tank is currently
35 gallons. It could be increased to 58 gallons
with a reduction in payload
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Endurance (hr)

• Estimate based on Vigilante 502 with an empty
  weight of 700 pounds
• 4 gal /hr endurance at 30 to 40 knots
• 5 to 6 gal/hr in cruise at 80 knots, 30 minute
  reserve

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Demonstrated Performance

• Initial Flight Test Program demonstrated
• Speeds up to 50kts and altitudes up to 500 ft
  (limited by test range)
• Ranges out to 2 miles (link margin calculations
  suggest that we should be good to beyond 50 miles
  LOS. However, we could not operationally fly at
  greater distances anyway due to insurance/flight
  safety/airspace management issues. )
• Over 14 hours of flight time in autonomous flight
  modes
• Single flight of almost an hour

• Full range of control autonomy modes
• Mode 1 Direct command
• Mode 2 GCS operator flight vector commands
• Semiautonomous takeoff and landing
• Autonomous takeoff and landing
• Hover
• Forward flight
• Mode 3 Autonomous waypoint navigation
• Mode 4 Lost link Auto recovery

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Vigilante 502 3-View
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Flight Control Architecture
Sensing Subsystem
Control Processor Subsystem
AMC
GPS
FluxgateMagnetometer
Integrated IMU/GPS/Air Data
Pitch
Flight Control
Processor
D/A
LVDTOut
Serial Link
AMC
CmdSignalSelect
Static/Total Pressure
Roll
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DIO
A/D
AMC
Collective
Radar Altimeter
AMC
Flight Critical Sensor
Serial Link
Throttle
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Flight Critical Sensor
AMC
Mission Control
Processor
A/D
Tail Rotor
Vehicle HM Sensor
A/D
Serial Link
Actuation Subsystem
Serial Link
Vehicle HM Sensor
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CommunicationSubsystem
SensorControls
Engine Cutoff
Serial Link
MissionSensor
RF DigitalModem
RF DigitalModem
PayloadDatalink
Flight Term. Rcvr
Pilotage Camera
400MHz
2.4GHz
900MHz
1.2GHz
Payload Subsystem
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Flight Control System Avionics

• Navigation Sensor Unit
• Turnkey IMU/GPS
• 216 in3
• Man-rated
• Embedded air data
• 60k

• Freewave RF Modems
• 900 2400 MHz
• lt 115 kbps
• 20 nmi range (with amp)
• FHSS
• Unique addressing for security

• PC/104 processing suite
• 166-266 MHz Pentium
• Ethernet
• Analog conversion
• Anti-alias filtering
• Discrete signal conditioning
• Additional serial ports
• PWM Conversion
• Power supply
• Rugged CanTainer

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Ground Control Station

• Hardware implementation based on field-proven DDE
  design
• Complete ground control software suite
• flight systems controls and displays
• data acquisition recording and file management
• mission management tools
• User-friendly interface permits safe employment
  by low-time operators
• Modular design permits rapid incorporation of
  specialized interfaces.
• Telemetry capture tools integrated with complete
  postflight data analysis environment.

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GCS Mode 2 Operator Display
Engine and Rotor RPM
Artificial Horizon
Altitude vs. Airspeed
Heading
Air Speed
AdjustableNumericReadout Panel
Altitude
Ground Speed
Data Recording Status
System Health Annunciators
Engine Temps/Pressures
IMU Status
Comm Link Status
Actuator Positions
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Mode 2 Operator Controls

• Dual-mode stick provides the Mode 2 operator with
  intuitive controls for both hover and forward
  flight.
• Operator merely sets desired velocity, heading,
  and altitude controller manages all control
  activity to achieve the desired state.
• Stick outputs are nonlinearly shaped for optimal
  mix of precision control and command authority
• Commands are position- and rate-limited to ensure
  smooth, safe operation
• Displays provide both commanded and actual
  vehicle states for good situational awareness.

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New Initiatives
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Lightweight Vigilante
Vigilante 331-UAV
Uninhabited Air Vehicle Max Gross weight 625
lb Empty wt 325 lb Fuel 180 lb Payload 120 lb 5
cu ft interior volume 4 - 5 hours
endurance Cruise 45 kts Max speed 95 kts
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Vigilante 331 3-View
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Communications Relay Demonstration






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Border Intrusion System
Common Operational Picture
4 hours on station 200-235 Km radius of action
Common Operational Picture
Task VTOL UAV
Launch VTOL UAV airborne radar
Border
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IAI POP EO/IR Sensor Representative Vigilante
Sensor Options

• IAI TAMAM Plug-In Optronic Payload (POP)
• Presently used on Vigilante
• Designed for UAV and Rotary Wing
• Capable of NIIRS Rating Level 6
• IR _at_ 1 km
• Color _at_ 2 km
• Color daylight TV
• 15 deg to 2.6 deg continuous zoom
• 525 meter - 88 meter _at_ 2 km
• Infrared (320x240 PtSi) array (5 and 25 degrees)
• 435 meters and 88 meter _at_ 1 km
• Az range continuous 360 degree
• El range 40 degrees to -110 degrees
• Active Gyro Stabilized w/ 4 shock absorbers at
  mounting
• 60 microradian rms LOS jitter
• 60 degree/sec2 motor accelerations

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WESTCAM 12DS Representative Vigilante Sensor
Options

• The visible camera is based on a Sony XC999
  interline transfer CCD which is the smallest,
  lightest-weight, one piece camera system
  commercially available
• The infrared imager is a repackaged Cincinnati
  Electronics (CE) NightMaster 256 x 256 InSb Focal
  Plane Array camera sensitive to MWIR (3-5 µm)
  radiation. It is a ruggedized, miniature,
  light-weight infrared imager designed for
  military applications.