TY  - GEN
AB  - The Royal Navy's Future Maritime Aviation Force (FMAF) programme calls for widespread fielding of Uncrewed Air Systems across the surface fleet, with a specific focus on future carrier aviation. Leveraging the investment in crewed aircraft and the carriers themselves, FMAF seeks to achieve mass, tempo and risk reduction by teaming crewed assets with large numbers of uncrewed systems. The Vampire project and early derisking work with the Banshee Jet 80+ are at the vanguard of this programme, with a likely future focus on development and prototype deployment of the air systems, software and network to achieve the vision. This paper explores a potential roadmap, the likely features of the mission systems architecture, the implications for ship integration and some of the key risks. Noting the desire for widespread deployment across platforms, the paper will conclude with ideas for achieving a modular, podded and integrated UAS solution.
AD  - QinetiQ
AU  - Timpson, E
DA  - 2022-09-09
DO  - 10.24868/10656
DO  - doi
ID  - 10656
JF  - Conference Proceedings of INEC
KW  - UAS
KW  - UAV
KW  - Attritable
KW  - Integration
KW  - System of Systems
KW  - Maritime Systems
L1  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10656/files/INEC_2022_paper_19.pdf
L2  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10656/files/INEC_2022_paper_19.pdf
L4  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10656/files/INEC_2022_paper_19.pdf
LK  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10656/files/INEC_2022_paper_19.pdf
N2  - The Royal Navy's Future Maritime Aviation Force (FMAF) programme calls for widespread fielding of Uncrewed Air Systems across the surface fleet, with a specific focus on future carrier aviation. Leveraging the investment in crewed aircraft and the carriers themselves, FMAF seeks to achieve mass, tempo and risk reduction by teaming crewed assets with large numbers of uncrewed systems. The Vampire project and early derisking work with the Banshee Jet 80+ are at the vanguard of this programme, with a likely future focus on development and prototype deployment of the air systems, software and network to achieve the vision. This paper explores a potential roadmap, the likely features of the mission systems architecture, the implications for ship integration and some of the key risks. Noting the desire for widespread deployment across platforms, the paper will conclude with ideas for achieving a modular, podded and integrated UAS solution.
PY  - 2022-09-09
T1  - Maritime Uncrewed Air System Solution Architecture
TI  - Maritime Uncrewed Air System Solution Architecture
UR  - https://library.imarest.org/record/10656/files/INEC_2022_paper_19.pdf
VL  - INEC 2022
Y1  - 2022-09-09
ER  -