What do I need to do to be legal to fly?

1. What do I need to do to be legal to fly? • Obtain an FAA issued Airworthiness Certificate for my UAS and a Program Letter of Restriction • OR • Obtain an FAA issued Certificate of Authorization or Waiver (COA) • OR • Fly in Special Use Airspace • OR • Fly as a Model Aircraft (this is being better defined by FAA)

2. FAA Regulation of UAS Activities • Obtain an FAA issued Airworthiness Certificate for my UAS and a Program Letter of Restriction • See FAA policy letter AFS-400 UAS Policy 05-01 • Only one UAS (Altair) has achieved this to date • Obtain aCertificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) - FAR 91.193 • This is the process for requesting permission to conduct an air event • Requester must submit no earlier/later than 60 days prior to flight event • Submit request to FAA HQ (non-public aircraft w/ Airworthiness Cert.) • Submit to FAA Regional Office (public aircraft) • FAA currently reorganizing and this process is changing • Requester must detail flight operations (flight duration, route, altitudes, etc.) • FAA will specify what is authorized: • ATC communications requirements • Meteorological conditions • Ground observer / chase aircraft, etc. • Beware that these rules are all in transition!

3. FAA Regulation of UAS Activities • Fly in Special Use Airspace • Restricted Areas, Warning Areas, MOAs, etc. • With permission from airspace owner • Fly under Model Aircraft rules: see AC91-57; released 1981 • Less than 400 ft AGL • Aircraft must remain in view of operator • Notification requirements if within 3 mi of airport • Beware that these rules are all in transition!

4. Large UAS

5. Altair 18.4 hour mission

6. Altair Platform Specifications: Wing Span 86 ft Useful Load (fuel+payload+ballast) 3750 lbs Max Fuel 3000 lbs Ballast/Payload Offset Up to 750 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 50,000 ft Max Endurance Up to 25 hours Internal Payload Bay Yes External Pod Mounts Yes Electrical Power 4.9 KW @ SL; 2.8KW @ Alt Availability: Available now @ NASA thru lease agreement w/GA-ASI Experience: ERAST (flight test) Coast Guard Alaska deployment 2004 NASA/NOAA UAV Demonstration Mission 2005

7. NASA IKHANA

8. NASA IKHANA Platform Specifications: Wing Span 66 ft Useful Load (fuel+payload+ballast) 6400 lbs Ballast/Payload Offset Up to 800 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 45,000 ft Max Endurance Up to 30 hours Internal Payload Bay Yes External Pod Mounts Yes Electrical Power 4.9 KW @ SL; 2.8KW @ Alt Availability: Available early FY 2007 @NASA Experience: NASA - none as of this date DOD - substantial

9. NASA Global Hawk Platform Specifications: Wing Span 116 ft Payload 2000 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 65,000 ft Max Endurance Up to 35 hours Internal Payload Bay Yes External Pod Mounts Possible Electrical Power 3.0 KW @ SL; 3.0KW @ Alt Availability: In negotiations with Air Force + infrastructure/partnerships needed Experience: NASA - none as of this date DOD - substantial

10. NASA UAS Instrument Pods UAVSAR Pod Specifications Mounts to MAU-12 adaptor Supportable on NASA GIII & IKHANA Currently supporting UAVSAR instrument Two units in fabrication Capable of carrying up to 850 lbs Dimensions ~ 10 ft x 2 ft Available early FY07

11. NASA UAS Instrument Pods Western States Fire Mission Pod Specifications Mounts to MAU-12 adaptor Supportable on GA-ASI Altair & NASA IKHANA Currently supporting Wild Fire Sensor One unit in fabrication Capable of carrying up to 1000 lbs Dimensions ~ 10 ft x 2 ft Available late FY06

12. Medium/Small UAS

13. Aerosonde Platform Specifications: Wing Span 9.5 ft Payload Capacity 2.2 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 20K ft Max Endurance Up to 40 hours Electrical Power 10 W Availability: Contract thru NASA with Aerosonde North America Experience: CAMEX 4, So. Florida; TCSP, Costa Rica; Guam; NOAA, Hurricane Ophelia; Atlantic crossing 18.4 hour mission

14. APV-3 Collected digital color and hyperspectral imagery above the vineyard in August 2003 to support frost detection.

15. APV-3 Platform Specifications: Wing Span 12 ft Payload 22 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 10K ft Max Endurance UP to 4 hours Electrical Power 40 W Availability: Through UAV Collaborative Experience: Vineyard mapping, No. California Fire mapping, Dryden flight research

16. Manta

17. Manta Platform Specifications: Wing Span 8.75 ft Payload Capacity Up to 15 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 16K ft MSL Mission Endurance 6 hours Onboard Power 14.4V, 15 or 30 AH, BA5590 LiS02 Battery Availability: Through Advanced Ceramics Research Experience: Scripps demo, Maldives

18. Bat Sort Range surveillance and aerial mapping

19. Bat Platform Specifications: Wing Span 6 ft Payload Capacity Up to 4 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 9K ft. Max Endurance 6 hours Availability: USFS / WRAP Partnership or UAV Collaborative Experience: Military surveillance, small UAV demo

20. RMAX Helicopter

21. RMAX Helicopter Platform Specifications: Rotor Span 10.2 ft. Payload Capacity Up to 10 lbs Max Endurance Up to 4 hours Operational Altitudes Low Altitude Availability: Through partnership with the ARMY Experience: Military surveillance, small UAV demo

22. PUMA The aqua Puma version is adapted for use in salt water environment and can be landed directly onto the sea surface and recovered with a small watercraft.

23. PUMA Platform Specifications: Wing Span 8.5 ft. Payload Capacity Up to 2.5 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 10K ft. Max Endurance 4 hours Availability: USFS / WRAP Partnership Experience: Military surveillance

24. Silver Fox

25. Silver Fox Platform Specifications: Wing Span 7.8 ft Payload Capacity Up to 5 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 12K ft. Max Endurance 10 hours Availability: USFS / WRAP Partnership Experience: Mt. St. Helens volcano, military

26. Vector P

27. Vector P Platform Specifications: Wing Span 8.4 ft Payload Capacity Up to 20 lbs. Operational Altitudes Up to 10K ft. Max Endurance 4 hours Availability: USFS / WRAP Partnership Experience: Agricultural imaging, surveillance

28. Mark 3

29. Mark 3 Platform Specifications: Wing Span 8.4 ft Payload Capacity Up to 4.4 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 20K ft. Max Endurance 30 hours Availability: USFS / WRAP Partnership

30. Shadow 200

31. Shadow 200 Platform Specifications: Wingspan 12.75 ft Payload 56 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 14K ft Max Endurance UP to 6 hours Availability: USFS / WRAP Partnership Experience: Military, National Guard

32. Interesting UAS in Development

33. NRL/ARC Sierra

34. Sierra Platform Specifications: Wingspan 6 ft Payload 100 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 10K ft Max Endurance UP to 8 hours Availability: In development @ ARC

35. Bell Eagle Eye

36. Bell Eagle Eye Platform Specifications: Wingspan (Tilt Rotor) 15.2 ft Payload 200 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 20K ft Max Endurance (Turbine Engines) UP to 8 hours Availability: In development

37. MQ5C (E-Hunter)Northrop Grumman & Israeli Aircraft Industries

38. MQ5C (E-Hunter) Platform Specifications: Wingspan N/A Payload N/A Operational Altitudes Up to 20K ft Max Endurance (Diesel Engines) UP to 15 hours Availability: In development

39. Other Issues to Consider • Systems Reliability • Number of operational hours vs. incidents • System redundancy • Propulsion system history • Guaranteeing Public Safety • May require a Flight Termination System • Access to the National Airspace System • Currently the FAA prefers us above 40K ft

40. GA-ASI Warrior

41. Warrior (Predator A Variant) Platform Specifications: Wingspan TBD ft Useful Load (payload) TBD lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 25K ft Max Endurance (Diesel engine) UP to 36 hours Availability: In development Experience: Substantial due to similarity to Predator A series

42. Backup Stuff

43. Pioneer

44. Pioneer Platform Specifications: Wingspan 16.76 ft Useful Load (payload) 75 lbs Operational Altitudes Up to 12K ft Max Endurance UP to 5.5 hours Availability: Experience: Military

45. Altair NASA/NOAA Channel Islands mission NASA/NOAA 18.4 hour mission