AIRSHIP VX-24

AirShip Technologies Group, Inc. 1

BEN BERRYFOUNDER AND CEOAIRSHIP TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, [email protected]+1.503.320.1175

Managing Mission-Critical Products in Flight!

High-Speed VTOL (HSVTOL)

AIRSHIP VX-24HSVTOL Transport

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Paired Aircraft Software TestsTRADITIONAL GROUND LAUNCH CONFIGURATION as 3-Stage Rocket

VX-24 HIGH ALTITUDE AIR LAUNCH CONFIGURATION with 2-Stage Rocket

Technology Attributes – Micro Satellites

➢ Mission: SATCOM Payload Resiliency: 6 NanoSATs at 22 lbs. each for 132 lbs.; or 100 PicoSATs at 2.25lbs. each for 225 lbs.; or 1,000 FemtoSATs at 0.22 lbs. each for 220 lbs. payload

➢ AIRSHIP VX-24 Transport Max Payload: 20,000 lbs.➢ HSVTOL Runway Independent Flight Endurance: 24 hrs.➢ Rocket Launch Altitude: 30,000 ft. with 2-Stage Rocket to reach 17,600mph ➢ Communications Architecture: 5G SATCOM coms and radio frequency relay


2-Stage Rocket Launcher 12x


Stage 3 Payload

Nanosatellite

Stage 2 Stage 1

Stage 1Stage 2 Payload

Nanosatellite


SmallSat Drive to Miniaturization

* Traditional LargeSat Size (Ex: Hughes Aircraft Company)

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Nanosatellites

➢Functional testing

➢Time analysis of worst-case execution

➢Analysis of structural coverage

VX Micro Rocket

VX LauncherNanosatellite


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Software Component Traceability Testing

➢Airborne Systems Traceability Testing

➢Operational Environment Quality Testing

➢Satellite Communications Software Testing



INTEGRATED DUAL THRUST IRIS DAMPERS

LATERAL TURBOSHAFT ENGINES

ALPHADrive Blades Integrated

inside Wings

Lateral ducted fans are powered by internal gas

turboshaft engines with prop angle drives

mounted on Titanium engine mounts

HIGH-SPEED (HSVTOL) PROPULSION

U.S. Patent: 10,040,547

U.S. Supply Chain


ALPHADrive


Fuselage Shuttlebay Doors 3D Printed

Fuselage Aerial Duct Shield 3D Printed

AlphaDrive & Irises

eTurbofan Install

Landing Gear Install

AIRSHIP Hardware and Software Component Traceability Assemblies and Testing

Piccolo Autopilot

Propulsion Control

AlphaDrive Iris (2x)

VTOL-to-Fixed Wing

Flight Control

Collision Avoidance

Nose Shield

Lateral turboshaft

eTurbofan Jets

Rudder Control

Artificial Intelligence

Multi-Rotor & Hybrid Power Generation

Solid State Electronic Power Distribution Controller

S720Ground Control

Generator Power

Thermal Mgt. Install

S730

Shuttlebay Door

Solar Film &

Laminate Install

Flight Line Operations

(Airworthiness) Test

AlphaDrive Ops.

VTOL-to-Fixed Wing

Climb/Cruise/Max/

Loiter/ and Hover

UAV / UAS HSVTOL

Functional Test

Multi-Rotor Thrust Install

eTurbofan Thrust Install

Power Management Distribution

Wiring Harness Installation and

Component Assemblies

Hybrid Gas-to-Electric Generation

AlphaDrive Top/Bottom Iris Control

Software Programming

Primary and Secondary Fuel Tank

Calibration

VX Wing 3D Print

Completion AlphaDrive Duct and Rudder

ControlFront/Lateral duct

Rotor Boom Assembly

Installs

Aft V-Tail Rudder 3D Print and

Finish

Field Operations

Assemble internal components for Multi-Rotor, Power Mgt. Autopilot, GYRO Balancing,

Communications, Autonomous Navigation, Hybrid Electric Power Management, AlphaDrive

and eJet Propulsion, Air Vehicle Safety Check

Fuselage Completion

AIRSHIP High-Speed VTOL VX-24 TransportHardware and Software Component Traceability Assemblies and Testing


➢ AIRSHIP uses Software Failure Mode & Effects

Analysis as an analysis technique to identify

potential software design or process problems.

The method examines causal relationship and

effects of lower-level failures on aircraft

components and systems.

➢ There are four ways to measure the impact of a

software failure mode.


Software Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

Step 1: Identify potential software failures and

effects by analyzing the functional requirements

and their effects to identify all failure modes.

Step 2: Determine severity. Severity is the

seriousness of failure consequences.

Step 3: Gauge likelihood of the failure occurrence.

Step 4: Detect a failure.


SOFTWARE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE

➢ Flight Command Center provides

reliable operation of

communications systems,

navigation equipment, and

RADAR detection systems.

➢ Radio frequency interference

between systems must be

managed through design, system

integrations and testing.

➢ Adhering to compliance

standards for radio frequency

systems is a legal requirement for

authorization to operate.


Weather Radar

ILS GPS VHF

DMEGlideslope

NAVIGATION

COMMUNICATION

RADAR DETECTION


Distance Measuring Equipment

Instrument Landing System Global Positioning Satellites Very High Frequency Radio (30 - 300MHz)


➢ The Piccolo Autopilot controls autonomous flight.

➢ Piccolo is flight planning and management software.

➢ 1,000 GPS Flight Waypoints enable navigation and

insertion including route copy between aircraft.

➢ Manage multiple aircraft on single virtual map.

➢ Enables change in airspeed, altitude and heading.

➢ Terrain database supports DTED and SRTM for

❑ Map Terrain Warning

/ Flight GPS Waypoints

❑ Airspace Boundary

❑ Geo Fence


Piccolo Autopilotand Command Center

Geo

FenceAirspace

Boundary

Map Terrain Warning

Layer with GPS

Waypoints`


2-Stage Rocket Launch30,000 ft Altitude


High Level Software and Communications Architecture

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Automatic Dependent

Surveillance Broadcast

(ADS-B)

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➢ To test and optimize VX’s variable pitch propeller

blades. The VX’s variable pitch lateral propellers are

controlled wirelessly by the autopilot and can adjust

blade pitch during flight.

➢ For VTOL, blade pitch is positioned for lift. In full

throttle forward flight, AlphaDrive Irises close and

the blade pitch changes for maximum thrust

compression. Controlling software is tested to

failure, detention, and corrective accommodation.

➢ Blade angle adjusts to optimum value for the

phase of flight, be it takeoff, climb, or cruise.

➢ Combined with VX AlphaDrive thrust and

the rear mounted eTurbofan jets, the VX

launches its 2-Stage rockets to achieve

17,600 miles per hour to reach

Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Software Failure, Detention, and Accommodation


BEN BERRYFOUNDER AND CEOAIRSHIP TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, [email protected]+1.503.320.1175

Managing Mission-Critical Products in Flight!

High-Speed VTOL (HSVTOL)

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