Aviation Weather Safety

Sensurion Aerospace February, 2016

Captain Joe Burns CEO

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Weather  Safety  in  Real-­‐0me:  A  Look  at  today’s  avia0on  weather  capabili0es  from  

Drones  to  Airliners  

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Typical sUAS Types

•  Conven&onal  Fixed  wing  Design  •  Hand,  rail,  gear  takeoff  •  Flight  dura&ons  60-­‐120  mins  •  Mul&ple  Payload  op&ons  •  Best  BLOS  candidate  •  0-­‐60  kts,  stall  speeds  10  kts  •  20  kt  max  l/d  •  Full  autoflight  avionics  •  Variety  of  landing  systems  

•  Mul&rotor  designs  •  Ease  of  flight  •  Flight  dura&on  <30  mins  •  Visual/EO  sensors  •  0-­‐20  kts  speed  •  Strong  reliance  on  GPS    •  Manual  flown  •  Limited  autoflight  •  About  90%  current  vehicles  

Magpie  MP-­‐1,  typ.  Fixed  wing   Sen&nel  MP-­‐4,  typ.  Mul&rotor  

Weather input is critical to all UAS operations – Sensurion and UCAR will provide ADDS-like weather to sUAS operators..

400,000 + UAVs will need easy weather access… We are jointly building an ADDS-like site for UAVs

Societal benefits!

Sensurion/UCAR Drone-WX

•  TAFS •  METARS •  PIREPS •  AIRSPACE •  WX MAPS

Current ADDS site

Drone-WX Mobile app

In addition to current weather sensors, weather gathering will be important for UAVs as well

Sensurion Magpie-1

Societal benefits!

Using UAVs for HazMat Plume modelling

•  Atmospheric  modeling  provides  detail  of  hazard  mo&on  •  Hazard  plume  track  and  concentra&on  data  helps  with  emergency  planning  and  

during  the  event  •  Expanded  sensor  network  benefits  all  (private  &  government)  hazard  aler&ng  &  

response  •  UAVs  can  also  find  release  point  

Sensors  on  other  buildings  &  vehicles  provide  early  warning  

Plume Modeling and Hazard Alert

Hazard  Release  Point  

FAA goal=10% GA accident reduction in 10 years. 3 of top ten accident causes due to weather! Real-time weather to aircraft

very advanced in General Aviation – displays with ADS-B Weather…

Aspen MFD with ADS-B WX

G/A Displays with RADAR and/or ADS-B WX

ADS-B Weather on iPad

Many  Airlines  par&cipate  in  MDCRS,  helping  with  NEXRAD  Turbulence  Detec&on  Algorithm  

Airlines  Reducing  Turbulence  Injuries  with  NCAR  OCND,  Satcom  datalink,  and  printer  or  EFB  display  

+ 153744 + 160400

+ 155216

EFB Display in Flight Deck First Gen on UAL ACARS

Convective WX reroutes using Electronic Flight Bag and Live Weather...

UA476 DEN-PHL planned at 3:45 (normally 3:15) and actual time flown was 3:20, saving 25 minutes and 2,100 lbs of fuel. This was the result of having access to real time weather information that allowed the crew to avoid the convective activity.

DEN

1. Normally Planned Route

PHL

2. Planned Re-Route Due to WX

3. Actual Route Flown with EFB WX Info

PRESENTATION NAME

Synergy

Thank you!

joe.burns@sensurion.com