USE-HAAS Workshop # 1

HAAS - High Altitude Aircrafts and Airships

Prof. Dr. Arie Lavie Project Coordinator

Workshop Objectives:

• To Analyze HAAS State-of-the-Art

• To Analyze HAAS Missions, Needs and Applications

• To Prepare HAAS Strategic Research Agenda for EU

Contract No ASA4-CT-2005-516081 USE HAAS

Title: Study on High Altitude Aircrafts (HAAS) and Airships , Deployed for Specific Aeronautical and Space Applications.

Acronym: USE HAAS

Strategic Objective: Developing a EU Research Strategy in the High Altitude Aircraft Sector

Call Title: Thematic call in the area of “Aeronautics Specific Support Action”

Type of Instrument: Specific Support Action

List of Participants:

CTI Creative Technologies Israel - Israel

RMA Royal Military Academy - Belgium

DLRDeutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumfahrt e.V.- Germany

UoYUniversity of York - UK

IAIIsrael Aircraft Industries – Israel

ULg (CSL) University of Liège (Centre Spatial de Liège) – Belgium

Outline of the USE HAAS Study

The proposed “USE HAAS” study objectives aim to examine prospective aeronautical research agenda in the HAAS sector and mission/applications objectives that European deployment of High Altitude Aircraft (HAIRCRAFT) or High Altitude Airship (HAIRSHIP) would imply. Especially the objectives of the projects are to develop together with the European Aeronautical/Space Industry and Technological Research Institutes a EU advanced aeronautical research strategy in the HAAS sector and develop alternative solar-regenerative fuel cells propulsion for aircraft.

Such an advanced research and mission/applications strategy will be presented and approved by European Governments and Regional Authorities and finally approved by the EC for possibleimplementation in prospective FP7 programme.

The structure of the work plan is based on 5 sub-objectives:

1.To analyse the world state of the art including European works related to HAAS aeronautical uses, and to programs and tests underway in USA, Europe, Japan, Korea etc.

2.To develop tentative Research Objectives for European/Global HAAS Deployment regarding a variety of end-users services, as in the GMES Program, and prepare an outline of Potential Aeronautical Research Program to support developed Objectives.

3.To discuss in workshops and working groups, Objectives and Potential Aeronautical Research Program to develop with major European Aero Space after discussions with relevant EU authorities.

4.To disseminate recommendations on the Objectives and the Aeronautical Research Agenda and on the way to exploit the “USE HAAS” study results.

5.To issue the Final Report including the conclusions, the impact on regulations and recommendations on how such call may assemble the activities in this sector and define a technological roadmap based on the inputs made during the workshops and the working groups with the end-users, the possible industrial partners and EU Community to examine perceived benefits and advantages; draw conclusions

the Art-of-HAAS State

Today State-of-the-Art• The “Global Observer” Stratospheric UAV

(20 km altitude; one week + endurance) • The “Heron” High Altitude UAV ( 10 km altitude;50 hours endurance)

Tomorrow State-of-the-Art• The ATG StratSat Stratospheric Airship

(20 km altitude; 6 month endurance)• The Lockheed-Martin Stratospheric Airship

(20 km altitude 6 months endurance)

Long Terms State-of-the-Art• The NASA HALE UAV (years endurance)• The Japanese HALE Airship

The Heron High Altitude UAV

The ATG Stratospheric “StratSat” Airship

DESCRIPTION:The Lockheed Martin High Altitude Airship, an unmanned lighter-than-air vehicle, will operate above the jet stream in a quasi-geostationary position to deliver persistent stationkeeping as a telecommunications relay, a weather observer, or a surveillance platform.

THE LOCKHEED-MARTIN

HIGH ALTITUDE AIRSHIP

Lockheed Martin has built more than 300 airships and several thousand aerostats(an

unmanned ground-tethered blimp). The Lockheed Martin Airdock, which is 1,175 feet long, 325 feet wide and 211 feet high, may serve as a final assembly facility.

HAAS MISSIONS• Regional Earth Observations System• Communications Backhaul in the Sky in RuralAreas & in Crisis/Emergency Operations

• Security and Intelligence Missions

HAAS NEEDS• Global Market Potential • Monitoring for Wildfires & Tzuami to Happen – Provide Disaster Management for Disaster Reduction

• Multiple Uses

HAAS APPLICATIONS• Disaster Services• Remote Sensing • Intelligent Transportation Systems• Homeland Security• Emergency Communications

Regional Earth System Observations

Communications Backhaul in the Sky

Monitoring for Wildfires to Happen

HAAS Multiple Uses

HAAS APPLICATIONS

Strategic Research Agenda for the HAAS Sector

Short range research agenda• To achieve 1 week + flight endurance (hydrogen propellant).• To improve regenerative fuel cells for electric propulsion.• To improve aeronautical design for stratospheric flight.• To streamline overall system design to comply with missionoriented deployment of HAAS.

Medium range research agenda• To achieve 6 months + flight endurance using regenerative fuel cells + improved accumulators.

• To introduce the use of alternative propulsion technologies like high power microwave-beaming.

• To develop HAAS configurations for multi use operations.

A NEW CONCEPT–AIRSHIP SCHEMATIC

Outlines for Research Agenda