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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
AIRSHIP VX-24HSVTOL Transport
2-Stage Rocket Launcher 12x
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Stage 3 Payload
Nanosatellite
Stage 2 Stage 1
Stage 1Stage 2 Payload
Nanosatellite
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SmallSat Drive to Miniaturization
* Traditional LargeSat Size (Ex: Hughes Aircraft Company)
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AIRSHIP VX-24HSVTOL Transport
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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
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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
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ALPHADrive
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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
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➢ 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.
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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.
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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.
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Weather Radar
ILS GPS VHF
DMEGlideslope
NAVIGATION
COMMUNICATION
RADAR DETECTION
AIRSHIP VX-24HSVTOL Transport
Distance Measuring Equipment
Instrument Landing System Global Positioning Satellites Very High Frequency Radio (30 - 300MHz)
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➢ 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
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Piccolo Autopilotand Command Center
Geo
FenceAirspace
Boundary
Map Terrain Warning
Layer with GPS
Waypoints`
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2-Stage Rocket Launch30,000 ft Altitude
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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
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BEN BERRYFOUNDER AND CEOAIRSHIP TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, [email protected]+1.503.320.1175
Managing Mission-Critical Products in Flight!
High-Speed VTOL (HSVTOL)