Boeing High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAS

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1 Boeing Defense, Space & Security PhantomWorks Boeing High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAS Pat O Neil Director, HALE Programs Boeing Phantom Works BOEING is a trademark of Boeing Management Company.

2 Boeing Defense, Space & Security Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., with global operations in 4 nations and 21 states Designing, building and supporting net-enabled platforms and systems for government and commercial customers Balanced backlog across all markets including a strong mix of development, production and support contracts Approximately 64,000 employees Delivering the future Phantom Eye Apr

3 Integrated Team, Working for Growth BDS Businesses Execution Keep it sold Follow-on business Phantom Works Integrated concept development Analysis, modeling, simulation & experiments Rapid prototyping Mature and apply new technology Next generation systems (pre-sdd) Adjacencies and new markets Boeing Research & Technology Develop required core technology Leap frog and disruptive technology New Program & Business Transition Technology Transition Phantom Eye Apr

4 Operations in the Stratosphere Mission Needs Threats to communications infrastructure and inability to rapidly reconstitute Need to persist over areas of interest, providing continual, long-dwell surveillance Enabling Technologies Hydrogen internal combustion engines Lightweight cryogenic fuel storage Lightweight, high efficiency solar arrays Solid oxide fuel cell energy storage Emerging HALE Capabilities Repositionable pseudo-satellites operating in the stratosphere for Persistent ISR and Assured Communications Phantom Eye SolarEagle Phantom Eye Apr

5 Boeing Condor Program Long Endurance Flight Demonstration in the Stratosphere World Record for Internal Combustion Engine Powered UAV (67,000 ft) World Record for Endurance (58.2 hr) Developed by DARPA & Boeing in the 1980 s to evaluate technologies for high altitude long endurance (HALE) flight Demonstrated integration of critical HALE UAV technologies: Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Propulsion with low BSFC Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics All-composite structures Autonomous operation Engine-out operation and landing Engine ground testing validated control schedules, optimized thermal design and demonstrated reliability Iron wing test fixture used to solve early integration issues Current HALE developments leveraging Condor design and development knowledge Phantom Eye Apr

6 Heating Value (kbtu/lb) BDS PhantomWorks Hydrogen Propulsion Enables Extreme Persistence Hydrogen Is a Superior Fuel 60 Hydrogen Ford Converted Sedan Hydrogen Engines are Ready for Use BMW Converted 7-Series Boeing Cryogenic Hydrogen Technology and Operations Launch Vehicles Space Shuttle Fuel Cell Cryogenic Test Facilities Phantom Eye Apr

7 The Boeing Phantom Eye Dual hydrogen-burning Ford engines & liquid hydrogen tanks 1100 to 2500 lbs Payload, 7 to 10 days Endurance Highly reliable avionics & subsystems design Highly autonomous with contingency management Provides affordable 24/7 operation to support Missile Defense, ISR, or Communications needs First Flight of the Phantom Eye Demonstrator in 2012 Transformational Loitering Endurance in the Stratosphere Copyright 2011 Boeing. All rights reserved. Phantom Eye Apr

8 Sorties (3yr Ops) Benefits of Stratospheric Operations 25kft Air Vehicles 65kft Air Vehicles Afghanistan Altitude with Endurance 6000 Afghanistan 5000 Pakistan hr, 25kft AV 240hr, 65kft AV Pakistan Fewer Orbits, Air Vehicles, Crews, and Simplified Operations Phantom Eye Apr

9 Phantom Eye Communications Node Tight (2 Km) Orbit Station Maintained In Winds 11 Nm min Alt Continuous Monitoring with Multiple Platforms Operates Above Controlled Airspace LOS Comms Typical Very Low Operating Costs/hour Sensing LOS Horizon > 600 Nm Phantom Eye Apr

10 10-Day Phantom Eye Global Reach 0nm 2000nm 4000nm nm 8000nm 7 10,000nm Global reach with multiple days on-station Maintain continuous persistent operations anywhere on Earth with 3 Air Vehicles ,800nm Approved for Public Release Phantom Eye Apr

11 Methods of Hydrogen Supply Method Feedstock Availability Technology Status Merchant delivery of LH2 N/A CONUS, Western Europe, Japan, Available today Steam Methane Reforming Natural gas Oil producing countries or nearby refinery Available today Sulfur Filtration JP8 Reforming Logistic fuels Any airbase Developmental Electrolysis Water Universal Near COTS The best solution may vary with deployment location Phantom Eye Apr

12 Phantom Eye Technology Maturation Phantom Eye Platform Hydrogen Propulsion System Testing 10+ days endurance at 65 kft (>600 lbs payload*) 7 days endurance at 65 kft (2000 lbs payload*) 3+ weeks endurance at 25kft (>600 lbs payload*) Adequate power to support payloads Redundant Systems for Reliability *Note: Payload refers to a suite of multiple sensors, excluding core communications equipment of 500 lbs Long duration engine testing ( ) Max power & target SFC exceeded at 65,000 ft Successful inner tank proof pressure test LH 2 Tank Inner Shell Proof Pressure Test Phantom Eye Apr

13 Phantom Eye Demonstrator Phantom Eye Apr

14 Phantom Eye Demonstrator Objective: Prove the technical readiness of the hydrogen propulsion system for operational development Wing: 150 ft span Length= 52.9 ft Empty weight= 8,081 lb Useful fuel= 1,876 lb 450 lb payload capacity TOGW= 9,957 lb Two 2.3L Ford H2 engines Two 8 ft diameter LH2 fuel tanks Redundant VMS for long endurance flight demonstration All composite bonded wing Fuselage & empennage Demonstrator vehicle ready for flight testing in 2012 May 2011 Phantom Eye Apr

15 Phantom Eye Demonstrator Configuration Empennage/Tail Wing Nacelle/Propulsion System Fuel Tanks Fuselage Subsystems TCDL Communications Gear Launch Cart Landing Gear Approved for Public Release Phantom Eye Apr

16 Phantom Eye Demonstrator Currently In Development and Test 2008 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Procurement / Internal Design / Build Assembly / Integration / Checkout All composite bonded wing Wing / Cryo Tests Iron Wing / Spin Test System Test NASA DFRC Altitude Chamber Testing Wing Load Test Spin Test Iron Wing Assembly and Fab Cryo Testing Two 8 ft diameter LH2 fuel tanks Nacelle Integration Two 2.3L Ford H2 engines, props & gearboxes Phantom Eye Apr

17 Phantom Eye Demonstrator at NASA/DFRC Phantom Eye Apr

18 Taxi Test March 10, 2012 Phantom Eye Apr

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