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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 98 - Williamsburg - October 2006
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.2 Research Institutions, Industry and University Reports 4.2.2 Research Institutes and Companies 4.2.2.5 Honeywell Tech Center
Title	Honeywell Tech Center
Presenter	Sanjay Parthasarathy
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Abstract	This talk reviews significant milestones accomplished at Honeywell’s Aerospace Center of Excellence in Guidance, Navigation and Control, since the 2005 Fall meeting of ACGSC (# 96). 1) Autonomous systems – Highlights since March from some programs at Honeywell in intelligent autonomy are listed below: Micro-Air Vehicle (MAV): The MAV (a backpackable ducted-fan UAV) developed under a DARPA-ACTD program has been selected as the FCS-Class I vehicle, and is undergoing testing at Schofield. Organic Air Vehicle (OAV-2): Phase 2 of this DARPA program completed successfully with Collision Avoidance System demonstrated at Ft. Benning. Phase 3a in progress. HURT program: (Heterogeneous Urban RSTA Teams) – HURT aims to provide on-demand reconnaissance using multiple UAVs in urban environments. This DARPA program is led by Northrop Grumman. Honeywell provides the planning and control modules for this program. Coverage planner, surveillance system, vehicle tracker delivered and tested. Honeywell is working on removing Altitude-constraints on the UAVs - 2 UAVs can then be at the same altitude, but still be safe and fulfill the surveillance requests. 2. Air Traffic Management (ATM Modernization) • Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program US Industry Input to this consortium is being provided via Boeing, Rockwell-Collins and Honeywell. Deliverables thus far have been an assessment of the current state of the ATM system, and blocking points in increasing traffic three-fold over Europe. • En Route Air Traffic Soft Management Ultimate System (ERASMUS) program kicked-off in May, 2006.Funded by the European Commission, and led by Eurocontrol in Bretigny, France, this program proposes an air-ground cooperative work aiming at defining and validating innovative automation and concepts of operations for the En-route phase. The goal is to propose an advanced automation while maintaining the controllers in the decision loop. Three majors applications are proposed to be investigated: • Enhanced Medium Term Conflict Detection (MTCD); • “ATC autopilot”; • subliminal control. Honeywell is investigating 4D predictions, negotiations, secure communication and human factors involved in optimizing traffic and preventing conflicts.