The UAS Situational Awareness (USA) Tactical Kit is designed to increase the safety of UAS operations by providing enhanced situational awareness of manned and unmanned aircraft. The kit utilizes the UAS-C system provide tracking of cooperative UAS aircraft alongside manned aircraft equipped with ADS-B. The ADS-B targets are tracked via the Sunhillo Margate II ADS-B Receiver. All aircraft are displayed on a feature rich Surveillance Monitoring System (SMS) which allows geofencing, ownship, moving map, recording, and graphical overlays.
A hardened secure waterproof carry-on sized luggage case is utilized to house the UAS-C, UAS-C Gateway, Margate II ADS-B Receiver, and SMS Laptop. A lightweight antenna is used to bring in the ADS-B feed.
FEATURES:
UAS Tracking: The UAS Connector (UAS-C) and UAS-C Gateway included in the USA kit have addressed the major surveillance challenges flying BVLOS and/or in controlled airspace creating a ubiquitous surveillance picture for critical operations in controlled airspace. Tracking of UAV‘s does not rely on Radar or ADS-B. By connecting to the UAS Ground Control System (GCS), Sunhillo’s UAS-Connector (UAS-C) converts the positional data that is already being sent from the UAS to the GCS into a radar or ADS-B message using Sunhillo’s proprietary software. This process requires no additional equipment on the aircraft saving payload.
The UAS-C Gateway aggregates any UAV connected with a UAS-C endpoint so the aircraft position can be shared with ATC or a local command center and displayed with other radar and ADS-B Targets for situational awareness. The UAS-C can be directly connected to a network infrastructure or used remotely via LTE.
ADS-B Tracking:
The USA kit includes Sunhillo’s Margate II ADSB Receiver, ADS-B Antenna, and GPS Antenna. The Margate II accepts and decodes the 1090MHz ADS-B transmission directly into a module from a front panel female TNC connector for the ADS-B antenna feed. The unit features a fully integrated GPS receiver with a front panel SMA Connector for the GPS input. Outputs support multiple formats including ASTERIX (Cat 021 or 033).
Display UAS and ADS-B Targets:
Sunhillo’s Surveillance Monitoring System (SMS) is a powerful total package solution designed for displaying disparate surveillance sources. With a fully customizable display and Geofencing, the SMS provides situational awareness to fit your requirements. Selecting any target will bring up the Target Information panel which displays important details such as the target ID, speed, and heading. A See & Avoid tablet attaches to the UAS-C for local situational awareness at the GCS.
Provides a proprietary connection to the UAV Ground Control Station to receive the positional information and forwards the data to the UAS-C Gateway. Provides feed for UAS pilot See & Avoid Display.
Accepts and decodes ADS-B to track equipped aircraft and sends the data to the Brigantine SGP / UAS-C Gateway for display on the SMS.
Acts as the conduit to provide updated aircraft positions of all participating UAS-C units, Receives the ADS-B or optional Radar feeds, and processes them to the Surveillance Monitoring System (SMS) display. The Gateway then returns the fused surveillance data to the PIC for See & Avoid.
Situational Awareness display of radar, ADS-B, and UAS targets. Ownship moving map with boundary alerts, Geographic filtering, and Image overlays.
Laptop for surveillance display
Process UAS telemetry data to radar or ADS-B track
Connects to UAS GCS for UAS Tracking
Receive and decode ADS-B
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) can be valuable tools in emergency response. They accelerate response and increase the safety of first responders and people in distress. With regulatory approval for routine BVLOS UAS operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) emerging as a near-term priority, the use of UAS in real world disaster response has become a real prospect.
Sunhillo’s UAS-C System was used in this Emergency Management UAS Operation Demonstration at Woodbine Airport in June of 2021 to track the UAS flying a 12 mile BVLOS mission, track the chase aircraft, and provide situational awareness of manned aircraft via ADS-B to the pilot and the command center.
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