5.4.2 Pre-Mission Services
Mission Planning
Planning is critical to mission success. In order to satisfy customer needs, Raven
Aerostar provides cradle-to-grave mission planning capabilities.
Successful mission planning begins with understanding mission requirements,
test objectives, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and customer expectations.
Based on these unique needs, Raven Aerostar designs test architectures tailored
for each customer’s mission and deploys a variety of high altitude balloon capabilities and configurations to ensure mission success. Its commitment to planning
extends to all phases of test preparation and execution, and it makes use of specialized tools and capabilities to support the rapid development of high altitude payloads. This includes analyzing historical winds and the flight trajectory to optimize
payload performance. As well as in-flight payload command and control and monitoring situational awareness, the company provides the customer with logistics
support including coordinating transportation, authorizing radio frequencies,
scheduling personnel, and air traffic management.
Airborne System Design
With a rich heritage of past experience in designing airborne systems spanning
aircraft, balloons, airships, and aerostats, Raven Aerostar stands ready to create
custom flight vehicles for any application. It provides end-to-end development
and fabrication, including specification of materials, vehicle design, control and
communication systems, propulsion systems, and launch/recovery solutions.
Command & Control Systems
Raven Aerostar has developed a framework of tools to create an effective and intuitive common operating picture for applications from piloting to battlefield management. In addition to facilitating direct control of platforms and sensors these
systems combine information from multiple sources to provide situational awareness. The software for this interface can be scaled efficiently to larger and smaller
hosts and also supports multiple vectors of deployment from dedicated, embedded
processing units, to standard PCs, to cloud-hosted systems for larger applications.
Sensor Design
Raven Aerostar has designed and integrated a wide range of sensor systems. It
develops and maintains radar solutions, including antenna arrays, electronics,
software, and signal processing, and has considerable experience specifying and
integrating camera systems, either ground-based or airborne, and various other
sensors.
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Mission Planning
Planning is critical to mission success. In order to satisfy customer needs, Raven
Aerostar provides cradle-to-grave mission planning capabilities.
Successful mission planning begins with understanding mission requirements,
test objectives, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and customer expectations.
Based on these unique needs, Raven Aerostar designs test architectures tailored
for each customer’s mission and deploys a variety of high altitude balloon capabilities and configurations to ensure mission success. Its commitment to planning
extends to all phases of test preparation and execution, and it makes use of specialized tools and capabilities to support the rapid development of high altitude payloads. This includes analyzing historical winds and the flight trajectory to optimize
payload performance. As well as in-flight payload command and control and monitoring situational awareness, the company provides the customer with logistics
support including coordinating transportation, authorizing radio frequencies,
scheduling personnel, and air traffic management.
Airborne System Design
With a rich heritage of past experience in designing airborne systems spanning
aircraft, balloons, airships, and aerostats, Raven Aerostar stands ready to create
custom flight vehicles for any application. It provides end-to-end development
and fabrication, including specification of materials, vehicle design, control and
communication systems, propulsion systems, and launch/recovery solutions.
Command & Control Systems
Raven Aerostar has developed a framework of tools to create an effective and intuitive common operating picture for applications from piloting to battlefield management. In addition to facilitating direct control of platforms and sensors these
systems combine information from multiple sources to provide situational awareness. The software for this interface can be scaled efficiently to larger and smaller
hosts and also supports multiple vectors of deployment from dedicated, embedded
processing units, to standard PCs, to cloud-hosted systems for larger applications.
Sensor Design
Raven Aerostar has designed and integrated a wide range of sensor systems. It
develops and maintains radar solutions, including antenna arrays, electronics,
software, and signal processing, and has considerable experience specifying and
integrating camera systems, either ground-based or airborne, and various other
sensors.
100 Commercial Corporations and Applications