eVTOL (and UAS)

Platform System Safety Panel

Dan Newman
The Boeing Company
daniel.i.newman@boeing.com
January 30, 2019
System Safety Panelist Saga
Dan Newman Boeing
Chief Engineer, Advanced Vertical Lift
Starr Ginn NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
Deputy Aeronautics Research Director
Ife Ogunleye FAA, Rotorcraft Standard Branch, Policy & Innovation
Acting Manager, Regulations and Policy, AIR-681
Andy Supine FAA Aircraft Certification Office
Regulations & Policy Section, AIR-691
Kyle Heironimus Bell
Propulsion lead for hybrid-electric air taxi demo
Andrea Signorini Leonardo Helicopters, Sistemi Dinamici S.p.A.
Chris Vanbuiten LM/Sikorsky
VP, Sikorsky Innovations
Jonathan Hartman LM/Sikorsky
Clement Audard EASA
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System Safety Panel ‘Finalists’
Dan Newman Boeing
Chief Engineer, Advanced Vertical Lift
Gwen Lighter GoFly, CEO
Jonathan Hartman LM/Sikorsky
Kyle Heironimus Bell
Propulsion lead for hybrid-electric air taxi demo
Andrea Signorini Leonardo Helicopters, Sistemi Dinamici S.p.A.

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Gwen Lighter
Role: CEO GoFly
Contact: Lighter@goflyup.com
Abstract: GoFly overview, progress and look-ahead

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Jonathan Hartman
Bio: Jonathan serves as the Disruptive Technologies Lead for
Sikorsky Innovations. His technical portfolio includes maturation
of future vehicle concepts, next generation energy storage and use,
advanced manufacturing technologies and processes, as well as
autonomy-enabled product offerings. Jonathan received his
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Yale
University, and his Master of Business Administration degree from
Johns Hopkins University. He has been published and cited in
various technical publications and holds four patents. He currently
resides in Connecticut with his wife, Megan
Contact: jonathan.d.hartman@lmco.com
Abstract: We have a single opportunity to set level of safety requirements
early in the design process, but that choice can reverberate
decades later as it sets the total size of your addressable market.
Instead of heading down the safety curve, let’s build on best
practices to set a new level of safety and reliability as an industry
for this emerging market.
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Kyle Heironimus
Bio: Kyle Heironimus is the propulsion lead for the Bell Nexus and a
member of Bell’s Innovation Team.
His experience at Bell encompasses military and commercial
aircraft systems design, development, test, and certification.
Since joining the Innovation team in 2017, his focus has been on
development of electric and hybrid-electric propulsion
systems for VTOL aircraft.
Contact: kheironimus@bellflight.com
Abstract: Emerging electric propulsion technologies provide opportunities
and challenges to architecting aircraft and systems that meet or
exceed today’s stringent safety requirements and expectations.

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Andrea Signorini
Bio: In charge as Company PCM for AWHERO Military Type
Certification activities vs. STANAG 4702 / 4703 Cert Spec with
Italian Military Airworthiness Authority (DAAA).
In charge as Company PCM for AWHERO Restricted Civil Type
Certification with EASA.
In charge as Head of Airworthiness for EASA Part 21 DOA
Certification. Leading as PCM AWHERO ENAC Permit to Fly
under 216/2008 Annex II since 2013.
Experienced in Safety and Initial Airworthiness and involved in
the activities regarding AW139, AW169, AW189, AW609, AW101
Civil and Military Certifications.
Contact: andrea.signorini@leonardocompany.com
Abstract: Introduction to Leonardo Helicopters Rotary Unmanned Aerial
Systems: AWHERO and SW-4 SOLO main characteristics and their
Safety & Airworthiness challenges for the Authorizations of Military
and Civil operations
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Exciting New Enabling Technologies & Features
 Automation & Autonomy (trusted automation)
 Electric Propulsion
− Energy Storage: Batteries, Fuel Cells, Flow Cells, Hydrogen, more
− Actuation/Power Conversion: Motors / Generators, Shape Memory Alloys
− Motor/Generator Controllers
− Hybrid-Electric Systems
 Distributed Propulsion (Multi-Rotor)
− Thrust-only propulsors/control
− Speed control of thrust
 High-Fidelity Physics Computational Modeling and Simulation
 Micro-Electronics
 Data Analytics
 Additive Manufacturing
 Blockchain
 Ballistic Recovery Systems
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NASA RVLT (Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology)
Concept Vehicles

Quad Rotor Side-by-Side Tilt Wing

Multi-Rotor Lift+Cruise Concept Vehicle

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Example of Functional Overlap: Propulsion & Flight Control,
Multirotor Variable Pitch vs. Variable Speed
Variable Pitch Distributed Propulsion: Variable Speed Distributed Propulsion:
Tend to have light functional coupling between Tend to have tight functional coupling between
propulsion and flight control systems. propulsion and flight control systems.

Control Pitch Control Pitch Generate

Regulate Speed

Generate Power Control Yaw Power

Control Yaw
Control Roll
Control Thrust
Control Roll
Control Rotor Generate
Generate Torque Speed Torque
Control Thrust

Due to light functional coupling less overlap of More functions and therefore more functional
functional failures between flight controls and failures are attributable to the propulsion
propulsion. system  Reliability requirement increases for
propulsion system.

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System Safety Panel
Dan Newman Boeing
Chief Engineer, Advanced Vertical Lift
Gwen Lighter GoFly, CEO
Jonathan Hartman LM/Sikorsky
Kyle Heironimus Bell
Propulsion lead for hybrid-electric air taxi demo
Andrea Signorini Leonardo Helicopters, Sistemi Dinamici S.p.A.

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