AUVSI Pathfinder

Pendleton Range to test ArcticShark ArcticShark – a groundbreaking new unmanned aerial system designed to collect the world’s most sophisticated atmospheric data in the Arctic – will undergo flight testing at Pendleton UAS Test Range. Testing began February 27. To be owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by the Atmo...

Why the Drone Network of Tomorrow is Farther Away than You Think Airspace integration and management solutions for drones continue to garner new investment, but most options are based on fairytale scenarios and raise more questions than answers. I’ve been doing research on the commercial drone industry since early 2012, and it never ceases to amaze me how much hy...

21 APRIL 2014
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AT SIKORSKY
(link to register below, registration required)

SEMINAR PRESENTED BY IGOR CHEREPINSKY, CHIEF ENGINEER, AUTONOMY PROGRAMS, SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

3:30-5:00 P.M.
SHELBY HALL RM 109

No cost. Registration required.

CO-HOSTED BY THE ROTORCRAFT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND SIMULATION CENTER (RSESC) AND THE PATHFINDER STUDENT CHAPTER AT UAH

IGOR CHEREPINSKY, CHIEF ENGINEER, AUTONOMY PROGRAMS, SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
IGOR CHEREPINSKY BEGAN HIS SIKORSKY CAREER IN 1998 AS A FLIGHT CONTROLS ENGINEER ON THE BLACK HAWK PLATFORM. IGOR BECAME ALGORITHMS LEAD FOR UH-60M DUAL DIGITAL FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM AND LATER LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UH-60M UPGRADE FLY-BY-WIRE SYSTEM THAT DEMONSTRATED LEVEL 1 HANDLING QUALITIES IN DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS DURING TESTING. IN 2009, IGOR LED DESIGN OF THE MANNED/UNMANNED AERIAL LIFTER, AN AUGMENTATION TO THE UH-60MU AIRCRAFT TO ALLOW UNMANNED CARGO RESUPPLY. MOST RECENTLY, IGOR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTONOMOUS MISSION MANAGER AND FLIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS FOR SIKORSKY AUTONOMY RESEARCH AIRCRAFT. IGOR HOLDS A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ALL FROM POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY. IGOR IS ALSO A THREE TIME RECIPIENT OF THE MEAD MEDAL, UTCS HIGHEST AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE.

Event Registration - Autonomous System Development at Sikorsky Igor Cherepinsky began his Sikorsky career in 1998 as a flight controls engineer on the black hawk platform. Igor became algorithms lead for uh-60m dual digital flight control system and later led the development of the uh-60m upgrade fly-by-wire system that demonstrated level 1 handling qualities i…

Manned Unmanned Teaming Panel: Apache Sensors PM - LTC King, 1-501st Attack Bn MUMT Operational Update - LTC Garcia, PM Shadow -LTC Burgess, PM Gray Eagle Product Office -LTC Davila

Dr Suzy Young leading the Unmanned and Unafraid Panel with John McGraw, Cliff Hudson, Paul Morgan and Anne Swanson discussing commercialization of UAS, ground robotics emerging technology ventures, rights of way and legal aspects of upcoming FAA rule making

Scott Martin, Auburn University, presenting Precise Navigation for Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Dr Dale Thomas of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center