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Unmanned air vehicles were once the stuff of rumour and legend, identified in the press as new and
mysterious. “New shapes in the sky,” declared the headlines at one time in the recent past. Now they seem
to be commonplace, on the battlefield at least, where they are seen carrying out surveillance missions
and deploying weapons with great accuracy. They are now truly the solution to some of the dull, dirty
and dangerous tasks for which they were first proposed.
Apart from military applications there are many jobs to be performed in commercial and government
applications in surveillance, monitoring and trouble-shooting in the fields of utilities, maritime rescue,
customs and excise and agriculture to name only a few. Some police forces are collaborating with industry
to develop systems to replace helicopter surveillance. The main drawback to their application has been
the difficulty in obtaining certification to operate in controlled airspace.
There are many classes of unmanned vehicle in existence, and many types within each class, developed
by many manufacturers. The classes range from insect like vehicles, through hand launched sub-scale
models to full size long endurance types. They are all capable of carrying some form of sensor and of
relaying sensor information to the ground. Most are remotely piloted, and some experimental types are
being operated on controlled ranges as part of a gradual progression towards full autonomy, where they
will be capable of performing missions with minimum human intervention.
This book introduces the classes and types of platforms available, and examines their performance, the
design requirements for aerodynamics, structure, propulsion and systems to suit particular roles. Sensor
and avionic payloads are discussed as well as the data links and communications suites required to
complete the payload. Methods of launch and recovery are presented as an important part of deployment.
This is a good introduction to the subject and it takes the Aerospace Series into the world of remotely
piloted unmanned air vehicles, and more importantly to the realm of autonomous systems where great
challenges remain to be overcome.
http://airspot.ru/book/file/1152/Re...Design__Development_and_Deployment_-_2010.pdf
mysterious. “New shapes in the sky,” declared the headlines at one time in the recent past. Now they seem
to be commonplace, on the battlefield at least, where they are seen carrying out surveillance missions
and deploying weapons with great accuracy. They are now truly the solution to some of the dull, dirty
and dangerous tasks for which they were first proposed.
Apart from military applications there are many jobs to be performed in commercial and government
applications in surveillance, monitoring and trouble-shooting in the fields of utilities, maritime rescue,
customs and excise and agriculture to name only a few. Some police forces are collaborating with industry
to develop systems to replace helicopter surveillance. The main drawback to their application has been
the difficulty in obtaining certification to operate in controlled airspace.
There are many classes of unmanned vehicle in existence, and many types within each class, developed
by many manufacturers. The classes range from insect like vehicles, through hand launched sub-scale
models to full size long endurance types. They are all capable of carrying some form of sensor and of
relaying sensor information to the ground. Most are remotely piloted, and some experimental types are
being operated on controlled ranges as part of a gradual progression towards full autonomy, where they
will be capable of performing missions with minimum human intervention.
This book introduces the classes and types of platforms available, and examines their performance, the
design requirements for aerodynamics, structure, propulsion and systems to suit particular roles. Sensor
and avionic payloads are discussed as well as the data links and communications suites required to
complete the payload. Methods of launch and recovery are presented as an important part of deployment.
This is a good introduction to the subject and it takes the Aerospace Series into the world of remotely
piloted unmanned air vehicles, and more importantly to the realm of autonomous systems where great
challenges remain to be overcome.
http://airspot.ru/book/file/1152/Re...Design__Development_and_Deployment_-_2010.pdf
