Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Payloads
Abstract
SCO will leverage existing low-cost payloads by demonstrating autonomous swarming behavior of a large number of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) (e.g. micro-UAVs) as well as focused upgrades of the low cost Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) platform (MALD-X). This project seeks to demonstrate the operational effectiveness and tactical advantage provided by large numbers of collaborative, expendable platforms. Effectiveness analysis and prototyping of these payloads will be conducted, with initial demonstrations planned in FY 2016 completing with final free flight demonstrations of the MALD-X prior to potential transition to a program of record. This project was funded in FY 2015 within the Advanced Innovative Analysis and Concepts Program Element 0603289D8Z under the Low-Cost Payloads project. Due to the nature of some of these projects, specific applications and detailed plans are available at a higher classification level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 7c773e09bd5984ad2e0c6057fa3c9624