Reconnaissance Airborne Drone Systems. A Study of Requirements and Research and Development Needs of U. S. Army Airborne Reconnaissance Systems in the 1960-1970 Time Period.

Abstract

Instrumentation, Aerodynamics, Test methods, Vibration isolators, *Inertial navigation, Meteorology, Safety valves, Orifices, Rota tion, Launching, *Aerial cameras, Recovery, *Aerial photography, *Digital computers, At mosphere, *Military intelligence, Haze. Open-ended Terms: AN/USD-4, Panoramic cameras, AN/USD-5. The investigation is concerned with U.S. Army airborne reconnaissance systems in the 1960-70 time period, and includes: (1) flight test planning for the AN/USD-4 and AN/USD-5 systems, (2) advisory services concerning AN/USD-4 and AN/USD-5 design, and (3) the following phases of performance model development: (a) a method for combining aircraft motions of rotation and translation, (b) investigation of image motions due to a finite slit width, (c) computation of atmospheric haze properties, and (d) comparison of images produced on the image synthesizer with characteristics predicted by the computer. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0322808

Entities

People

  • L. Bloom
  • M. Beller

Organizations

  • Calspan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Cameras
  • Aerial Photography
  • Airborne
  • Cameras
  • Digital Computers
  • Images
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Military Intelligence
  • Navigation
  • Panoramic Cameras
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Reconnaissance
  • Safety Valves
  • Test Methods
  • Vibration Isolators

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs