A Study of Onboard Sensors for Intra-Formation Drone Separation Measurements.

Abstract

Various approaches for onboard measurement of scalar and vector separation between RPV's flying in formations are briefly reviewed, and a technique for vector measurement based on Induced Directional FM (IDFM) is recommended. A performance analysis is then presented which shows that the recommended onboard sensor system is capable of meeting 1 meter rms error bound over separations from 30 m to 1 km and angular accuracies bounded by .00016.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012707

Entities

People

  • Elie J. Baghdady
  • Olen P. Ely

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Directional
  • Measurement

Readers

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Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control