Mini-RPV Recovery System Conceptual Study

Abstract

This study investigates and evaluates Mini-RPV recovery concepts potentially suitable for the U.S. Army tactical environment. The air vehicle on which the recovery study is based is the U.S. Army/Lockheed Aquila, XMQM-105 Mini-RPV at a nominal gross weight of 120 pounds. A hypothetical RPV counterpart at 200 pounds gross weight is also used to bound the upper weight limit for Mini-RPVs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA046177

Entities

People

  • H. E. Dickard

Organizations

  • Teledyne Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Classification
  • Composite Materials
  • Control Systems
  • Energy Absorbers
  • Free Flight
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation