RPV Electric Power System Study Phase I. Technology Assessment.

Abstract

The RPV Electric Power Study explores ways for exploiting technology and resolving critical issues affecting the electrical subsystems of remotely piloted vehicles. The objective is to define electrical components and system concepts that offer significant cost, weight, and performance improvements over present day systems. Phase I is an assessment of technologies capable of benefitting RPV electrical systems. Phase II develops a plan to transfer viable technologies into RPV systems. The scope of the Phase I study is limited to four classes of RPV: Advanced multi-mission tactical RPV (ARPV), High-altitude, long endurance RPV (HALE), Mini - RPV, and Tactical expendable decoy system (TEDS). The approach is to first survey suitable technology, estimate future requirements, determine the most critical problems in RPV electrical systems, and suggest changes to military specifications and standards to make them more compatible with RPVs. For each RPV class, a series of candidate electrical systems is synthesized spanning the spectrum of potentially viable systems. These are evaluated against a set of weighted evaluation criteria and the best approaches selected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060336

Entities

People

  • Frederic L. Miller

Organizations

  • Teledyne Technologies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Auxiliary Power Units
  • Control Panels
  • Control Systems
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Engineers
  • Inverters
  • Power Electronics
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Semiconductors
  • Test Equipment
  • Turbines
  • Turbojet Engines
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.