Data Link Development for the Archytas Vertical Takeoff and Landing Transitional Flight Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Abstract

This thesis chronicles the development of a data link for the Archytas, a vertical takeoff and landing, transitional flight unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype being built by the Aeronautics Department at the Naval Postgraduate School. Archytas is intended to be a proof-of-concept platform to satisfy the Navy's real-time, over-the-horizon intelligence mission with a UAV that could be launched and recovered from a small combatant ship. This thesis provides a history of the Archytas command and control data link development, a full description of the data link as delivered for use on the prototype, principles for near term enhancements, and future considerations for the data link should the Archytas concept be adapted for use in an operational combat environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 1993
Accession Number
ADA272499

Entities

People

  • Frederick W. Reichert Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Frequency Agility
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Multiple Access
  • Navigation
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control