Development and Operation of UAVs for Military and Civil Applications (Developpement et utilisation des avions sans pilote (UAV) pour des applications civiles et militaires)

Abstract

Lecture Notes for the RTO Applied Vehicle Panel (AVT) Special Course on "Development and Operation of UAVs for Military and Civil Applications" have been assembled in this report. The following topics were covered: Overview of current UAV systems and potential for the future, Design and airworthiness requirements, Propulsion systems, Airbreathing propulsion for UVAVs, Microflyers, Experimental research at low Reynolds numbers, Payloads and sensors, Datalinks, Airspace policy, Air traffic management and Tools for software and system architecture validation. The material assembled in this report was prepared under the combined sponsorship of the RTO Applied Vehicle Technology Panel, the Consultant and Exchange Programme of RTO, the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics (VKI), and the NATO Partnership for Peace Programme.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA390637

Entities

Organizations

  • NATO Science and Technology Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Bandwidth
  • Birds
  • Communication Channels
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Measurement
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Network Science
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Warning Systems

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Technology Areas

  • Space
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