An Automated UAV Mission System

Abstract

In March of last year, engineers from SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego) and Allied Aerospace (formerly Micro Craft, Inc.) conducted the first known launch of a Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) from an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) in Holtville, California (2002). The launch concluded a week-long demonstration to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems Organic Air Vehicle Phase I effort. The launch involved Allied Aerospace's 29-inch Lift Augmented Ducted Fan iSTAR UAV and SSC San Diego's Mobile Detection Assessment Response System-Exterior UGV.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA422026

Entities

People

  • Aaron B. Burmeister
  • Estrellina B. Pacis
  • Katheerine D. Mullens
  • Stephen B. Stancliff
  • Thomas A. Denewiler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Reconnaissance
  • Security
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Vertical Takeoff Aircraft
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space