Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Swarming and Formation Flight Navigation VIA LIDAR/INS

Abstract

This final report describes the work performed at Ohio University to investigate the feasibility or the use or integrated light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and inertial navigation systems (INS) to support unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) formation and swarming flight. LIDAR measurements provide an indication or the relative drift errors of the INS on each UAV in the formation. By judicious choice of maneuvers, errors can be isolated to specific vehicles and calibrated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 05, 2006
Accession Number
ADA456221

Entities

People

  • Michael S. Braasch

Organizations

  • Ohio University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Flight
  • Formation Flight
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Lidar
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Range Finding
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

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  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control