Multi-UAV Collaborative Sensor Management for UAV Team Survivability

Abstract

Collaboration among a team of unmanned sensor platforms can provide significant operational advantages through improved situational awareness (SA). Recent work on the Army Aviation Technology Directorate (AATD) sponsored Survivability Planner Associate Rerouter (SPAR) program, as well as separate internally funded research and development (in parallel with the SPAR contract) has provided insights into the challenges related to managing collaborative sensing in support of survivability of a team comprising manned aircraft and multiple sensor-bearing UAVs. This paper will discuss technical challenges related to multi-UAV collaborative sensor management, including sensor resource allocation, sensor platform positioning for collaborative sensing, and integration of collaborative sensing behavior into a comprehensive multi-UAV control system. The paper will also discuss recent, ongoing, and planned investigations into approaches for addressing these challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA460418

Entities

People

  • Adria Hughes
  • Craig Stoneking
  • Phil Dibona

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aviation
  • Contracts
  • Geolocation
  • Measurement
  • Mediation
  • Platforms
  • Situational Awareness
  • Survivability
  • Teamwork
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction
  • Autonomy - UAVs