Assessing the Flight Quality of a Large UAV for Sensors/Ground Robots Aerial Delivery

Abstract

The new goal for unmanned aerial systems will be to find creative methods of keeping the cost low and still maintain effectiveness. This thesis discusses the importance of UAVs over the last few years, suggests the development of a low-cost, large UAV, and evaluates the results. We also examine the idea of a platform for deploying multiple aerial-delivery, parafoil-based systems and discuss scenarios for the improvement of the collaboration of the large UAV with the Snowflake project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA531461

Entities

People

  • Andreas Archontakis

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Delivery
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Networks
  • Control Systems
  • Data Links
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Mesh Networks
  • Military Applications
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Topology
  • Text Messaging
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Urban Areas
  • Wireless Communications

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs