Advances in UAV Data Links: Analysis of Requirement Evolution and Implications on Future Equipment

Abstract

This paper resumes the fundamental operational requirements that a UAV must accomplish to be effectively performant in a military and civil environment. Moving from these considerations, a list of technical requirements for Data Link systems to be employed is derived and a suitable Data Link architecture, based on the evolution of current Marconi's J-Band Data Link for CATRIN-SORAO programme is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010327

Entities

People

  • E. Crovari
  • G. Battaini
  • G. L. Scazzola
  • S. Baiotti

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Coding
  • Communication Systems
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Frequency Agility
  • Ground Stations
  • Modulation
  • Network Protocols
  • Radio Equipment
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Amplifiers
  • Steerable Antennas
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design