Small fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability development
Small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proven themselves as invaluable assets for reconnaissance and surveillance missions. Their improvement and further development most often focuses on improved endurance, datalink range, camera capabilities etc. This paper presents a modular approa...
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| author | Antonić Vuk Trifković Milenko Molović Vojimir Milenković-Babić Miodrag |
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| description | Small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proven themselves as invaluable assets for reconnaissance and surveillance missions. Their improvement and further development most often focuses on improved endurance, datalink range, camera capabilities etc. This paper presents a modular approach to "Vrabac" UAV improvement by integrating wing payload extensions, enabling precision aerial drop capabilities. This enables precise delivery of lethal or non-lethal payloads from the UAV at pre-determined coordinates or at a visually aquired target. Precision aerial drop software module is presented, focusing on the automated payload drop algorithm with continually calculated impact point prediction (CCIP) and UAV guidance to the continually calculated release point (CCRP). The chosen ballistics computation and control system implementation evaluates UAV flight parameters, wind direction and velocity, terrain profile etc. to achive a precise target strike. Simulated results with a parameter sensitivity analysis, as well as field test results are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ee160b50f52476e80a32a68f46bed862025-08-20T01:54:57ZengMilitary Technical Institute, BelgradeScientific Technical Review1820-02062683-57702024-01-01742657010.5937/OTEH2402065A1820-02062402065ASmall fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability developmentAntonić Vuk0Trifković Milenko1Molović Vojimir2Milenković-Babić Miodrag3https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1474-070XMilitary Technical Institute, Belgrade, SerbiaMilitary Technical Institute, Belgrade, SerbiaMilitary Technical Institute, Belgrade, SerbiaMilitary Technical Institute, Belgrade, SerbiaSmall fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proven themselves as invaluable assets for reconnaissance and surveillance missions. Their improvement and further development most often focuses on improved endurance, datalink range, camera capabilities etc. This paper presents a modular approach to "Vrabac" UAV improvement by integrating wing payload extensions, enabling precision aerial drop capabilities. This enables precise delivery of lethal or non-lethal payloads from the UAV at pre-determined coordinates or at a visually aquired target. Precision aerial drop software module is presented, focusing on the automated payload drop algorithm with continually calculated impact point prediction (CCIP) and UAV guidance to the continually calculated release point (CCRP). The chosen ballistics computation and control system implementation evaluates UAV flight parameters, wind direction and velocity, terrain profile etc. to achive a precise target strike. Simulated results with a parameter sensitivity analysis, as well as field test results are presented.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1820-0206/2024/1820-02062402065A.pdfunmanned aerial vehicleprecision dropcontrol designmodular design |
| spellingShingle | Antonić Vuk Trifković Milenko Molović Vojimir Milenković-Babić Miodrag Small fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability development Scientific Technical Review unmanned aerial vehicle precision drop control design modular design |
| title | Small fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability development |
| title_full | Small fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability development |
| title_fullStr | Small fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Small fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability development |
| title_short | Small fixed-wing UAV Precision Aerial Drop capability development |
| title_sort | small fixed wing uav precision aerial drop capability development |
| topic | unmanned aerial vehicle precision drop control design modular design |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1820-0206/2024/1820-02062402065A.pdf |
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