Conceptual Design of an Interoperable Vertical Take-offUnmanned Aerial Vehicle for Operations with UnmannedGround Vehicles

摘要

The ongoing global military operations and related defence research have placed emphasis on future conflictenvironments from a complex terrain/urban perspective, including threats from improvised explosive devices(IEDs). Conventional countermine equipments and doctrines needs to be re-considered for the development of anew operational philosophy from an unmanned technology perspective. The Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre forAerospace Design Technology has embarked on investigations and conceptual design studies of a VTUAV forIED detection.The conceptual design process under development at the Wackett Centre is based on a systems perspective thatfocuses on mission analysis, and mission payload design from a network centric operation perspective. Whilstthe conceptual design needs to be further developed in a detailed vehicle design, it does provide a preliminaryinvestigation of the issue of interoperability between unmanned systems to enhance mission capabilities.