SIERRA Team Flight of Zephyr UAS at West Virginia Wild Land Fire Burn

摘要

This paper discusses the Systems Engineering plan of the Surveillance for Intelligent Emergency Response Robotic Aircraft (SIERRA) Team of The University of Cincinnati in supporting continued development of technology for Emergency Management Operations. This paper represents the experimental and post flight analysis of the SIERRA program during the late 2011 time frame in which the team flew 2 successful demonstrations in West Virginia. This paper is the conclusion of "Intelligent Integration of UAV Systems for WildlandFire Management: Towards Concept Demonstration" from AIAA Infotech 2011.