RECENT STATUS OF SMART UAV PROGRAM

摘要

The conceptual, preliminary and detailed design of the Smart Unmanned Aircraft System(UAS) were performed till the early of 2006 and its parts and subsystems are being purchased or manufactured nowadays. After a tiltrotor-typed vehicle was selected as the Smart Unmanned Air Vehicle(UAV) platform among several candidates, the design of the platform was begun in the early of 2003. A turbo-shaft engine was selected to drive two side-by-side rotors, and the rotor system was designed to utilize a constant-velocity joint gimbaled hub. Lots of wind tunnel tests were performed in 2005, and several 40%-scaled vehicles were fabricated and being tested in Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) Flight Test Center. A small flight control computer was installed on the 40%-scaled vehicle and autonomous flight test are under way to verify full scale flight control program. The flight control computer, data link system and ground control system were developed and are under testing. The iron-bird which is composed of rotor-drive-engine systems has been developed and are utilized in the subsystem ground test, and the full-scale UAS flight test is scheduled in 2009. Total 24 domestic and international organizations and 90 full time research engineers have been involved in the Smart UAS development program, in which the head quarter is located in KARI. The overview and recent status of the Smart UAV Program was included in this presentation.