Software requirements, architecture, design, and results of a modular, multispectral, scientific quality unmanned aerial system payload for civilian remote sensing

摘要

Small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) for civil remote sensing applications are becoming ubiquitous for scientificinsight about targets such as micro-agriculture, invasive species monitoring, and environmental survey applications.For the upcoming generation of beyond visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) capable sUAS, a flexible, robust,and high-performance payload management and data collection software is required. In this paper, a high-rate,accurate, multispectral, modular, payload control software (“AggieCap3”) for such BVLOS sUAS is described,including system requirements, architecture, implementation, and results from both fixed- and rotary-wing craft,demonstrating the systems applicability for civilian scientific aerial remote sensing.