Team 16056 Technical Data Package and Final Report: Modular Payload Bay for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

摘要

The unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, is a valuable defense industry asset, but it hasudits limitations. As UAS platforms age, their payloads become obsolete and need to beudreplaced with updated technology to stay relevant and effective. Changing payloadsudoften proves difficult because of the way they were integrated into the aircraft.udThe goal of this project was to create a functional prototype of a modular missionudpayload bay for a generic UAS. The design accommodates three payload types thatuddemonstrate the functionality of the payload bay; payloads must function in any givenudpayload slot without physical user intervention. The system recognizes which payload isudin which slot and functions appropriately.udPayload types are an LED, an LCD and a sound module. The functional prototypeudcreated by the team makes UAS platforms highly versatile in terms of mission capabilityudand payload diversity.