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This paper presents the first of two case studies conducted in 2009, to evaluate a concept for specifying and designing a Health Management System (HMS). This first case study made use of a representative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle fuel system. Conflicting information requirements relating to the health of the fuel system were defined for a given stakeholder (Fuel System Maintenance Engineer). Following...
During the past few years, research in the field of cooperative control of swarm of robots and specially UAV has continuously increased. In order to develop research in the field of swarm of UAV this paper identifies three problems: the development of a testbed for UAV, the implementation of an ad hoc network and a protocol based on network control, and a consensus control algorithm for cooperative...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is defined as aircraft without the onboard presence of pilots. UAVs have been used to perform intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. The UAVs are not limited to military operations, they can also be used in commercial applications such as telecommunications, ground traffic control, search and rescue operations, crop monitoring, etc. In this paper, we...
Unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly being used in a variety of military missions. One such mission is that of Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance. In these missions, unmanned aerial vehicles collect sensor data and communicate it to ground, air, and space assets to support decision-making. The ultimate purpose of the research reported in this paper is to define the requirements for...
Network connectivity in coalition environments has increased markedly in recent times. This has coincided with a shift in military thinking toward Network Enabled Capability (NEC). Together, these have produced the concept of the NEC System of Systems (NEC SoS), where many systems are interconnected to produce a military capability. This paper takes a holistic view of the NEC SoS to include Un-Manned...
This paper describes the first phase of a research project to identify and initiate the development, or improvement, of tools that are relevant to identifying and managing hazards likely to arise with automatic advice (e.g. system health advice, plus others) within airborne autonomous systems. In this first phase a rigorous approach has been attempted in the development of the systems requirements...
A today's trend within the aircraft industry is towards a so-called More Electric Aircraft (MEA) architecture, using electric power as single type of energy to supply most of the systems on board of an air vehicle. Besides the various advantages, e.g. improved efficiency, reduced operating costs, etc., this will increase the complexity of the electrical system and therefore have an impact on the related...
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