This paper looks at the future potential of uninhabited air vehicles, UAVs. The paper begins with a rationale as to why UAVs are needed. A taxonomy of future potential UAVs is presented. Three generic types of UAVs are identified as surveillance and reconnaissance, combat and support aircraft. A total of sixteen possible UAVs are identified. Each one is discussed in terms of mission capabilities. The paper concludes with several “out of the box” concepts, and concludes with a summnary of the potential role of UAVs.
Advanced UAV Concepts
Sae Technical Papers
World Aviation Congress & Exposition ; 1998
28.09.1998
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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