Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies have been rapidly advancing. Compact in size, diverse in application, and capable of autonomous operation, UAVs are appealing for a variety of military missions. The U.S. Navy is exploring the potential use of unmanned vehicle systems for intelligence gathering and reconnaissance missions such as Anti-Submarine Warfare, search and rescue, and combat surveillance. UAVs reduce the risk of human loss, reduce monetary risk, and have extended operational flexibility and endurance. Large scale 'swarms' of UAVs could scan a much larger combat area in less time than traditional airborne systems. The U.S. Navy is currently reevaluating its approach to combat surveillance by modeling the effectiveness of a UAV swarm and may conclude that a swarm is indeed the most effective strategy. The need to integrate unmanned aerial systems on board a mothership capable of launching, recovering, commanding, and maintaining UAVs has driven the development of this concept ship designed around the function of its aircraft systems. It includes such features as automated shipboard fixed-wing UAV launching for fast deployment, a large helicopter flight deck for sequential vertical take-off, and catch nets that deploy from the flight deck for UAV recovery. The design presented in this study demonstrates the size and layout of a feasible ship that meets the demand for a UAV Mothership.
UAV Mothership
2009
41 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Marine Engineering , Military Intelligence , Drones , Ship launched , Naval architecture , Vertical takeoff aircraft , Naval vessels , Fixed wing aircraft , Combat surveillance , Antisubmarine warfare , Naval intelligence , Search and rescue , Electric propulsion , Flight decks , Rapid deployment , Seakeeping , Launchers , Storage , Autonomous navigation , Missions , Hybrid propulsion , Aerial reconnaissance , Recovery , Unmanned aerial vehicle mothership , Unmanned aerial vehicles , Uav swarms , Uav(Unmanned aerial vehicles) , Catch nets , Uav recovery , Sh-60 aircraft , A-160 aircraft , Killer bee , Integrator , Uav-m(Unmanned aerial vehicle mothership) , Helicopter flight decks
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