The primary objective of the UAVSAR Project is to develop a miniaturized polarimetric L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for use on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) or minimally piloted vehicle. Five Cycle 1 precision autopilot flights have been completed as of May 14, 2007. The first flight was open-loop controller, the second, third, fourth, and fifth flights were closed loop. The fifth flight demonstrated increasing duration within ten meter tube (approximately 90% of the time in the ten meter tube over a 200km course).


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    Title :

    G-III Precision Autopilot Development in Support of UAVSAR Program


    Contributors:
    Lee, James (author) / Strovers, Brian (author) / Lin, Victor (author)

    Publication date :

    2007-10-25


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English