Many UAVs are in the market place but few are very profitable. After studying the lessons learned form our predecessors, a commercial off the shelf approach was chosen to meet the price performance challenge. A multi-mission capable aircraft was chosen to provide exposure to the widest possible market. Using an analysis tool developed for DARPA, the Vigilante VTOL UAV was successfully competed against both Outrider and Predator.
COTS approach to a utility VTOL UAV
Airborne Reconnaissance XXII ; 1998 ; San Diego,CA,USA
Proc. SPIE ; 3431
1998-11-05
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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