In security-critical situations in the maritime area, ship-based deployment of remotely piloted aircraft systems could enable automated acquisition of aerial images and other sensor data. If intervention is required, response times of federal institutions could be shortened significantly without endangering personnel. This paper gives an overview of research undertaken at DLR in cooperation with the German Federal Police for Maritime Tasks. For a safe ship deck landing of an unmanned rotorcraft a combination of precise navigation and tethered landing system has been developed and patented. Relative double-difference algorithms are used for precise navigation of the rotorcraft to a hover point over the ship deck. From there, an electromagnetic winch is lowered from the rotorcraft that connects to the ship deck. The resulting cable connection is used for aligning the rotorcraft during landing and securing it on the ship deck afterwards. First demonstrations on a real ship deck show the feasibility of the system.


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    Title :

    Maritime operation of an unmanned rotorcraft with tethered ship deck landing system


    Additional title:

    CEAS Aeronaut J


    Contributors:
    Schuchardt, B. I. (author) / Dautermann, T. (author) / Donkels, A. (author) / Krause, S. (author) / Peinecke, N. (author) / Schwoch, G. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2021-01-01


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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