Autonomous Flight.ppt

Autonomous Flight AIAA Group 6 Mat Thompson Autonomy-The degree to which something is subject to control from the outside Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Manned Aerial Vehicles UAV Autonomy Least- Target and Drone Civil and Commercial Reconnaissance Research and Development Most- UCAV Sensor Fusion Communications Motion Planning Trajectory Generation Task Allocation UAV Tier Systems USAF Tier System Tier 1 Low altitude, long endurance- Gnat 750 Tier 2 Medium altitude, long endurance- MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper Tier 2+ High Altitude Long Endurance Conventional- RQ-4 global Hawk Tier 3- High alti