A UAV avionics system to facilitate VHF depth sounding and SAR

Author

Blake, William ; Siegele, Kai ; Burns, Robert

Author_Institution

Kansas Univ., Lawrence

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

643

Lastpage

646

Abstract

An avionics system for an autonomous UAV platform supporting VHF depth sounding and SAR is under development. The system is divided into navigation, communication, and data processing or logging. This design provides accurate position, velocity, acceleration, and attitude data. It supports over-the- horizon communication via an Iridium satellite link. The data collected by this system will allow for motion effects of the UAV to be compensated for, to enable SAR image formation.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; airborne radar; aircraft communication; avionics; glaciology; navigation; remote sensing by radar; remotely operated vehicles; synthetic aperture radar; AUV communication; AUV navigation; Iridium satellite link; SAR image formation; UAV avionics system; VHF depth sounding; autonomous UAV platform; data logging; data processing; synthetic aperture radar; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft propulsion; Data processing; Global Positioning System; Ice; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Depth Sounding; SAR; UAV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422878

Filename

4422878