Tests of a light UAV for naval surveillance

Author

Gonçalves-Coelho, A.M. ; Veloso, Luís C. ; Lobo, Victor J A S

Author_Institution

New Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon

fYear

2007

fDate

18-21 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The present paper describes the current state of the ongoing project of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) intended for surveillance of territorial waters. The UAV will operate from the Portuguese Navy Argos and Centauro class fast patrol boats (FPB), which implies the capability of taking-off and landing in 27 m length, 5.9 m breadth vessels with a small and irregular landing zone at the boat´s stern, with an area around 5times6 m. In the final version, the UAV will have a 12 nm range, and the ability to perform GPS supported autonomous flight, automatic take-off and landing, as well as georeferenced imaging with realtime radio transmission to the FPB.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; military aircraft; naval engineering; surveillance; Argos class; Centauro class; Global Positioning System; Portuguese Navy; automatic landing; automatic take-off; autonomous flight; fast patrol boats; georeferenced imaging; light UAV; naval surveillance; realtime radio transmission; size 27 m; size 5.9 m; unmanned aerial vehicle; Aircraft propulsion; Boats; Computer crashes; Internal combustion engines; Payloads; Power generation; Rubber; Surveillance; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vehicle crash testing; Unmanned aerial vehicle; naval surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2007 - Europe

Conference_Location

Aberdeen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0635-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0635-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANSE.2007.4302314

Filename

4302314