Title :
ONERA DRIVE project
Author_Institution :
DEMR, ONERA, Salon, France
Abstract :
Future UAV employment in the civilian areas of surveillance and communication relays can be conceived now at short term range. Flight tests for such applications have already been done and validated UAV interest. In the domain of remote sensing, and more precisely imagery, many payload configurations may be used in UAV operations, but compared to sensors working in other spectral regions (such as optical or infrared sensors), radar sensor has the main advantage to be able to operate in all-weather condition.
Keywords :
airborne radar; aircraft; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; remotely operated vehicles; synthetic aperture radar; 3D imaging radar; DRIVE radar; Ka-band; ONERA DRIVE project; STEMME S10-VT motorglider; UAV employment; aircraft motion; antennas; flight tests; remote sensing; synthetic aperture; Employment; Infrared image sensors; Laser radar; Optical sensors; Payloads; Relays; Remote sensing; Surveillance; Testing; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Ka-band radar; UAV payload; vertical line of sight;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference - Surveillance for a Safer World, 2009. RADAR. International
Conference_Location :
Bordeaux
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-55-7
