Title :
Rapid Deployment UAV
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Far East Univ., Tainan
Abstract :
Besides UCAV, present winged or helicopter-style UAVs waste too much time and fuel to takeoff and arrive an unpredicted trouble spot. This study presents two design concepts of rapid deployment UAV: the first is vertical launch surface-based rapid deployment UAV (RDUAV), and the second is air-launched rapid deployment UAV (AL-RDUAV). The proposed rapid deployment UAVs should rapidly reach the destination to eliminate the time gap and keep the original advantages of UAV. Both the RDUAV and AL-RDUAV are not only beneficial for military uses but also can perform rapid response to anti-terror missions or serious emergencies.
Keywords :
aircraft; remotely operated vehicles; helicopter-style UAV; rapid deployment UAV; unpredicted trouble spot; vertical launch surface-based rapid deployment UAV; Aircraft; Biographies; Explosives; Fires; Fuels; Propulsion; Prototypes; Rails; Rockets; Unmanned aerial vehicles; UAV; air launched UAV; air recovery; rapid deployment; system integration;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1487-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2008.4526564
