Global Dynamic Operations Allocation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft among Combatant Commands

A remotely piloted aircraft system in major incident management: concept and pilot, feasibility study

BACKGROUND Major incidents are complex, dynamic and bewildering task environments characterised by simultaneous, rapidly changing events, uncertainty and ill-structured problems. Efficient management, communication, decision-making and allocation of scarce medical resources at the chaotic scene of a major incident is challenging and often relies on sparse information and data. Communication and...

Finite element analysis of vehicle-structure interactions during launching of remotely piloted air-vehicles

The problem of finite element modeling and analysis of dynamic interactions between the launcher and a remotely piloted aircraft structure is considered. The governing equations of motion are shown to constitute a set of ordinary differential equations with time varying structural matrices. An iterative strategy that treats separately the dynamics of the launcher and the aircraft is developed. ...

Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (drones)

Allocation of Communications to Reduce Mental Workload

As the United States Department of Defense continues to increase the number of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) operations overseas, improved Human Systems Integration becomes increasingly important. Manpower limitations have motivated the investigation of Multiple Aircraft Control (MAC) configurations where a single pilot controls multiple RPAs simultaneously. Previous research has indicated th...

Real-Time Adaptive Control Allocation applied to a High Performance Aircraft

This paper presents the development and application of one approach to the control of aircraft with large numbers of control effectors. This approach, referred to as real-time adaptive control allocation, combines a nonlinear method for control allocation with actuator failure detection and isolation. The control allocator maps moment (or angular acceleration) commands into physical control eff...