UAV Susceptibility and self-protection measures
Ioannis Vagias
10.17862/cranfield.rd.4432958.v1
https://cord.cranfield.ac.uk/articles/poster/UAV_Susceptibility_and_self-protection_measures/4432958
<p>Poster presentation at the 2016 Defence and Security Doctoral Symposium.</p><p>The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has proliferated
in the defence, security and scientific communities. Although still immature,
the UAV market is the fastest growing sector of the defence industry, as senior
and junior tactical military commanders request frequently both Intelligence
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Close Air Support from unmanned
aerial platforms. This increased dependence on UAVs, the associated attrition
rate due to hostile fire and the high cost of sensors, communication equipment
and weaponry will drive the requirement for UAV survivability. There is a need
to develop background on the potential for UAVs to be equipped with
self-protection systems. The aims of the research are to:</p><p>· Investigate
the threats to High and Medium Altitude Long Endurance (HALE and MALE) UAS and
the spectrum, under which they operate.</p><p>· Study
where such protection systems can be installed and under which restrictions.</p><p>· Research
payload capability, dispenser installation as well as countermeasure ejection
geometry, to understand how the UAS can be better masked.</p><p>· Run
simulation of individual and sophisticated scenarios where UAS will employ
self-protection dispensing and non-dispensing techniques against threats.</p><p>
</p><p>· Extract
practical and feasible techniques for UAS protection.</p>
2016-12-15 09:59:38
UAV
Countermeasures
RCS
DSDS16 poster
DSDS16
Engineering not elsewhere classified