25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-1.7.5

AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR BORDER SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING BASED ON VERY LIGHT MALE UAV

Z. Goraj
Warsaw Univ. of Technology, Poland

Keywords: UAV, design, surveillance, comtutational aerodynamics

A very light MALE UAV is designed for surveillance mission and sending the images in LOS range. Interdisciplinary approach to tailless architecture included a profile selection, aerodynamic optimisation, stability analysis, weight balance, structural and flutter analysis, many on-board redundant systems, reliability and maintability analysis, safety improvement, cost and performance optimisation.

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