27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-6.2.1

SMART UAV RESEARCH PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE: ACHIEVEMENT OF TILT-ROTOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND VISION AHEAD

O. S. Ahn, J. M. Kim, C. H. Kim
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea

Keywords: smart uav, tiltrotor, vtuav, eagle eye, firescout

This paper summarized the achievements and vision of smart UAV. The validity of tilt-rotor concept in the future advanced VTOL competition has been reviewed and will be discussed. Current status of the full-scaled version development, and future tasks and surfacing vision ahead will be introduced.

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