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Options for Control and Navigation of Unmanned Aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

P. Gardner  and
C. R. Day
P. Gardner
Affiliation:
(Defence Research Agency, Aerospace Division)
C. R. Day
Affiliation:
(Defence Research Agency, Aerospace Division)
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Whilst unmanned aircraft (UMA) can be said to encompass missiles, targets for weapon training, preprogrammed reconnaissance drones and civilian systems such as radio-controlled models used to carry cameras, for the purpose of this paper we will restrict ourselves to aircraft which are capable of sustaining autonomous flight and accepting navigation commands whilst airborne. The terms applied to unmanned aircraft are variously UMA, remotely piloted vehicle (RPV), Drone and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

Keywords

1. Air navigation.2. Aircraft operation.3. Unmanned aircraft.
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 352 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1992

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