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Chapter 4: Information Assurance & Cyber Defence
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This approach excludes the need for other mechanical elements for the flight control.
This type of UAV will permit to move closer to the test object and the “flotation”
in the air for the time needed for data acquisition.
The project also examined analogous to planes flying ships (Fig. 3c), for which
the data acquisition will have to take place during movement, from a significant
distance from the object. In this case it will be possible to collect multiple images
(photography and thermography) during the approach to the VSAT antenna and
the circulation, while in the middle there is a monitored object.
a) b)
c)
Figure 3. Examples of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: (a) Quadrotor TARKUS (WB Electronics),
(b) Octocopter SKYJIB (DROIDWORX), (c) Unmanned Plane FlyEye (WB Electronics)
UAV used within the TransSat project will require a implementation and
integration of the following equipment/components:
• measuring head,
• video recorder/camera,
• thermographic video recorder,
• radiation detector in the bands used in VSAT terminals,
• GPS receiver,
• UAV remote control systems, detection and navigation devices.
The use of UAV as a remote observer requires the development of:
• positioning methods of a thermographic camera, camcorder/camera,
listening device and navigational equipment;
• platform to record and store information in different phases of VSAT
terminal monitoring;
• data acquisition system of the observation unit to the operator.