A Study of a Reconnaissance Surveillance Vehicle

UAV Major System Attributes
• Significantly lower mission costs than manned
• Incorporates reliable (robust) design features
• Provides protection against human induced accidents through
embedded flight control limits and limited override capability
(outer loop vs inner loop)
• Adequate sensors to predict deterioration and failures
• Use of sufficient redundancy to provide fail-operate systems
• Self “healing” and self controlling systems operation
• Tolerate wide environmental ranges, as operations are
generally in hostile and/or unknown environments (pressures,
temperatures, turbulent atmospheres, etc.)
• Operate in civilian airspace (with or without waivers) over
friendly as well as hostile countries.
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