A Study of a Reconnaissance Surveillance Vehicle
A Study of a Reconnaissance Surveillance Vehicle A Study of a Reconnaissance Surveillance Vehicle
48 EO Imagery: January 16, 2001 Edwards Air Force Base, CA Altitude: 60,000+ ft. Slant Range: 33 km. Approved for Public Release February 20, 2002
Daytime IR Imagery: March 26, 1999 NAS China Lake, CA Altitude: 61,000+ ft. Slant Range: 22.6 km. C-130 Thermal Shadow AV-8 Harrier Thermal Shadow Approved for Public Release NPS041003 49 49 February 20, 2002
- Page 1 and 2: A Study of a Reconnaissance Surveil
- Page 3 and 4: GENERAL UAV ISSUES NPS041003 3
- Page 5 and 6: STRATEGIC • Worldwide OPS • Sel
- Page 7 and 8: Risk Reduction • Never attempt to
- Page 9 and 10: Design to Cost Lowest costs are ach
- Page 11 and 12: Redundancy • Level of Redundancy
- Page 13 and 14: DMS (Diminishing Mfg Sources) - Obs
- Page 15 and 16: Learn from Others’ Mistakes NPS04
- Page 17 and 18: Design Requirements NPS041003 17
- Page 19 and 20: 50,000 Ft Steady 20Kt Crosswind Com
- Page 21 and 22: System Selection NPS041003 21
- Page 23 and 24: Continuous coverage Analysis Approa
- Page 25 and 26: Original Design Objective Balance M
- Page 27 and 28: The HALE vehicle - (High Altitude L
- Page 29 and 30: Configuration Development NPS041003
- Page 31 and 32: Loral Systems, San Jose, CA Tier II
- Page 33 and 34: System Overview Wide-band data tran
- Page 35 and 36: Carbon wing, tail and engine nacell
- Page 37 and 38: Design Performance NPS041003 37
- Page 39 and 40: Wing Lift Coefficient 1.40 1.20 1.0
- Page 41 and 42: Design Implementation & Design Spec
- Page 43 and 44: Navigation & Guidance Schematic NPS
- Page 45 and 46: Maintainability / Accessibility Acc
- Page 47: Integrated Sensor Suite NPS041003 4
- Page 51 and 52: Global Hawk Airborne Integrated Com
- Page 53 and 54: Air Vehicle-to-Ground Stations Inte
- Page 55 and 56: All-Encompassing System Development
- Page 57 and 58: . Pre-flight Checkout Remove before
- Page 59 and 60: Mission Start WPt • INS alignment
- Page 61 and 62: Temperature ~ Degrees F 100 60 20 -
- Page 63 and 64: VN Diagram Global Hawk Vn Diagram L
- Page 65 and 66: Gust Exceedance (1000 Hrs) Gust Exc
- Page 67 and 68: An Example of a Flight Control HCI
- Page 69 and 70: The Air Vehicle Status HCI H367-024
- Page 71 and 72: Examples of Autonomous Operations N
- Page 73 and 74: Post-flight Checks NPS041003 73
- Page 75 and 76: Summary 1. UAVs will demonstrate lo
- Page 77 and 78: Typical Dual VMS Aircraft Loss Rate
- Page 79 and 80: Design Requirements NPS041003 79
- Page 81 and 82: Affordability UFP COTS Interchangea
- Page 83 and 84: Design Implementation & Design Spec
- Page 85 and 86: Electrical Power Schematic NPS04100
- Page 87 and 88: Vehicle Fuel System Schematic NPS04
- Page 89 and 90: Single Event Upsets >≅ 40 K Ft Co
- Page 91 and 92: AV2 -4 T urb ulence Even t.5 Altitu
- Page 93 and 94: Turbulence Event Conclusions � Fl
- Page 95 and 96: Typical Fault Logic, Lost Carrier N
- Page 97 and 98: Airspace Coordination Requirements
Daytime IR Imagery: March 26, 1999<br />
NAS China Lake, CA<br />
Altitude: 61,000+ ft.<br />
Slant Range: 22.6 km.<br />
C-130<br />
Thermal Shadow<br />
AV-8 Harrier<br />
Thermal Shadow<br />
Approved for Public Release<br />
NPS041003 49 49<br />
February 20, 2002
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