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What is an UAV?
UAS or UAV? Or maybe a drone?
-- UAV = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
-- UAS = Unmanned Aerial Systems
-- Drone = Dynamic Remotely Operated Navigation Equipment
-- RPA = Remotely Piloted Aircraft
+- UAV = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
+- UAS = Unmanned Aerial Systems
+- Drone = Dynamic Remotely Operated Navigation Equipment
+- RPA = Remotely Piloted Aircraft
@@ -372,12 +372,13 @@ UAS: Unmanned Aircraft System
-- Unmanned = without a person onboard (operated by automatic or remote control)
-- Aircraft = able to fly
-- System = associated elements related to safe operations (may include control stations, control links, support equipment, payloads, flight termination systems, and launch recovery equipment)
+- Unmanned = without a person onboard (operated by automatic or remote control)
+- Aircraft = able to fly
+- System = associated elements related to safe operations (may include control stations, control links, support equipment, payloads, flight termination systems, and launch recovery equipment)
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Consists of three elements:
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+
Consists of three elements:
- Unmanned Aircraft
- Control Station
@@ -389,13 +390,11 @@ UAS: Unmanned Aircraft System
UAS or UAV? Or maybe a drone?
+
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
-- UAV = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
-
-- Excludes: missiles, weapons, or exploding warheads,
-- Includes: all classes of airplanes, helicopters, airships, and powered-lift aircraft,
-- Doesn’t include: traditional balloons, rockets, tethered aircraft, and un-powered gliders.
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+- Excludes: missiles, weapons, or exploding warheads,
+- Includes: all classes of airplanes, helicopters, airships, and powered-lift aircraft,
+- Doesn’t include: traditional balloons, rockets, tethered aircraft, and un-powered gliders.
@@ -471,16 +470,16 @@
Generic Unmanned Aircraft System
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+
Sensors
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+
Sensors
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-sUAS sensors for mapping
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+UAS sensors for mapping
- RGB cameras
- Infrared sensors
@@ -512,7 +511,11 @@ Multispectral and hyperspectral cameras
- Miniaturization is challenging in terms of optics and sensor calibration
- Weight, cost, data quality has improved; spectral bands, resolution need improvements
- Cameras with NIR band: agriculture and vegetation mapping (for NDVI)
-- The more bands the more information, but also higher price of the sensor (multispectral - couple thousands, hyperspectral - tens of thousands $)
+- The more bands the more information, but also higher price of the sensor
+
+- $$ multispectral - couple thousands
+- $$$ hyperspectral - tens of thousands
+
@@ -563,7 +566,7 @@
Sensor and platform integration
Who uses UAS?
Types of UAV Operations
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-Army and government
+Army and Government
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-- Public Use Aircraft
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- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
@@ -633,7 +635,6 @@ Army and government
- NOAA
- State Universities
- State Law Enforcement
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