Issues and Challenges for Co-operative UAV Missions
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Issues and Challenges for Co-operative UAV MissionsChris Halliday and Tony Dodd
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5 December 2007 IET Seminar on Communicating with UAVs
Overview• Co-operative UAV missions• The Challenges• The Issues• Command, Control and
Communications• Concluding remarks
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Large area: search and rescue
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5 December 2007 IET Seminar on Communicating with UAVs
Large area: search and rescue• Need to communicate with central
command
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Combat Missions
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Combat Missions• Search and destroy• Combat search and rescue
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Urban
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Urban• Need to use existing communications• Results of US study• Is a communication infrastructure
even in place?
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Agriculture, remote sensing, survey etc.
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Agriculture, remote sensing, survey etc.• Must use licensed frequencies• Need for low cost solutions
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UAV Formation Flying/Refueling
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UAV Refueling• Piloted tanker-to-UAV• UAV tanker-to-piloted aircraft• UAV-to-UAV• Multiple UAV refueling• Very close co-ordination required
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The Challenges• Autonomous navigation• Complex and dynamic mission planning• Collision and obstacle avoidance• Task allocation and dynamic reconfiguration• High level control and co-ordination of flight
operations• Mixed assets and human interaction• Close formation flying
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The Issues• Communications: need to work within
national regulations• Allowable frequencies and powers different in
different regions• Severe limitations on range• Problems in urban environments – interference
(results of US study)• Ad hoc comms networks
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Mixed manned/unmanned systems• Need for C3• Remote operation/C3 – reliable,
problem, unhumanised (kill at 10,000km)
• Operator workload - multiple UAVs• Airspace and safety – UAVs operating in
mixed airspace
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Mixed air-sea-ground systems
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C3
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Communications• GPS – location (but what about
urban)• Inter-vehicle comms – information
sharing, deconfliction, mission planning…
• Back-to-base
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Formation Flying• Routine for piloted aircraft
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Issues• Different UAVs will have different
capabilities - Global Hawk vs MAV• Different users have access to
different techologies/legal frequencies
• Makes very difficult to standardise
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Multi-vehicle• Ground, sea and air
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Dynamic Mission Planning• Autonomous navigation• Mission planning• Task allocation• Co-ordination
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Search and destroy mission• Reasons for being dynamic
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Work on this• GAs and other evolutionary
algorithms…
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Concluding Remarks• Legislation• Certification
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