UAV Mission Management Functions to Support Integration in a Strategic and Tactical ATC and C2 Environment

Theunissen, E.; Goossens, A.A.H.E.; Bleeker, Okko; Koeners, Joris

doi:10.2514/6.2005-6310

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“…Concepts that have been addressed comprised improved operator interfaces to reduce the effort needed to specify changes to the flight plan and assess the impact of terrain, threats and other traffic [1,2] and the use of connectivity between UAV Control Stations (UCSs) to allow geographically separated navigation and payload management [3]. This paper focuses on the integration of already available data to provide the operator with the earlier mentioned coverage awareness.…”

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Closing the ISR-Navigation loop

Theunissen

Goossens

Tadema

2010

29th Digital Avionics Systems Conference

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Due to the lack of sufficiently accurate real-time information about the availability and quality of the data that is being collected to meet the ISR goals, opportunities to fill in coverage holes can hardly be detected during an on-going mission. The goal of the research presented in this paper is to provide the operator with so-called coverage awareness by providing the information needed to assess the availability of the collected data in reference to locations about which information is required. The concept relies on three elements. The main element is a so-called coverage database which is updated in real-time with information about the locations that have been surveyed, the sensors used and the time this occurred. The second element is a module that creates the content of the coverage database in realtime, using the vehicle and sensor state to compute the footprint covered by the surveillance sensor(s). The third element is the visualization module which is used to translate elements of the coverage database into a graphical overlay which can be conformally integrated with a conventional map. The first part of the paper discusses the rationale underlying the concept. Next, the coverage database, the real-time update process and the visualization concept are discussed in more detail. In the third part of the paper, the concept is illustrated using an example situation created in a simulation environment.

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Closing the ISR-Navigation loop

Theunissen

Goossens

Tadema

2010

29th Digital Avionics Systems Conference

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“…The promise of relatively low costs, together with highly reliable and effective assets that are not subject to the physical, psychological, or training constraints of human pilots, has led to much research effort across the world [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. In this section, we give a brief overview of existing work related to UAV data visualization software, as well as of design patterns as software development artifacts.…”

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Reusable Design of Data Visualization Software Architecture for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Jovanovic

Starčević

Jovanović

2014

Journal of Aerospace Information Systems

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“…Each of them encompasses specific areas of the UAVs applicability. Modeling and simulation is becoming increasingly important since models and simulators are used as "filters" or "placeholders" for notyet-developed systems elements allowing system elements to come "on-line" when they are ready, rather than waiting for the entire system(s) maturation [4]. Air Force Institute of Technology developed a virtual cockpit for a distributed interactive simulation [5].…”

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UAV-based Simulation Environment: Experience Report

Jovanovic¹,

Starčević

Obrenović

2007

EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on "Computer as a Tool"

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Simulation has long been applied to enhance training and preparation. Nowadays, however, simulation is being used as a technological enabler to support all phases of a project lifecycle, including research, analysis, and acquisition. With the ability to virtually simulate systems, processes, communications and the interoperability of each in a simulation environment, simulation helps reduce the cost and risk associated with all phases of a project. UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) performs various kinds of missions such as mobile tactical reconnaissance, surveillance, law enforcement, search and rescue, land management, environmental monitoring, disaster management. In order to realize all functionalities of the UAV, the software part becomes very complex real-time system expected to execute real-time tasks concurrently. This paper reports experiences of designing and developing simulator for lightweight UAV purpose-built for mediumscale reconnaissance and surveillance missions in civil area. The overall system architecture and implementation are described.

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UAV Mission Management Functions to Support Integration in a Strategic and Tactical ATC and C2 Environment

Cited by 12 publications

References 1 publication

Closing the ISR-Navigation loop

Closing the ISR-Navigation loop

Reusable Design of Data Visualization Software Architecture for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UAV-based Simulation Environment: Experience Report

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