scholarly journals Military Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – A Historical Study

10.37105/sd.4 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Kozera Cyprian Aleksander
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Contemporary Study ◽  
The Military ◽  
Aerial Combat

The following study is devoted to the phenomenon of unmanned aerial vehicles used throughout known history on the battlefield or for military purposes. The purpose of the following text is to familiarise the reader with an overview with the contemporary and historical employment of the unmanned vehicles on the battlefield. The study also aims to show that the concept of unmanned combat vehicles, also unmanned aerial combat vehicles, is far more ancient than is it is widely known. The article is based on theoretical research methods, mostly multinational academic literature. The author starts with an introduction on the role of limiting soldiers’ fatalities and the concept of removing military men from the battleground. Then, the author presents known examples of using unmanned ships in battles from Thucydides’ times to the invention of the Hell-burner of Antwerp. Further, the case of first unmanned combat aerial vehicle is presented, the bombing balloons from the nineteenth century, followed by a more contemporary study of the military use of unmanned aircrafts. The article is concluded with an analysis of the present employment of drones when they tend to substitute manned aircrafts on various occasions, especially when a mission is deemed “dull, dirty or dangerous”.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Design Trends

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devdas Shetty ◽  
Louis Manzione
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Hardware In The Loop ◽  
Design Procedures ◽  
System Survivability ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Automation Systems ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
The Military

This paper looks at the trends in design procedures in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Rapid advances in technology are enabling more and more capability to be placed on smaller airframes which is spurring a large increase in the number of UAVs being deployed in the army. The military role of UAV is growing at unprecedented rates. The UAV is an acronym for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which is an aircraft with no pilot on board. UAVs can be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems. A variety of design configurations are in use. The primary driving parameters in all UAVs is the need for maximizing available wing area and wing effectiveness, while minimizing the required storage volume. The major factors in determining the relative merit of the different concepts are the evaluation of structural viability, mechanical complexity and overall system survivability by G forces. This paper examines some of the design methodologies and hardware-in-the loop simulation environment to support and validate the UAV hardware and software development.

scholarly journals A New Password- and Position-Based Authenticated Key Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Jia Fan ◽  
Lanfei Qiao ◽  
Yunfei Cao ◽  
Shanglin Liu ◽  
Wenke Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Key Exchange ◽  
Authenticated Key Exchange ◽  
Key Exchange Protocol ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Popular Method ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Secure Authentication ◽  
The Military

Password-based authenticated key exchange is a popular method for secure authentication and key exchange. With the wide application of unmanned aerial vehicles, position information has also become an important factor in authentication. In this paper, we present a new key exchange protocol, which firstly realizes dual authentication for both password and position, and we propose two applicable scenarios for the PPAKE mechanism: one is unmanned aerial vehicle authentication, and the other one is authentication in the military base. By adding position authentication, the reliability of authentication has improved, and the difficulty of adversarial attacks also increases. Any arbitrary adversary who can listen, tamper, and send messages can only perform an online attack for password guessing at a specified position. Finally, we provide security proofs under the defined model.

scholarly journals Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Influence of Troops Leading Procedure

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Drozd ◽  
Zdeněk Flasar
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Preparation Time ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
The World ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
The Military ◽  
Modern Technologies ◽  
Specific Impact

Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles, drones and other similar equipment are having a boom nowadays. Moreover, the usage of those modern technologies is also significant within armies. Unmanned aerial vehicles are extensively use within most of the military activities all over the world mainly on the battalion level and above. This paper is focused to discuss the usage of this technology on tactical level, particularly by squad and squad size units. The paper deals mainly with influence of unmanned aerial vehicles on troops leading procedure. The main methods of this paper are outcomes from the realized experiment. It shows on examples specific impact on all steps of the troops leading procedure. The experiment revealed interesting data and some possible conclusion were made. The primarily target of this paper is experience military personnel dealing with this topic. The paper should open broad discussion focused on all steps of troops leading procedure and outline the possible way of troops leading procedure update. Unmanned aerial vehicles, drones and other modern technology providing almost online information to the squad leader could significantly influence all steps of the troop leading procedure, safe preparation time as well as lives of the troops.

scholarly journals The Drones and Issues Connected with Their Use in Contemporary Conflicts

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 305-310
Author(s):  
Richard Stojar
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Special Operations ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Global Space ◽  
Drone Warfare ◽  
The Military ◽  
Further Development

Abstract The text deals with the development and methods of use of Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in contemporary conflicts or special operations. The contribution tries to present the main advantages of these vehicles as being the main reasons for their current use in armed forces of state as well as non-state actors and their dynamic proliferation in global space in past years. We can observe a new trend in the armed conflict in the last two decades - use of advanced systems of unmanned vehicles in such a range that many military and academic experts talk about a new wave of revolutionary changes in the military affairs. This wave, or we could even talk about militarytechnological breakthrough should lead to imminent use of these systems in contemporary as well as future conflicts which would result in the partial or complex robotization of the battlefield. Specific attention is dedicated to controversies tied to the use of Drones/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in socalled Drone Warfare and current discussion in the context of cultural or societal dimension of their use and perspectives for further development.

Flight Loads of Mini UAV

2013 ◽  
Vol 198 ◽  
pp. 194-199
Author(s):  
Andrzej Majka
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Flight Loads ◽  
Urgent Necessity

Designing and building of the unmanned aircraft, especially light and ultra light vehicles, is mainly performed using the experience gained when constructing the flying models. There have not been uniform principles of building and exploiting of the mini and micro UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) in the form of regulations similar to those for manned airplanes. The unmanned vehicles of these classes in terms of their abilities and attractive price are more frequently exploited using the same air area as manned airplanes performing missions over the inhabited areas. An urgent necessity arises to work out the norms of flight suitability of the mini and micro unmanned aerial vehicles. The work contains the analysis of suitability of the current aviation regulations to determine the requirements for the mini unmanned vehicles. The work concentrates on the phenomenon of determining the symmetrical loads from the maneuvers and the turbulence atmosphere. The result of this analysis is the Limit Maneuver Envelope, Limit Gust Envelope and Limit Combined Envelope for mini UAV. The analyzed flight states allowed selecting the so called design cases which can become a basis for determining the norms of loading of mini unmanned aerial vehicles which can constitute the beginning of the regulations for building of the unmanned aerial vehicles of this class.

The Role of Affective Computing for Improving Situation Awareness in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations

2019 ◽  
pp. 295-305
Author(s):  
Jonathan Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Missing Data ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Affective Computing ◽  
Affect Recognition ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are a robotic form of military aircraft that are remotely operated by humans. Due to lack of situation awareness, such technology has led to the deaths of civilians through the inaccurate targeting of missile or gun attacks. This chapter presents the case for how a patented invention can be used to reduce civilian casualties through attaching an affect recognition sensor to a UAV that uses a database of strategies, tactics and commands to better instruct fighter pilots on how to respond while in combat so as to avoid misinterpreting civilians as combatants. The chapter discusses how this system, called VoisJet, can reduce many of the difficulties that come about for UAV pilots, including reducing cognitive load and opportunity for missing data. The chapter concludes that using UAVs fitted with VoisJet could allow for the reduction of the size of standing armies so that defence budgets are not overstretched outside of peacetime.

The Role of Affective Computing for Improving Situation Awareness in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations

2015 ◽  
pp. 404-414
Author(s):  
Jonathan Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Missing Data ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Affective Computing ◽  
Affect Recognition ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are a robotic form of military aircraft that are remotely operated by humans. Due to lack of situation awareness, such technology has led to the deaths of civilians through the inaccurate targeting of missile or gun attacks. This chapter presents the case for how a patented invention can be used to reduce civilian casualties through attaching an affect recognition sensor to a UAV that uses a database of strategies, tactics and commands to better instruct fighter pilots on how to respond while in combat so as to avoid misinterpreting civilians as combatants. The chapter discusses how this system, called VoisJet, can reduce many of the difficulties that come about for UAV pilots, including reducing cognitive load and opportunity for missing data. The chapter concludes that using UAVs fitted with VoisJet could allow for the reduction of the size of standing armies so that defence budgets are not overstretched outside of peacetime.

scholarly journals The global drone market: main development trends

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 11004
Author(s):  
Larisa Kapustina ◽  
Natalia Izakova ◽  
Elizaveta Makovkina ◽  
Michail Khmelkov
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Development Trends ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
The Military

Research background: Many countries of the world announced increasing the use of drones for civil and military purposes. An important feature of the drone market is that it is an “ecosystem”“, which includes software developers, integrators, component manufacturers, etc. By 2025, the capacity of the global unmanned aerial vehicle market will grow by 3 times. Purpose of the article: The aim of the study is to identify current trends in the development of the global market of unmanned aerial vehicles for commercial use. Methods: A significant part of the necessary statistical data is closed for public access, due to the fact that most of the UAVs produced are part of the military-industrial complex or “dual-use” goods. Only 23.6% of all UAVs produced can be classified as civilian or commercial products. Market development trends using economic statistic methods were determined based on the data of the reports “The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in International Trade and their Regulation”, Drone Industry Insights, the analytical agency Mordor Intelligence, “Global Drone Regulations Database”. Findings & Value added: The USA, China and France are the leaders in the production of commercial and consumer drones. The rating of drone manufacturers is led by: DJI (China), SenseFly / Parrot SA (France), Yuneec (China), 3D Robotics (USA). The largest purchases are made by the USA, China, Russia, Great Britain, Australia, France, Saudi Arabia, India and South Korea. Significant growth in the use of drones is expected in medicine, logistics and delivery.

scholarly journals PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF USE OF THE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AGRAS T16

2021 ◽  
pp. 152-167
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Kholodiuk
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Flight Planning ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Effective Use

Scientific and technological progress today allows the widespread use of modern technologies in agriculture in the planning and use of agricultural technologies. Such technologies are the use of unmanned aerial vehicles as well. Now they allow to collect information about the field, make an orthophoto of the field, monitor crops and its condition at different stages of plant development, perform cartography, monitor the normalized vegetation index, spray plant protection products to control pests and diseases or make a trichogram. The object of research in this article is the process of preparation, adjustment, planning of flight missions and the use of unmanned aerial vehicle AgrasT16 for spraying work sites. The aim of the research is the effective use of the Agras T16 drone from DJI by substantiating the main measures for the timeliness and correctness of its preparation for work, setting the specified operating parameters, planning missions and calculating its productivity. The objectives of the work: to analyze the existing research on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine for agricultural purposes; to establish design features of the drone; to find out the basic settings and flight planning; to establish the productivity of the drone on spraying and to substantiate measures and ways of its effective use. The methods of research include the method of cognitive activity and methods of analysis and synthesis of both information from official sources and information from the works of other researchers. The scientific work deals with the different design and technical features of the Agras T16 hexacopter from the previous generation models. The practical aspects of its use in spraying, preparation for work, adjustment, selection of the necessary mode of operation, planning of fields and flight missions by means of the remote control and work with the charging station have been substantiated. The main features of different modes of its operation Manual Operation, Manual Plus, A-B Route Operation, Route Operation, which will allow you to solve various tasks have been highlighted. Particular attention has been paid to the methods of field flight planning (routes) of the drone, setting up the spray system, calibration of the compass and nozzles. According to the results of theoretical research, the productivity of the drone per hour of variable time has been established, which amounted to 8.8 ha/h. The measures to reduce unproductive time spent when spraying Agras T16 work areas have been substantiated.

scholarly journals The use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the mountain rescue service

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Gánovský ◽  
◽  
Branislav Kandera
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Rescue Service ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Third ◽  
Mountain Rescue ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Flight Operations ◽  
Aerial Vehicle

The theme of paper is the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Mountain rescue service. At the beginning, a brief summary about the history and development of unmanned aerial vehicles is made, starting from the very beginning to their gradual integration into the rescue systems all around the world. This part is followed by an analysis of the currently valid Slovak legislation regulating the rules of flying with unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of Slovak Republic, which also affects the flight operations of mountain rescuers. Author also included an analysis of the European legislation, which should gradually replace the currently valid Slovak legislation and unify the rules of operation of unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the member states. The third chapter describes the use of specific types of unmanned aerial vehicles used by the Mountain rescue service of Slovak Republic and also of other European countries. We focused on the operational advantages and disadvantages compared to other types of aircraft technology used in the mountain rescue systems. The last part consists of an analysis of available equipment used in conjunction with unmanned aerial vehicles during avalanche accidents. Part of the work is also researching the possible extensions of mountain rescue operations by the implementation of modern avalanche beacons attached on the unmanned vehicles. In a research we focused mainly on the possible interference caused by the operation of unmanned aerial vehicle in close vicinity of an avalanche beacon.

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