UAV

Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles
 Lesson Topics
• History
• System Components
• Advantages & Disadvantages
• Personnel
• Size Categories
• Missions
 History
Timed fliers
• 1849 - Austria sends 200 unmanned hot air balloons using timers to
drop bombs over Venice
• WW1 - Flying bombs are used with a mechanical timer that tore off
the wing over the target
 History
WW2 - Germany develops the V-1
• 2.2 Tons, 650 km/hr speed , 250 km range ,850 kg
bomb, flight alt 500’
• More than 30,000 were manufactured
• Main targets : London , Antwerp
• Targeting used first auto pilot with a timer that cut fuel to engine
over the target
 History
WW2 - Germany develops the V-2
• Range 300 km
• Payload 1000 kg
• First ballistic missile in the world
 Components
Platform

Payload

Ground Control Station

Components
 Advantages & Disadvantages
Advantages
• Human life (pilot) is not endangered
• Quantity
• Versatility
• Cost effective
• No human limitations for flight duration (sleep, food, toilets, G…)
 Advantages & Disadvantages
Disadvantages
• Communication limitations
• Low reliability relative to manned aircraft
 Personnel
UAV crew is a team of experts
• Internal Pilot (IP)
• External Pilot (EP)
• Payload Operator (PO)
• Mission Commander
• Chief technician
• Technician
 UAV Categories
Micro UAV
• Weight - Up to 5 kg
• Range - UP to 10 km
• Duration - Up to 1 Hour
• Altitude - Up to 1000 ft
• Propulsion - Electric motor
• Operating unit size - Company
 UAV Categories
Mini UAV
• Weight - Up to 50 kg
• Range - UP to 50 km
• Duration - Up to 4 Hours
• Altitude - Up to 10,000 ft
• Propulsion – Usually electric motor
• Operating unit size - Battalion
 UAV Categories
MR Tactical UAV (Medium Range)
• Weight - Up to 500 kg
• Range - UP to 200 km
• Duration - Up to 10 Hour
• Altitude - Up to 20,000 ft
• Propulsion - Gasoline engines
• Operating unit size - Brigade
 UAV Categories
MALE UAV (Medium Altitude Long Endurance)
• Weight - Up to 1500 kg
• Range - UP to 500 km
• Duration - Up to 24 Hours
• Altitude - Up to 30,000 ft
• Propulsion - Gasoline engines
• Operating unit size - Division
 UAV Categories
HALE UAV (High Altitude Long Endurance)
• Weight - Up to 60 ton
• Range - 2000 km and more…
• Duration – 50 Hours
• Altitude - Up to 60,000 ft
• Propulsion – Usually jet engines
• Operating unit size - Army high command
 Missions
• Military: Surveillance, attack, assisting ground forces
• Police: Highway control, border patrol, chasing criminals
• Civilian: Geological surveys, environmental, monitoring forest fires,
aerial photography
Questions?