22nd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, Harrogate, UK, 28 August - 1st September, 2000
Paper ICAS 2000-1.6.3

PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL MASS : UCAV CASE STUDY

P. A. Eustace (1), L.R. Jenkinson (2)
(1) Air Research Ltd, UK; (2) Loughborough University, UK

Keywords: unmanned, combat air vehicle, design, ucav

This paper presents the results of a case study of an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) concept incorporating new technologies associated with advanced materials, enhanced agility, low observability and high structural manoeuvre limit, the latter made possible by the absence of a crew.

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