23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-1.3.4

DESIGNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE

M. Asim (1), A. A. Khan (2)
(1) Engineering Wing PAF Base Minhas, Pakistan; (2) National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

Keywords: uav-ip

With the advancement in science and technology, the aviation industry is increasingly concentrating on the development of Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs). Of all three concepts the major thrust is presently towards UAVs. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) are being used for many years for a variety of different tasks like reconnaissance, bomb damage assessment (BDA), scientific research, escort EW, decoying guiding SAMs and AAMs, and target practice. These UAVs will replace the conventional aircraft in several roles and even perform novel assignments. The hostile battlefield environments and difficult access areas can be monitored without endangering human life. This paper elaborates the designing, stability and control analysis of UAV that can be used as interceptor and can perform reconnaissance/surveillance missions as well.

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