26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-1.4.3

PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A JOINED WING HALE UAV

D. Verstraete, M. Coatanéa, P. Hendrick
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Keywords: HALE UAV, preliminary design, joined-wing

High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles could provide improved services over existing systems. However, at the current state of the technology, the design of HALE UAVS requires innovative solutions for both the aircraft configuration and the propulsion system. This paper presents the design of a joined wing HALE UAV.

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