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 2008-1.4.2

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECLIPSE AND DEMON DEMONSTRATOR UAVS

A. Yarf-Abbasi, A. Clarke, C. P. Lawson, J. P. Fielding
Cranfield Univ., UK

Keywords: UAV, FLAVIIR, Integration, DEMON, ECLIPSE

FLAVIIR Programme aims to develop technologies for UAVs with low acquisition and operating cost. These need to be integrated, and demonstrated at higher technology readiness levels than are usual in the Univ. sector. The DEMON UAV will be designed and built to demonstrate flapless mission as well as other technologies.

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