Future unmanned aerial vehicle applications require the development of new advanced design environments. In order to get an effective Unmanned Aerial System, UAS, solution it is necessary to take into account all elements of the system, e.g. to bring together aircraft design, payload, communication and other elements into one multidisciplinary design process. Compared to manned aircrafts, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV, interacts with the environment through the onboard sensors. Therefore the sensor and communication performances as well as their implementation in the whole system play an important role for a mission fulfillment. An UAV design is then strongly driven by the mission, sensors and communication systems requirements. In the classic aircraft design approaches the sensor and communication performances are not part of the primary requirements and are taken into account on the operational analysis stage only, when the aircraft concept is already quite detailed. In order to take into account the sensor and communication requirements early enough an operational environment has to be simulated and implemented into the design loop.     «

Future unmanned aerial vehicle applications require the development of new advanced design environments. In order to get an effective Unmanned Aerial System, UAS, solution it is necessary to take into account all elements of the system, e.g. to bring together aircraft design, payload, communication and other elements into one multidisciplinary design process. Compared to manned aircrafts, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV, interacts with the environment through the onboard sensors. Therefore the s...     »