Sep
20
The Advent of UnManned and UnAttended Aircraft Systems
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by Imran H. Khan
Confluence of efficient solar cells, electric motors, energy harvesting techniques,composite materials, dense and sophisticated avionics is creating opportunities to develop Unattended Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UUAS). The first wave of UASs have enabled many applications that were unachievable with manned systems. As it turned out many of the UASs required more manpower on the ground than manned systems. There are still many more applications that become physically and economically viable if the humans are completely taken out of the loop. This requires that the system be smart enough to take into account all eventualities, and have the ability to harvest energy from natural sources.