NRL Power and Energy Research for Group 1/2 UAS [video]
Authors
Edwards, Dan
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CED3
Defense Energy
Defense Energy
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2018-08-28
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Added 8/28/2018
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Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
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en_US
Abstract
Missions for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the Department of Defense may vary, but a common thread is an ever-increasing desire for more endurance. The US Naval Research Laboratory's Vehicle Research Section has conducted several UAS power and energy projects over the last decade. Solar-Soaring is a powered sailplane with integrated solar photovoltaics and autonomous soaring guidance algorithms, which has demonstrated dawn-to-dusk endurance. Ion Tiger is a fuel cell testbed, demonstrating +24hr endurance on gaseous hydrogen and +48hr on liquid hydrogen fuel. Hybrid Tiger is a multi-day endurance Group 2 UAS, enabled by the combination of solar photovoltaic arrays, a hydrogen fuel cell, and energy-aware guidance. This talk with give a background on these programs, describe their results, and suggest areas where future research may find even more endurance.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Duration: 1:11:44 Filesize: 602.1 MB
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.