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Research of Small Fixed-Wing Swarm UAS

소형 고정익 무인기 군집비행 기술 연구

  • Received : 2021.08.16
  • Accepted : 2021.11.25
  • Published : 2021.12.01
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Abstract

Recently popularized drone technologies have revealed that low-cost small unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) can be a significant threat to prevailing power by operating in group or in swarms. Researchers in many countries have tried to utilize integrated swarm unmanned aerial system(SUAS) in the battlefield. Agency for Defense Development also identified four core technologies in developing SUAS: swarm control, swarm network, swarm information, and swarm collaboration, and the authors started researches on swarm control and network technologies in order to be able to operate vehicle platforms as the first stage. This paper introduces design and integration of SUAS consisting of small fixed-wing UAVs, swarm control and network algorithms, a ground control system, and a launcher, with which swarm control and network technologies have been verified by flight tests. 19 fixed-wing UAVs succeeded in swarm flight in the final flight test for the first time as a domestic research.

최근 드론 기술의 대중화와 함께 저비용의 소형 무인기를 다수 또는 군집으로 운용함으로써 상당한 군사적 효용성을 얻을 수 있음이 알려지면서, 군집무인체계의 전장 활용을 위한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 국방과학연구소에서는 이와 관련한 주요기술로 군집제어, 군집통신, 군집정보, 군집협업 기술을 식별하였으며, 1단계로써 대상 무인체를 운용하는 데 필요한 군집제어와 군집통신 기술에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는 소형 고정익 무인기 기반의 군집무인기시스템을 설계 및 제작하고, 군집제어 및 군집통신 기술을 비행시험으로 검증한 과정을 소개한다. 최종비행시험에서 무인기 19대가 군집비행을 수행함으로써 국내 최초로 군사적으로 활용도가 높은 고정익 무인기 약 20대 규모의 군집 비행시험에 성공하였다.

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