• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.263-270
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• 2023

The Ukraine-Russia war is a testing ground for High-Tech weapons and the first full-scale drone warfare. The Ukrainian military has been aggressively deploying a variety of reconnaissance and attack drones on the battlefield, and more recently, FPV drones, also known as racing drones, have been fitted with bombs as a game-changer in small-unit combat. To better understand these FPV drones, this article reviews their definition, aircraft components, and key characteristics, and draws implications from the Ukrainian military's FPV combat experience. In the future, the combination of artificial intelligence and swarming technology will make FPV drones even more lethal. Accordingly, the need to develop FPV drones suitable for the future operational environment on the Korean Peninsula is increasing, and follow-up research is needed to specify fighting methods and optimize related technologies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.184-185
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• 2022

국제해사기구(IMO)에서는 2017년 미래선박으로서 자율운항선박(MASS)의 개념을 채택한 바 있으며, 실해역 운항을 위한 국제법규 및 규정 검토를 진행하고 있다. 무인선은 악천후시 유인선이 수행하기 힘든 임무를 대체하거나 지원하기 위하여 원격 혹은 자율적으로 운용되는 일종의 소형 자율운항선박을 의미한다. 선박해양플랜트연구소에서는 2011년부터 해양수산부 연구개발사업을 통하여, 무인선 아라곤호 시리즈를 개발하였으며, 아라곤1호, 2호, 3호 등 총 3척을 운용하고 있다. 해당 선박은 길이 8미터, 배수량 약 3톤급의 활주선형으로 원격운항, 경로추종 및 충돌회피 등 자율운항 기능이 적용되어 있다. 한편, 무인선은 공중 드론과 달리 탑재중량이 크고, 항속시간이 길어 해상에서 감시,첩보, 정찰 등에 효용성이 높으며, 최근 한척보다는 여러 척을 운용하는 것이 효과적이어서 무인선 군집(USV Swarm)으로 해상임무를 수행하려는 연구가 다양하게 진행되고 있다. 선박해양플랜트연구소에서는 2019년부터, 기존의 아라곤호 시리즈 무인선들을 활용하여, 무인선 군집 자율운항 시스템 개발을 위한 "인공지능 기반 무인선 상황인식 및 자율운항 기술 개발" 과제를 진행하고 있다. 해상에서 불법선박이 출현시 이를 효과적으로 단속하기 위하여 추적 기동이 필요한데, 본 연구에서는 무인선 3척을 활용하여 불법선박을 추적하는 해상 감시 실해역 시험을 수행하였다. 본 논문에서는 무인선 군집 자율운항 시스템에 대하여 소개하고, 무인선 군집을 활용한 불법선 추적에 관한 실해역 시험결과에 대해 소개한다.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.105-117
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• 2020

Analysis of combat effectiveness is required to consider the concept of tactical cooperative engagement between manned-unmanned weapon systems, in order to predict the required operational capabilities of future weapon systems that meets the concept of 'effect-based synchronized operations.' However, analytical methods such as mathematical and statistical models make it difficult to analyze the effects of complex systems under nonlinear warfare. In this paper, we propose a combat simulation model that can simulate the concept of cooperative engagement between manned-unmanned combat entities based on wireless communications. First, we model unmanned combat entities, e.g., unmanned ground vehicles and drones, and manned combat entities, e.g., combatants and artillery, considering the capabilities required by the future ground system. We also simulate tactical behavior in which all entities perform their mission while sharing battlefield situation information through wireless communications. Finally we explore the feasibility of the proposed model by analyzing combat effectiveness such as target acquisition rate, remote control success rate, reconnaissance lead time, survival rate, and enemy's loss rate under a small-unit armor reconnaissance scenario. The proposed model is expected to be used in war-game combat experiments as well as analysis of the effects of manned-unmanned ground weapons.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.8
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• pp.671-680
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• 2021

This paper deals with the contents of designing and producing reconnaissance hardware and software, and verifying the functions after being installed on the CanSat platform and ground stations. The main reconnaissance mission is largely composed of two things: terrain search that renders the surrounding terrain in 3D using radar, GPS, and IMU sensors, and real-time detection of major objects through optical camera image analysis. In addition, data analysis efficiency was improved through GUI software to enhance the completeness of the CanSat system. Specifically, software that can check terrain information and object detection information in real time at the ground station was produced, and mission failure was prevented through abnormal packet exception processing and system initialization functions. Communication through LTE and AWS server was used as the main channel, and ZigBee was used as the auxiliary channel. The completed CanSat was tested for air fall using a rocket launch method and a drone mount method. In experimental results, the terrain search and object detection performance was excellent, and all the results were processed in real-time and then successfully displayed on the ground station software.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.537-539
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• 2016

Recently, unmanned technologies interest increased. An unmanned boat is not directly on people and radio can be controlled by boat. Used for military unmanned boat was first developed in the United States Navy. In recent years, for hobby, for pesticide application, for water activities, expanding exploration in various ways, including for use. The role of a variety of unmanned boat above, In the case of a variety of unmanned probe of the role of unmanned boat on the boat people who don't be able to come to the vision of the advantage can not be exploring places like blind spot. In this paper, The Blind Spot are explorations of places such as streaming real-time as possible, an unmanned boat using Raspberry Pi that support implementation. Receiver input signals of an unmanned boat to the transmitter under the manipulation of, using smartphones hotspot feature Raspberry Pi and smartphones, network connection. Via Raspberry Pi motion of using real-time streaming using unmanned boat.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2022

With the recent increase in the development of military drones, they are adopted and used as the combat system of battalion level or higher. However, it is difficult to use drones that can be used in battles below the platoon level due to the current conditions for the formation of units in the Korean military. In this paper, therefore, we developed a program drones equipped with a thermal imaging camera and LiDAR sensor for reconnaissance and exploration that can be applied in battles below the platoon level. Using these drones, we studied the possibility and feasibility of drones for small-scale combats that can find hidden enemies, search for an appropriate detour through image processing and conduct reconnaissance and search for battlefields, hiding and cover-up through image processing. In addition to the purpose of using the proposed drone to search for an enemies lying in ambush in the battlefield, it can be used as a function to check the optimal movement path when a combat unit is moving, or as a function to check the optimal place for cover-up or hiding. In particular, it is possible to check another route other than the route recommended by the program because the features of the terrain can be checked from various viewpoints through 3D modeling. We verified the possiblity of flying by designing and assembling in a form of adding LiDAR and thermal imaging camera module to a drone assembled based on racing drone parts, which are open source hardware, and developed autonomous flight and search functions which can be used even by non-professional drone operators based on open source software, and then installed them to verify their feasibility.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.139-145
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• 2023

The ROK Army is promoting cutting-edge, future-oriented military development such as a mobile, intelligent, and hyper-connected Army TIGER system. The future infantry brigade plans to increase mobility with squad-level tactical vehicles to enable combat in multi-domain operations and to deploy various weapon systems such as surveillance and reconnaissance drones. In addition, it will be developed into an intelligent unit that transmits and receives data collected through the weapon system through a hyper-connected network. Accordingly, the future infantry brigade will transmit and receive more data. However, the Army's tactical information communication system has limitations in operating as a tactical communication system for future units, such as low transmission speed and bandwidth and restrictions on communication support. Therefore, in this paper, the information distribution capability of the future infantry brigade is presented through the offensive operation scenario and M&S.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.301-306
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• 2023

Convergeance in the military operations can be attained by simultaneously integrating effects based on sensor, C2, shooter asset in multi-domain and there is no exception to special operations. However, because of challenges from enemy, terrain, geopraphy, and weather, it's not easy to intertwine effects created from ground, sea, air, cyber and electromagnetic spectrum, and space in special operations conducted in deep area. This study presented how to intertwine high-tech such as long-rane reconnaissance·strike drone, cutting-edge sensor, jamming pod, and modular repeater in order to offset aforementioned challenges. Several new high-tech are able to strengthen convergeance of special operations in accordance with the development of the 4th industrial revolution. Therefore, follow-up studies need to be continued making an efforts to search for them.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.919-925
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• 2023

Modern drones are equipped with miniaturized mission equipment capable of performing various tasks such as surveillance and reconnaissance. Consequently, these mission equipment are exposed to disturbances like wind loads and motor rotations, which can lead to instability in the operation of the Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS). Specifically, simple step inputs for changing the line of sight in EOTS can cause abrupt changes in speed, inducing overshoot and potentially creating instability along with other disturbances. To address this, a velocity profile was designed so that the angular velocity moves in a trapezoidal shape when changing the EOTS line of sight. A Double-loop controller was designed to apply this profile as an input to the external loop receiving position feedback. The system's stability was then compared, and the velocity profile was optimized within a stable range by varying maximum speed and acceleration.