SG UAV breakthrough--avert collision

lionnoisy SG

Tech talents boost military might - Jul 4, 2007
SINGAPORE defence scientists have scored a breakthrough on a critical issue even major armed forces worry over - ensuring unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) do not collide into other aircraft. UAVs are pilotless drones, usually smaller than manned aircraft, that have become vital military 'eyes and ears'

---Search ST--04 July 2007page H4 o4 july 2007.

2.can u post the news here?

3.another step closer that MAV will be fully operational!!

STimes 2004-03-07.

Where is SG's MAV-Multirole Autonomous Vehicle?

This is not model---its Singapore MAV prototype

can carry a load of 20kg of equipment like cameras and sensors. It has a wingspan of 1.8m.

The 'batwing' is powered by a single turbofan engine producing 100lbs of thrust

4.fr JDW:

Summary of MAV fr JDW 10.03.2004:Jane's Defence weekly. Available in public library:
Due for first flight after Asean Aerospace which held in Feb 2004.
---Subscale,all composite air-frame and twin-wheel tricycle landing gears.
( Poster's Note: In full scale production,it will be 4 to 5 times bigger.)
----powered to subsonic speed by a 0.4 kN (45 kg thrust) by a turbo fan and
SERRATED DORSAL intake(wat is it?)
---wt empty 60 kg plus 20 kg pay load.

5.news

pdf file 04 Jul 2007 ,DSTA grooms talent to augment Singapore's technological edge

beavan SG

how did they do that?

CPL SG

Probably with Israeli help..

lionnoisy SG

i like Sparrow can be converted into cruise missile!!

Sparrow-N UAV by Sg & 'fern'

2. developed trajectory de-confliction algorithms

7 Another example of such a state-of-the-art system is the Gulfstream G550 Airborne Early Warning aircraft recently acquired by the RSAF. The G550 AEW aircraft are equipped with sophisticated radar and modern information systems to provide RSAF with vital real-time information that enhances surveillance and air defence capability.

DSTA worked in close collaboration with industrial partners to develop the software which functions as the brain that integrates and optimises the functioning of the radar and other sensor systems onboard the aircraft.

8 In the area of R&D, DSO has also chalked up a number of technical achievements and breakthroughs. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is one such example. DSO has achieved a research milestone in UAV performance enhancement and developed trajectory de-confliction algorithms that equip a UAV with the intelligence to execute manoeuvres and prevent potential collisions with other air vehicles.

This relieves a human operator of the need to ensure the de-confliction of a UAVs flight path, enabling focus on the mission plan. With the success of this initial demonstration software, DSO is now progressing to the next developmental phase.

--http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/DisplayPage/sideContentPage10.asp?id=3269