Welcome to Lesson 2! In this lesson, you will become familiar with the elements that combine to create an operational Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Most UASs consist of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), human elements, payload, control elements (for a larger system it will be a ground control station (GCS) or mission planning and control station (MPCS)), and a data link communication unit (Figure 2.1). Military versions of the UAS will have an additional weapon system platform and supporting soldiers as part of the human element.
In addition, you will understand and develop knowledge about the different acquisition and auxiliary aerial sensors that are usually carried on board the UAS payload. Finally, at the end of this lesson, you will have a working knowledge of the different components forming a UAS and how the different components relate and interact with one another, the data acquisition sensors, and the auxiliary sensors that accompany a UAS mission, such as GPS and IMU.
At the successful completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
Links
[1] https://psu.instructure.com/files/156251248/download?download_frd=1
[2] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog892/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog892/files/US%20Army%20UAS%20RoadMap%202010%202035-1.pdf
[3] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog892/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog892/files/9548_MS_RemoteSensing.pdf
[4] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog892/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog892/files/Human_Factor_Implications_200608.pdf
[5] http://www.e-education.psu.edu/geog892/sites/www.e-education.psu.edu.geog892/files/images/lesson01/20-717_SWOT-analysis.pdf