Operation Systems and Safety Technology Research Group, Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Technology Demonstration Research Office, Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Operation Systems and Safety Technology Research Group, Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Operation Systems and Safety Technology Research Group, Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
R&D on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems for the disaster monitoring has been conducted at JAXA since 2005. The Airship type UAV is expected to be the essential part of such disaster monitoring UAVsystem. In order to develop the Airship UAV that can be useful in the actual disaster scene, flight controltechnology and operation technology are considered to be necessary. Two experimental vehicles were developed to prove each technology. 14m class Airship UAV was able to conduct automatic flight includinghovering and simulated take off and landing. The flight test was conducted in 2007 and 2008. A new method of the ground handling including inflation and deflation of the envelope of the airship was developed. An small electric-driven remotely controlled airship (9m class) was developed with the devised ground handling system. The flight test was conducted in 2009 and a demonstration flight in the disaster exercise by the local government was also conducted. Finally, 12m class Airship UAV was developed as a prototype of the disaster monitoring airship UAV with flight control technology and operation technology that are proven by the flight tests using the preceding two experimental vehicles.
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