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UNINHABITED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS)
SAR WORKSHOP
December 2010
Commanding Officer 16th Field Regiment
Royal New Zealand Artillery, NZ Army
Lieutenant Colonel Matt Boggs
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Scope
• What is UAS.
• What UAS exists today
• What UAS can do and cant do
• Issues you will face with UAS
• Questions
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What is UAS
• UAV vs UAS??
• Uninhabited - not unmanned
• Aerial – defies gravity for a period of time
• System
– Platform: Aircraft
– Payload: Currently in NZ we have:
• Day video
• Night video (FLIR)
• Day Still
– Ground Control station
– Crew, training SOP’s etc
• Types
– Categories Data link (km) Endurance (hours) Max. Altitude (m)
– Micro < 10 1 250
– Mini < 10 < 2 250
– Close Range 10-30 2-4 3,000
– Short Range 30-70 3-6 3,000
– Medium Range 70-200 6-10 3,000-5,000
– Long Range > 500 6-13 5,000
– Endurance > 500 12-24 5,000-8,000
– MALE > 500 24-48 5,000-8,000
– HALE > 1,000 12-40 15,000-20,000
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What UAS exists today
• NZ
– CYBER QUAD (Micro)
• Range: 5 km
• Endurance: 30 min
• Payload: Video
– KAHU (Mini)
• Range: 20 km
• Endurance: 90 min
• Payload: 1.2 kg plug and play
– SKYCLOPS (Mini++)
• Range: 40 km+
• Endurance: 4hrs +
• Payload: TBC plug and play
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What UAS exists today
• Australia
– SKYLARK
• Range: 10 km
• Endurance: 120 min
• Payload: Video
– SCAN EAGLE
• Range: 100km, flew from
Australia to Canada
• Endurance: 20 hr
• Payload: camera/Video
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What UAS can do and cant do
• Can
– Be used to refine human tasks, ie search large areas and vector
manned assets to targets
– Cost effective
– Prioritised and contracted
– Used in remote locations with minimal support
– Provide real time link to HQ
– Be used by SAR staff with minimal training
• Cant
– Will never replace manned aircraft, compliment at best
– Should do those jobs that are technically risky: Dull, Dirty, dangerous
– Fly in most parts of NZ without CAA approval
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Issues you will face with UAS
• Airspace
• ATS Positive Control
• Legal / Moral Issues with Manned flight
• No Sense and avoid – yet
• Hard to see by other A/C
• Bigger than a bird-strike
• No transponder in miniature UAVs
• Uncontrolled airspace the big problem
• No human on board – ethics
• Misconceptions / Bias
• Cost
• Training
• CAA0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
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90%
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