Morphing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Realising future flight capabilities
Funder: Defence and Security Accelerator, UK Ministry of DefenceDuration: February 2020 - December 2020
This project seeks to demonstrate a step change in fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle flight capability. The work will apply a new morphing wing warping technology developed at Brunel University to deliver a generic (UAV) platform with enhanced flight performance, efficiency, and control capabilities up to 20% greater than that currently available. The prototype will employ wings of novel construction which possess near resistance-free compliance in twist affording real-time, closed-loop, non-linear, span-wise wing twist adjustment capabilities required for continually-optimised flight under differing operating conditions and flight requirements. Additional project partners are the University of Cambridge and BMT.
People
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Dr Alvin Gatto Senior Lecturer/UG Course Director
T: +44 (0)1895 267434
E: alvin.gatto@brunel.ac.uk |
+44 (0)1895 267434 | alvin.gatto@brunel.ac.uk | Howell Building 130 |
Outputs
Gatto, A. (2023) 'Development of a morphing UAV for optimal multi-segment mission performance'. Aeronautical Journal, 127 (1314). pp. 1320 - 1352. ISSN: 2059-6464 Open Access Link