1、 RTO-MP-AVT-146 14-1 UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED Development and Tests of an Automatic Decking System Demonstrator of VTOL UAV on Naval Platform Olivier Doucy,Nicolas Cellier,Philippe Corrignan SIREHNA 1,rue de la Noe BP42105 44321 Nantes Cedex 3 FRANCE ABSTRACT SIREHNA has develop
2、ed,for the French Ministry of Defence,a demonstrator of an automatic decking system for VTOL UAV on naval platform.This system allows to:Accurately and continuously measure the position of the UAV with respect to the centre of the landing platform,before and after touchdown.This is achieved through
3、real time hybridization of inertial and GPS measurements performed onboard the UAV and onboard the vessel.Define the optimum date and platform position for touchdown(target point just before the platform goes down).This is achieved by means of a ship motion prediction method which exploits the ship
4、motion measured by the shipborne part of the system.Define the approach trajectory and velocity profile according to the target point position and date,to the ship route and to environmental conditions.The trajectory is regularly updated during the approach,until touchdown accounting for continuous