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The application of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in forest research includes a wide range of equipment, systems, and flight settings, creating a need for enhancing data acquisition efficiency and quality.
Raul Sampaio de Lima +8 more
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Nowadays, it is quite common to have one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) working on a task but having a team of UAVs is still rare. One of the problems that prevent us from using teams of UAVs more frequently is flight planning.
Georgy Skorobogatov +3 more
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Advanced Flight Planning and the Benefit of In-Flight Aircraft Trajectory Optimization
The implementation of Trajectory-Based Operations, invented by the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research program SESAR, enables airlines to fly along optimized waypoint-less trajectories and accordingly to significantly increase the ...
J. Rosenow, M. Lindner, J. Scheiderer
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Component Maintenance Planning Optimization in Defense Aviation
The primary objective in military aviation is to optimize operational readiness, the capability to perform assigned flight missions. This capability is influenced by aircraft downtime due to preventive maintenance at prescribed flight time intervals.
Mathijs Verhoeff, Wim J. C. Verhagen
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A Hybrid-Driven Optimization Framework for Fixed-Wing UAV Maneuvering Flight Planning
Performing autonomous maneuvering flight planning and optimization remains a challenge for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), especially for fixed-wing UAVs due to its high maneuverability and model complexity. A novel hybrid-driven fixed-wing UAV maneuver
Renshan Zhang +4 more
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Issues in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Data Collection of Complex Forest Environments
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) offer users the ability to capture large amounts of imagery at unprecedented spatial resolutions due to their flexible designs, low costs, automated workflows, and minimal technical knowledge barriers.
Benjamin T. Fraser +1 more
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DroneTank: Planning UAVs’ Flights and Sensors’ Data Transmission under Energy Constraints
We consider an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, also known as drone) as an aerial sink to travel along a natural landscape or rural industrial linear infrastructure to collect data from deployed sensors.
Runqun Xiong, Feng Shan
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POTENTIAL-GUIDED UAV-FLIGHT PATH PLANNING FOR THE INSPECTION OF COMPLEX STRUCTURES [PDF]
This works presents a method to compute a potential field for UAV flight path planning for the image-based inspection of complex structures. The potential field is based on the photogrammetric requirements of the inspection and allows to estimate the ...
P. Debus, V. Rodehorst
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FUEL PLANNING PROBLEMS FOR FLIGHTS, PLANNED VIA STANDARD ARRIVAL ROUTES (STAR) WITH DELAY LEGS
The article deals with the fuel planning problems for flights planned via standard arrival routes (STAR), with delay legs. Implementation of new standard arrival routes based on area navigation principles leads to increasing airspace capacity and ...
V. G. Lugovoi +2 more
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a highly efficient means of monitoring landslide-prone regions, given the growing concern for urban safety and the increasing occurrence of landslides.
Dongmei Xie +5 more
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