I/UCRC: Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Phase II Site

无人机系统中心（C-UAS）致力于解决无人机系统（UAS）行业的常见问题，这些问题限制了国家安全，科学，民用和商业领域的广泛应用。UAS行业内的研究是由特定高价值应用的现有技术差距和将UAS集成到国家空域所需的当前欠发达的监管框架驱动的。无人驾驶航空器系统的全部价值，特别是在广泛的科学和民用应用方面的价值，如果没有本文所建议的重大多学科研究努力，就无法实现。为了实现这一目标，C-UAS研究并开发了用于无人机系统的新算法、架构和操作程序。该中心通过在该中心的大学进行研究，并通过在支持UAS发展的领域培训研究生，为UAS最先进的发展做出贡献。在C-UAS中进行的研究对各种规模的无人驾驶飞机都有潜在的应用。然而，研究活动的主要重点是小型无人驾驶飞机系统（SUAS），其特点是翼展在1英尺至8英尺范围内的飞机。C-UAS大学基地在这些较小的平台上进行了实验飞行测试演示。工业界在无人机系统领域的研究兴趣和需求与该中心大学参与者的技能，知识和背景非常一致。杨百翰大学的研究重点领域可以分为（1）技术领域和（2）应用领域。其中杨百翰大学有特别的优势和兴趣的技术主题领域包括：（i）具有紧密接近的多个螺旋桨的UAS的空气动力学和动力学，（ii）来自机载图像的异常检测，（iii）利用视觉特征和动态模型的目标跟踪算法，（iv）用于异构车辆的团队的合作控制，（v）用于感知驱动的自主代理的概率编程，以及（vi）在具有间歇性或退化的GPS的杂乱环境中的导航。杨百翰大学特别擅长和感兴趣的应用主题领域包括：（i）小型无人机的自动驾驶仪创新，（ii）基于雷达的检测和避开其他飞机，（iii）对地面目标的鲁棒跟踪，以及（iv）大型基础设施的监测和地震后损坏评估。由杨百翰大学教师在这些技术和应用领域提出的具体研究项目每年由行业咨询委员会（IAB）选择。

The Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) addresses the issues common to the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) industry that limit widespread application across national security, scientific, civil, and commercial domains. Research within the UAS industry is driven by both technical gaps existing for specific high-value applications and the current under-developed regulatory framework that is needed for integration of UAS into the national airspace. The full value of unmanned aircraft systems, especially for a broad range of scientific and civil applications, cannot be realized without significant multidisciplinary research efforts such as those proposed here. Toward that goal, C-UAS investigates and develops new algorithms, architectures, and operational procedures for unmanned aircraft systems. The center contributes to the advancement of the state of the art for UAS through its research at the center's universities and by training graduate students in areas supporting the advancement of UAS. The research pursued in C-UAS has potential application to unmanned aircraft of all sizes. The primary focus of research activities, however, is on small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), which feature aircraft with wingspans in the 1 ft to 8 ft range. C-UAS university sites have distinguished themselves with their experimental flight test demonstrations on these smaller platforms. The research interests and needs of industry in the area of UAS align well with the skills, knowledge, and background of the university participants in the center. Research focus areas for the Brigham Young University site can be described in terms of (1) technical areas and (2) application areas. Technical topic areas in which the Brigham Young University has particular strength and interest include: (i) Aerodynamics and dynamics of UAS with multiple propellers in close proximity, (ii) Anomaly detection from airborne imagery, (iii) Target tracking algorithms utilizing visual features and dynamic models, (iv) Cooperative control for teams of heterogeneous vehicles, (v) Probabilistic programming for perceptually driven autonomous agents, and (vi) Navigation in cluttered environments with intermittent or degraded GPS. Application topic areas in which the Brigham Young University has particular strength and interest include: (i) Autopilot innovation for small UAS, (ii) Radar-based detection and avoidance of other aircraft, (iii) Robust tracking of ground targets, and (iv) Monitoring of large-scale infrastructure and post-earthquake damage assessment. Specific research projects proposed by Brigham Young University faculty members in these technical and application areas are selected annually by the Industry Advisory Board (IAB).