Highly maneuverable and scalable unmanned aerial vehicle for safety and security applications within obstructed environments

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This project will develop improved technology for aerial surveillance & defence to meet modern threats (terrorism) as well as current civilian, police and fire department, needs. We address the problem of surveillance, patrol and search & rescue operations with a scalable highly manoeuvrable VTOL (Vertical and Takeoff and Landing) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) capable of safely navigating in highly obstructed urban environments. To provide adequate monitoring coverage in urban environments requires UAVs capable of placing its sensors in suitable locations impossible to reach by conventional small or big aircrafts. The aircraft to be further developed, based on previous concept prototypes, can be used as a single-man portable UAV or as a personal air vehicle. A central feature is to develop a portable UAV prototype to be tested in an