Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) mission management for maritime surveillance

该项目是一个多年的、多方合作的项目，旨在提高加拿大对大西洋沿岸的监测能力。纽芬兰纪念大学的环境监测远程飞行器（RAVEN）小组将与工业合作伙伴省航空航天有限公司（PAL）、公共合作伙伴国家研究委员会（NRC）和加拿大国防研究发展部（DRDC）以及学术合作伙伴卡尔顿大学合作，开发一种使用无人驾驶飞行器（UAV）平台的海上监视任务管理系统。一种完全发展的无人机技术是一种安全、可靠和具有成本效益的补充，目前已经和目前是省航空航天有限公司（PAL）负责的空中海上监测计划。自1986年以来，PAL一直负责通过载人飞行确保对加拿大海事的监视。该研究计划的最终产品将是一个地面任务控制站，用于在加拿大独特和恶劣的沿海环境中有效操作无人机。研究工作将集中在海上情报监视侦察（ISR）任务的创新技术上，并将通过提高加拿大水域国内外活动的监测能力，直接为安全、安保、国家主权和环境保护做出贡献。两个NRC实验室：航空航天研究所和海洋技术研究所的专业知识和资源将被要求在整个项目的发展过程中提供协助和贡献。预计这项从渥太华延伸到圣约翰的多机构合作将加强无人机技术的民用应用，并增强PAL的海上监测能力。

This program is a multiple year, multiple partnership effort geared towards increasing Canada's monitoring capacity over the Atlantic coast. The Remote Aerial Vehicle for ENvironmental-monitoring (RAVEN)group at Memorial University of Newfoundland will work together with industrial partner Provincial Aerospace Limited (PAL), public partners National Research Council (NRC) and Defence Research Development Canada (DRDC) and academic partner Carleton University to develop a mission management system for maritime surveillance using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform.   A fully developed UAV technology is a safe, reliable and cost-effective supplement to the current aerial offshore monitoring program which has been and currently is the responsibility of Provincial Aerospace Limited (PAL). PAL has been charged with ensuring the surveillance of the Canadian Maritimes via manned flights since 1986. The end-product of the research program will be a ground-based mission control station for effective operation of UAVs in Canada's unique and harsh coastal environment. Research efforts will focus on innovative technologies for maritime Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, and will contribute directly to safety, security, national sovereignty and environmental protection through increased monitoring capacity of both domestic and foreign activities in Canadian waters.   Expertise and resources at two NRC labs: Institute for Aerospace Research and Institute for Ocean Technology will be called upon to assist and contribute throughout the development of this project. It is anticipated that this multi-agency effort which stretches from Ottawa to St. John's will bolster civilian application of UAV technology and enhance PAL's offshore monitoring capabilities.