Mortar-launched surveillance system

Carl E. Lewis; Steve Cooper; Lindley A. Carlton

doi:10.1117/12.441272

27 September 2001 Mortar-launched surveillance system

Carl E. Lewis, Steve Cooper, Lindley A. Carlton

Proceedings Volume 4393, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.441272
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Accurate Automation Corporation has completed the conceptual design of a mortar launched air vehicle system to perform close range or over-the-horizon surveillance missions. Law enforcement and military units require an organic capability to obtain real time intelligence information of time critical targets. Our design will permit law enforcement to detect, classify, locate and track these time critical targets. The surveillance system is a simple, unmanned fixed-winged aircraft deployed via a conventional mortar tube. The aircraft's flight surfaces are deployed following mortar launch to permit maximum range and time over target. The aircraft and sensor system are field retrievable. The aircraft can be configured with an engine to permit extended time over target or range. The aircraft has an integrated surveillance sensor system; a programmable CMOS sensor array. The integrated RF transmitter is capable of down- linking real-time video over line-of-sight distances exceeding 10 kilometers. The major benefit of the modular design is the ability to provide surveillance or tracking quickly at a low cost. Vehicle operational radius and sensor field coverage as well as design trade results of vehicle range and endurance performance and payload capacity at operational range are presented for various mortar configurations.

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Carl E. Lewis, Steve Cooper, and Lindley A. Carlton "Mortar-launched surveillance system", Proc. SPIE 4393, Unattended Ground Sensor Technologies and Applications III, (27 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.441272

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