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22 May 2015 Cloud-based distributed control of unmanned systems
Kim B. Nguyen, Darren N. Powell, Charles Yetman, Michael August, Susan L. Alderson, Christopher J. Raney
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Abstract
Enabling warfighters to efficiently and safely execute dangerous missions, unmanned systems have been an increasingly valuable component in modern warfare. The evolving use of unmanned systems leads to vast amounts of data collected from sensors placed on the remote vehicles. As a result, many command and control (C2) systems have been developed to provide the necessary tools to perform one of the following functions: controlling the unmanned vehicle or analyzing and processing the sensory data from unmanned vehicles. These C2 systems are often disparate from one another, limiting the ability to optimally distribute data among different users. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) seeks to address this technology gap through the UxV to the Cloud via Widgets project. The overarching intent of this three year effort is to provide three major capabilities: 1) unmanned vehicle control using an open service oriented architecture; 2) data distribution utilizing cloud technologies; 3) a collection of web-based tools enabling analysts to better view and process data. This paper focuses on how the UxV to the Cloud via Widgets system is designed and implemented by leveraging the following technologies: Data Distribution Service (DDS), Accumulo, Hadoop, and Ozone Widget Framework (OWF).
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Kim B. Nguyen, Darren N. Powell, Charles Yetman, Michael August, Susan L. Alderson, and Christopher J. Raney "Cloud-based distributed control of unmanned systems", Proc. SPIE 9468, Unmanned Systems Technology XVII, 94680H (22 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2178116
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KEYWORDS
Unmanned vehicles

Clouds

Video

Data modeling

Unmanned systems

Control systems

Data storage

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