Unmanned Aerial Systems

Two UAS prototype systems have been produced by Aerospace Sciences. The first was a reconfigurable Trainer UAS and the other was a Tandem Wing Explorer UAS. The development of these UAS also included the associated ground systems comprising the ground control station, datalinks, antenna arrays, flight displays and flight planning software.

The Unmanned Air Vehicle project started in 1997 as a design study to provide an airborne platform to conduct airborne mining exploration surveys.

Explorer UAS - Tandem wing

The tandem wing Explorer air vehicle was fabricated from composite materials, and was designed for a magnetometer payload. The air vehicle flew 31 successful flights and met all performance, flying qualities and mission requirements. Furthermore it demonstrated that airborne magnetics was feasible from a UAS.

The prototype Explorer air vehicle was 4m in length, had a wingspan of 2.8m, a maximum takeoff weight of
85 kg with a maximum 25 kg payload. This air vehicle is now on display at the Western Australian Aviation Museum.

Trainer UAS – Conventional

The Trainer UAS was designed to serve as a UAV systems testbed for future air vehicles. Specifically it was designed to test flight control systems, avionics, power supplies, recovery systems and the ground control station.

The design specification called for a simple to construct and easy to repair air vehicle capable of 60 kts with a payload capacity of 8 kg.

The Trainer air vehicle was 2.2m in length, had a wingspan of 3.3m and a maximum takeoff weight of 25 kg.




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