UAV Aircraft Design Short Course

Unmanned/Uninhabited Air Vehicles – the Next Big Thing

For those specializing in the design of unmanned aircraft (UAV, UCAV, HAPS, target drones, and the like), Dr. Raymer offers a three-day UAV Aircraft Design class. This summarizes the relevant portions of the Aircraft Design Short Course and adds additional material on UAV design, operations, and history.

NEXT PUBLIC OFFERINGS:

Not currently scheduled for Public Presentation. Contact Aircraft Design Research LLC to encourage scheduling a public presentation. Note that much of the material in the UAV aircraft design course is covered in the 5-day Aircraft Design Short Course

IN-HOUSE OFFERINGS:

Contact Aircraft Design Research LLC for a price quote and schedule availability.

The UAV to the left was designed, built, and flown by the participants in an extended version of this class, taught in-house at Boeing by Dr. Raymer. To the right is the USAF Kratos/CEi BQM-167, for which Dr. Raymer was Aircraft Conceptual Design consultant.

Course Outline

Lecture One: Introduction, historical overview, current UAVï¿½s. Case Study: UAV Design-Build-Fly

Lecture Two: UAV roles and missions, requirements definition, command and control, avionics overview.

Lecture Three: Aircraft conceptual design methods, preliminary sizing, takeoff/landing options. Case Study: Design of Global Hawk

Lecture Four: UAV structure and manufacturing concepts. UAV subsystems and operations. Case Study: BQM-167 Skeeter.

Lecture Five: UAV design analysis including aerodynamics, weights, propulsion, range, and performance analysis.

Lecture Six: Cost analysis & optimization methods. Case Study: RAND Tactical UAV notional design

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