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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 23732-023732.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2019.23732

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Miniature fixed-wing UAV swarms: Review and outlook

WANG Xiangke, LIU Zhihong, CONG Yirui, LI Jie, CHEN Hao   

  1. College of Intelligence Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2019-11-10 Revised:2019-12-31 Online:2020-04-15 Published:2019-12-26
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (61973309, 61801494, 61906209)

Abstract: Focusing on the new direction of miniature fixed-wing UAV swarms, this paper summarizes their recent developments from three aspects, i.e, the connotation of the swarm system, the existing typical programs, and the key technologies. After a systematic introduction of the connotation and application advantages of the swarm system, the existing typical programs are summarized from four perspectives: swarm collaborative mode exploration, distributed command system construction, key technology breakthroughs, and swarm verification. The current developments of technical research are reviewed in seven key points, including system architecture, communication and networking, decision-making and planning, aircraft platform, swarm flight, swarm security and swarm command and control. Finally, the future developments in the field of miniature fixed-wing UAV swarms are forecasted.

Key words: UAV swarms, swarm collaborative mode, system architecture, communication and networking, decision-making and planning, swarm flight

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