The Development of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Laboratory and Modular Research Uav
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Since 1980 the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been involved in the design and manufacture of eleven aircraft, manned and unmanned. Recently the focus has been on light unmanned research platforms to assist a number of tertiary academic institutes with research into UAS related technologies. While there is a relatively strong focus on the control and navigation aspects of unmanned platforms, few of the institutes had access to a reasonable size, aerodynamically characterized aircraft platform to demonstrate their capabilities.
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