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unmanned aerial-vehicle system (UAS)

DroneSpeak™ definition of unmanned aerial-vehicle system (UAS)
  • a system that enables an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to move through airspace
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  • unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (includes links to many announced UAV products and components)
  • UAS management system (includes links about RC radios and other ground control station (GCS) components)
  • UAS participants
  • UAS context
  • UAS space; UAS instance life cycle; UAS requirements. (no links identified to-date for these DroneSpeak sub-terms)
Overview
UAS Overview
Figure 1: UAS Overview

The major components of a UAS include:

  • one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);
  • one or more UAS participants;
  • the UAS management system.

Each UAS has an instance life cycle: the progression from the initial concept of the UAS through disposal of all components of the UAS, for example:

  • identification of factors and UAS requirements;
  • identification of UAS participants (the intended roles of people involved in the UAS);
  • development or acquisition of one or more UAVs;
  • development or acquisition of a UAS management system.

An instance of a UAS exists in an overall conceptual and physical UAS space within the UAS context:

  • safety, performance, and cost objectives;
    • stated or implied objectives for safety, performance, or cost of a UAS
  • the physical operating environment(s);
    • physical world surroundings or conditions in which a UAS may operate
  • the social-legal-political environment;
    • social, legal, or political factors that constrain the acquiring, making, operating, or disposing of a UAS or the movement of a UAV
  • external, human-made systems that may interact with a component of the UAS.
    • human-made systems that may interact with, or affect the intended behavior of components of a UAS

Documented UAS requirements can be used to guide the acquisition, development, and disposal of components of a UAS, including:

  • identifying objectives and intended missions that guide the UAS development project, or the acquisition and operation of the UAS;
  • maintaining and improving the UAS, including better documentation and training of UAS operators and other participants;
  • estimating, monitoring, and evaluating the actual safety, performance, and cost characteristics of the UAS over its life cycle.
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