Ξ Shows Hunting Behaviour
"It is an excellent hunter."
Ξ designed for C4ISR
Ξ detects movements
Ξ hunts in tight places
yourDragonΞ has several cameras embedded inside its gimbal, which allows the rotation of its cameras. It can therefore see to many directions, as the best hunters do, and at the same time record videos and shoot photos.
It has several sensors which can detect activities. It uses aggressive manoeuvres at low altitudes and in tight places dropping wireless sensors to get real-time data for furter analysis.
It gets to know its hunting target »Ξ
Figure 1: yourDragonΞ deployed to hunt suspicious activities around a nuclear power station
A carrier's CCC sends a fighter to drop a pod to a remote theater for an intelligence, reconnaissance
and surveillance (C4ISR) mission to analyze activities around a nuclear power plant.
A manned helicopter deploys SOF with one autonomous base. After having dropped sensors around
the nuclear power station it flies to drop sensor network around the base. »Ξ
Ξ Bites Down With Immense Force
"It is a fierce creature."
Ξ arrives rapidly deployed as a surprise
Ξ hatches quickly in the air
Ξ heads immediately towards target area
yourDragonΞ can be packed inside a small pod. This pod can be deployed rapidly to remote theaters to complete network-centric operations.
Because a fighter can carry the pod and drop it like a bomb, it arrives quickly to target area. It comes down with a speed of a diving falcon inside the pod. When it's near enough it hatches in the area from the pod and starts immediately its mission.
It flies close to target objects to shoot real-time photos and videos. It communicates and operates networked. If required, it erases itself whenever and wherever required. It not only uses its own sensors but also drops wireless sensors to get more data and to update its mission profile »Ξ
yourDragonΞ may be sent from a carrier by a fighter.
The fighter arrives quickly to the theater and drops it inside the pod and leaves the theater.
The smart pod dives down, the parachute gets opened.
It starts its computer system and runs self diagnostics.
The pod slides its shell open, when the time is right for the hatching.
It unfolds its blades and starts its engine. Parachute and pod continue falling down landing in a distance.
Successful hatching gets registered in the network, when it contacts bases at the theater and command center.
Soon it is above the target area recording videos and shooting photos. Wireless sensors get dropped
in reprogrammed locations or as new demand arises.
Its detectors and internal sensors analyse the theater all the time. The base dropped at the theater
continuously supports it with updated information and by refueling.
It's an agile UAV helicopter and manoeuvres aggressively at low altitudes and in tight places.
For refueling it might need to fly to an autonomous base to get new information and new sensors
- but it will be back! »Ξ
Ξ Uses Hides
"It is a beast of the land, the sea and the sky."
Ξ shelters at bases
Ξ refuels automatically for the next mission
Ξ recharges its batteries and cartridges
Remote theaters where it has been designed to operate are demanding and dangerous. It stays as invisible as possible optimizing its activities and utilizing the resources and information it receives from autonomous bases, from the sensors it has dropped and from network.
Its mission profile has been designed so that it flies doing ISR functions only when necessary. The base, where it shelters, is in a hidden place and guarded by base sensors and by the sensors it has dropped around the base. During its fly it may receive warning from network, from a base and from dropped sensors.
For longer period C4ISR missions it can loiter in a remote area sheltering in a base and operating only when programmed. It is a small UAV helicopter designed to be invisible. Fuel tank can be small because autonomous bases can refuel it. Its mission profile is based on the idea of one or more autonomous base offering shelter, refuel and resources »Ξ
yourDragonΞ shelters at bases and refuels automatically itself for the next mission.
Its batteries and cartridges are being recharged.
Data from dropped sensors and its own sensors gets downloaded to the base
for filtering and analysis.
Processed information is uploaded to network.
Base may receive new commands, digital maps and software from network.
Self diagnostics can be run and let UAV helicopters to hibernate and save energy while they are hiding and sheltering.
When required, base sends each UAV for a new mission autonomously.
It makes decisions autonomously based on the data it has received from UAV helicopters and
from the wireless sensors dropped around it. This data it has processed in its database
into valuable information. It may also have received instructions and data via network
from the command and control center. By having powerful computer system and intelligent software
it makes UAV helicopters smarter by downloading this new information to them and by updating their software
and database for the next mission »Ξ