Western drones and African security

While unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a standard element of modern armed forces, African countries have been reluctant to acquire remotely piloted aircraft for military purposes until recently. This is mainly due to a lack of industrial capabilities and, for military purposes so far, procurement policies that have concentrated on small arms and light weapons, more prestigious armoured vehicles and combat aircraft. Moreover, counter-insurgency strategies in Africa tend to focus on manoeuvre warfare, co-opting rebels or fighting them using armed proxies. As a consequence, international counterterrorism operations against fanatical and reckless groups like al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Boko Haram in sub-Saharan Africa are characterised by a strong dependence on Western forces providing UAV-based reconnaissance and, in some cases for the United States, military strikes by drones. This essay reviews some of the incentives and problems of the use of UAVs in the African context. Given the geographical and military conditions of asymmetric warfare in Africa, and potential problems concerning international law, ethical aspects of the use of arms, and civil–military relations notwithstanding, it is argued that African security forces should develop their own UAV capabilities by intensifying their cooperation with Western armed forces.     

Optimal motion planning in rapid‐fire combat situations with attacker uncertainty

This article provides a modeling framework for quantifying cost and optimizing motion plans in combat situations with rapid weapon fire, multiple agents, and attacker uncertainty characterized by uncertain parameters. Recent developments in numerical optimal control enable the efficient computation of numerical solutions for optimization problems with multiple agents, nonlinear dynamics, and a broad class of objectives. This facilitates the application of more realistic, equipment‐based combat models, which track both more realistic models, which track both agent motion and dynamic equipment capabilities. We present such a framework, along with a described algorithm for finding numerical solutions, and a numerical example.     

无人机在电子战中的作用

现代战争是高技术的信息战、电子战。无人机是一种无人驾驶飞行器,由于其具有隐蔽性好、造价低廉、机动灵活、不惧伤亡等特点,在未来的电子战中,无人机可用于现代战争中的战场侦察、电子干扰、电子辐射等电子战的各个环节。随着无人机技术的不断发展,无人机在现代战争中必将起到越来越重要的作用。     

虚拟仪器的无人机舵机测试系统设计与实现

结合无人机舵机的测试需求,设计了一种基于虚拟仪器设计的无人机舵机测试系统,讨论了测试系统的软硬件设计及系统实现,分析了系统的优点,并阐述了系统设计过程中关注的几个问题。     

基于TDOA的双基无源定位方案

多站时差定位是一种较精确的定位方法,通过处理3个或3个以上测量站采集的信号到达时间来对辐射源定位.论述了多站时差无源定位的基本原理,提出了一种基于陆空平台相结合的TDOA(Time Difference Of Arrival)双基无源定位方案.主要论述了时差双基无源定位的基本原理,以及观测站与空中目标的同步、地面观测站的选择、误差校正等主要问题的实现方案,并给出了参与对目标视察定位的地面观测站的选择算法.此方案定位算法及定位精度仍在研究阶段.     

低慢小无人机对军事区域的安全威胁及其应对方法

低慢小无人机具有小型化、红外与雷达暴露征候小、飞行高度低、飞行轨迹不定以及购买使用几乎无门槛等特征,给当前全球军事区域和军事行动安全带来了新的挑战.本文首先分析了世界主要国家对低慢小无人机的界定、国内外管控情况和相关威胁事件;然后,从低慢小无人机的侦察袭击能力、军事区域现有安防措施和低慢小无人机对军事区域进行侦察的相关...     

战场环境中多无人机任务分配的快速航路预估算法

战场环境中多无人机任务分配的航路预估是一个具有多路径和实时性双重要求的路径规划问题。采用概率路标图方法对多无人机多任务的航路预估问题开展研究,将航路预估分为离线学习和在线查询两个阶段。通过将战场中威胁的影响转化为各路标间航段的风险代价,提出了基于代价变换的概率路标图方法,当战场态势发生变化时,在不需重构路标图的条件下可以通过局部航段风险代价的调整快速规划出新的预估航路。根据规划条件采取不同的采样策略,可以在规划时间和航路质量之间实现协调以满足不同的战术要求。仿真结果表明该方法是一种快速有效的航路预估方法。     

小型旋翼无人机在未来城市军事行动应用中潜力评估

随着全球范围的城市化进程不断推进,未来军事斗争向城市环境中发展是必然趋势。在城市作战需求分析的基础上,剖析了传统装备的"城市病",阐述了小型旋翼无人机在城市军事行动中的应用潜能。研究表明,针对现有装备在城市作战中显示出的若干短板,发展基于小型旋翼无人机打造侦察平台与精确打击平台将是一个较好的解决方案。而运用军民融合的发展模式挖掘小型旋翼无人机军用潜力,在提升军队作战能力,降低成本均具有积极意义。     

美军无人机集群项目发展

近几年来,无人机集群技术在美军多个方面的推动下,引起了全世界的热切关注。文章简要总结了美军无人机集群发展现状,梳理了美军开展无人机集群技术的初衷,并分析认为美军数量型无人机集群发展战略不完全适用于现阶段我军军情。文中给出了我国现阶段发展无人机集群的思路,这对全面认识无人机集群的优势、明晰我军无人机集群技术发展方向具有一定的参考价值。     

能量均衡的围捕任务分配方法

随着水下机器人反围捕策略研究的不断深入,水下机器人围捕变得越来越困难。为此构建一种多层环状伏击围捕模型并设计了基于围捕任务的任务分配方法,使得水下机器人能够充分利用自身的特点更好地完成任务。同时,考虑在围捕过程中随时间推移,系统内能量会出现消耗不均的现象,据此提出一种能量均衡方法平衡系统能量的消耗。实验证明所提出的基于多层环状围捕模型的能量均衡策略任务分配方法能有效提高围捕成功率,延长系统寿命。