The applications of UAVs (both in civil and military) are expanding exponentially, and number of UAVs is increasing significantly. Constant and rapid technological advances by tech companies in wireless communication, sensors, software, robotics, GPU, API, high-performance computing, supercomputer, micro electromechanical systems, data science, data processing, and system-on-a-chip make it possible to use inexpensive small autopilots. These advances create and promise a lot of new opportunities in advancing performance, application, mission of UAVs, however, at the same times, new rising challenges are faced. Thousands of research projects are conducted around the world in universities, industries, and government agencies to deal with these challenges.

In this talk, the following areas of research have been selected for presentation:

1. Detect-and-avoid

2. Automated recovery

3. Fault monitoring

4. Intelligent flight planning

5. Manned-unmanned aircraft teaming

6. Formation flight

7. Integration of UAVs into airspace

8. Cyber-security

9. Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs)

10. AI (Artificial Intelligence) application and integration

This list is not exhaustive, it is to provide a brief overview of some large and important research projects in UAVs.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Biography:

Dr. Mohammad H. Sadraey is a Professor in the School of Engineering, Technology, and Aeronautics at the Southern New Hampshire University. Dr. Sadraey’s main research interests are in aircraft design techniques, robust nonlinear control, autopilot, design and automatic control of unmanned aerial vehicles, and manned-unmanned aircraft teaming. He received his M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering in 1995 from RMIT, Australia, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas, USA in 2006.

Dr. Sadraey is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and is in Who’s Who in America for many years. He has over 26 years of professional experience in academia and industry. Dr. Sadraey is the author of nine books including “Aircraft Design: A Systems Engineering Approach”, and “Design of Unmanned Aerial Systems”, published by Wiley Publications in 2012, and 2019, “Aircraft Performance Analysis” by CRC in 2016; and “Flight Stability and Control” by Springer Nature in 2022.

Professor Sadraey