Award Year / Program / Phase:2004 / STTR / Phase I
Agency / Branch:DOD / NAVY
Research Institution:West Virginia University
Principal Investigator:John Moody, Director of Systems Engineering
Award Amount:$69,646.00
RI Contact:Matthew Valenti
Abstract:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have served to enhance and augment the surveillance and reconnaissance abilities of the military of the United States of America. In developing the next generation of UAVs, the application of novel methodologies to UAV control will become more important as the number… More
Award Year / Program / Phase:2005 / STTR / Phase II
Agency / Branch:DOD / NAVY
Research Institution:WEST VIRGINIA UNIV.
Principal Investigator:John Moody, Director of Systems Engineering
Award Amount:$747,737.00
RI Contact:Alan Martin
Abstract:
The objective of this project is to develop algorithms controlling the high level flight pattern of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) utilizing swarming technology in a manner to maximize Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) performance for a selected algorithm through cooperative search operations… More
Domestically and globally, governments have established greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions management measures, including regulatory and voluntary regimes, with opportunities for market-based trading of GHG emissions reduction units (ERUs). Previous research has revealed that numerous on-farm activities… More